Playthings

S17 E01 • Monday, Nov 24, 1986 • Nov 24

Playthings

S17 E02 • Tuesday, Nov 25, 1986 • Nov 25

Lots of Different Things for Play and Pretending Mister Roger visits a toy factory where people make plastic molded tricycles, and he receives a visit from folk singer Ella Jenkins.

Playthings

S17 E03 • Wednesday, Nov 26, 1986 • Nov 26

Playthings

S17 E04 • Thursday, Nov 27, 1986 • Nov 27

Playthings

S17 E05 • Friday, Nov 28, 1986 • Nov 28

Rogers shows a videotape of his visit to Lucy, who is a fake wooden elephant on the Jersey coast. He also takes viewers to the toy-lending library. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine finally opens the door to the locked room in the Museum-Go-Round. But all what they find is left to their imagination.

Dance

S17 E06 • Monday, May 11, 1987 • May 11

Daniel receives a t'ai chi lesson in another Neighborhood of Make-Believe that is only half-raining.

Dance

S17 E07 • Monday, May 11, 1987 • May 11

Rogers goes to one of the SeaWorld theme parks to see the killer whales, Shamu and Namu, dance with the spectators. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine sets up a dance studio and invites only the females, because she knows that men don't dance.

Dance

S17 E08 • Monday, May 11, 1987 • May 11

Rogers first sees Sam Weber demonstrating his tap-dancing skills. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how shoes are made. Sam Weber also visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to disprove Lady Elaine's belief that men don't dance.

Dance

S17 E09 • Monday, May 11, 1987 • May 11 • 30m

Rogers visits the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Lady Elaine changes the name of her dance studio and sends dance invitations to all the men, except for Grand-père.

Episode 10

S17 E10 • Monday, May 11, 1987 • May 11

Rogers visits an expert weaver and helps in making a scarf. Lady Elaine invites the Junior Tamburitzans to her studio.

Making Mistakes 1

S17 E11 • Monday, May 4, 1987 • May 4 • 30m

Rogers starts off the program by showing a picture book of animals, but the giraffe picture is misplaced as a skunk and the skunk image is misplaced as a giraffe. Susan Linn enters with the puppets she uses in talking to children. The puppets also go to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe all week. One of them, Audrey Duck, has her feelings hurt.

Making Mistakes 2

S17 E12 • Tuesday, May 5, 1987 • May 5

Mr. McFeely brings the corrected animal book with the skunk and giraffe images in their proper places. He shows a videotape on how books are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Audrey Duck is overwhelmed with the thought of reading her poem to so many people.

Making Mistakes 3

S17 E13 • Wednesday, May 6, 1987 • May 6 • 30m

Rogers has gone to a meeting, so Chuck Aber fills him in at the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a visiting Mr. Skunk feels embarrassed because, in a frightened moment, he sprays Audrey Duck and the surroundings.

Making Mistakes 4

S17 E14 • Thursday, May 7, 1987 • May 7 • 30m

Rogers hears André Watts playing the piano at a recital hall. Audrey Duck is ashamed to show herself.

Making Mistakes 5

S17 E15 • Friday, May 8, 1987 • May 8 • 30m

Rogers goes to Brockett's Bakery for a sing-along. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages its much-anticipated poetry reading, with Audrey Duck at the center of attention.