Mister Rogers' Neighborhood — Season 1, Episode 17: Donkey Hodie comes to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

Episode synopsis

Title number 0017. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with papers in his hand. A young donkey named Jenny is visiting Mister Rogers on the porch. Back in the house, he, Lady Aberlin, and Mr. McFeely play a game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. In the Neighborhood of Make Believe, Donkey Hodie has just arrived and is looking for a place to live. He assures Lady Aberlin and Henrietta Pussycat that he no longer bites.

About Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network, followed by its US network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc.; previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971, the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Change: The First Program
• E2King Friday Challenges Change
• E3Chef Brockett bakes a cake fit for a king
• E4Early whimsy, fun and frolic in the neighborhood
• E5The end of the first week
• E6Feeling scientific
• E7Different ways of thinking about birds
• E8A “Peace Party” to celebrate peace
• E9People look and sound different
• E10Looking closely
• E11Spending time together
• E12A visit with a toucan, a mime and a French horn