THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARCHIVE - All Things Mister Rogers

Episode 0100

Episode 0100
Topic	N/A
Air Date	July 5, 1968
Songs	Won't You Be My Neighbor?; I Like To Be Told; I'm Taking Care of You; Tomorrow
Guests	None
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Mister Rogers has borrowed a grocer's scale from the Neighborhood grocery store and shows how to weigh produce. After weighing several pieces of fruit, he also weighs a glass of water and shows how it weighs more by adding more water.

Mr. McFeely stops by with a scale used in a doctor's office to weigh people. He and Mister Rogers each take a turn checking each other's weight and height. After Mr. McFeely leaves, Mister Rogers talks about other instruments used by a doctor and sings I Like To Be Told.

In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Nurse Miller is giving physical examinations and reports her the results to Dr. Frogg. Lady Elaine Fairchilde is a bit nervous about her check-up and hides from Nurse Miller. At the castle, an examination of Sara Saturday and King Friday XIII shows that they are both in good health despite having gained a bit of weight.

Using her boomerang, Lady Elaine turns the King upside down -- upsetting others because she, herself, is upset. Although it takes some convincing, Lady Elaine finally agrees to be weighed and measured as Nurse Miller sings I'm Taking Care of You. After the exam, Lady Elaine feels bad about turning the King upside down and temporarily does the same to herself.

Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings I'm Taking Care of You.

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Notes

Mister Rogers weighs 149 pounds and is six feet tall.
Mr. McFeely weighs 163 pounds and is six feet tall.
The Neighborhood Trolley reports that it weighs 6 1/2 pounds.
Sara Saturday's height is 10 and weight is 30.
King Friday's height is 12 and weight is 45. He suggests that he might get a taller crown some day so his height will be 13.
As Nurse Miller leaves the factory, I'm a Man Who Manufactures plays in the background.
When Lady Elaine is hiding from Nurse Miller, The Clown in Me plays in the background.

Episode Credits

Produced by WQED - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for National Educational Television
Neighbors: Maxine Miller, David Newell
Musical Director: Johnny Costa
Producer: Fred Rogers
Director: David Fu-Ying Chen
Psychological Consultants: Margaret McFarland Ph.D., Albert V. Corrado M.D.
Lighting Director: Richard Weiss
Assistant Producer: Diana Dean
Technical Supervisor: Jerry Jones
Video: Ken Anderson
Videotape Editor: Tom Knight
Production Assistant: David Newell
Art Director: Joan Thomas
Set Decorator: Bill Law
Executive Producer: Paul K. Taff

Production funds for this series were provided by a grant from The Sears-Roebuck Foundation and a children's program fund established by N.E.T. affiliated stations.

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