Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Mister Rogers Meets New Friends Collection — Season 1

Aired 28 August 1979

Visit to a First Grade Classroom (1462) Mister Rogers visits a first grade classroom, and the teacher shows him things that children will find in first grade.

Aired 8 February 1980

Visits a Construction Site (1470) Mister Rogers visits a construction site and learns how a backhoe works.

Aired 17 February 1981

Visits a Pretzel Factory (1477) Mister Rogers visits a pretzel factory to see how people make pretzels.

Aired 19 February 1981

Mister Rogers Meets Dr. Earl Grollman (1479) Mister Rogers visits Joe Negri's music shop and meets Dr. Earl Grollman, author of books for parents and children about divorce.

Aired 20 February 1981

Visit with a Pilot (1480) Mister Rogers goes on an airplane and visits with the pilot and flight attendant. Mister Rogers is shown around the plane and helps children feel safe when traveling by air.

Aired 2 June 1981

A Visit to the Carnegie Art Museum (1482) Mister Rogers visits the Carnegie Art Museum and looks at different paintings there.

Aired 4 June 1981

Mister Rogers Meets Lynn Swann (1484) Mister Rogers watches former Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver Lynn Swann practice ballet with a dance company. He tells Mister Rogers all about how dancing helped him play football.

Aired 2 June 1982

Mister Rogers Meets New Pets (1498) Different pets are visiting Mister Rogers, including Bob Trow's dog Barney and Mrs. McFeely's parrot.

Aired 28 June 1982

How People Make Spoons (1501) Mister Rogers visits with a person who plays the spoons and shows a video of how people make spoons.

Aired 29 June 1982

Visit to an Emergency Room (1502) Mister Rogers visits a hospital emergency room. He learns what happens in the waiting room, the x-ray room and the suture room.

Aired 1 July 1982

Mister Rogers Learns About Horns (1504) Mister Rogers visits Negri's Music Shop to learn about different kinds of horns.

Aired 25 April 1983

Visits a Child Care Home (1516) Mister Rogers visits a child care home where he talks to the child care provider about what it's like there.

Aired 27 April 1983

A Visit to a Balloon Factory (1518) Mister Rogers takes a tour of a factory where people make balloons.

Aired 4 April 1984

Visits the United States Postal Service (1526) Mister Rogers visits the United States Postal Service and learns how stamps are designed and made.

Aired 5 April 1984

A Visit to the Dairy Farm (1527) Mister Rogers visits a dairy farm to see how cows are milked and milk is bottled.

Aired 7 April 1984

Visits a Grocery Store (1529) Mister Rogers visits a grocery store and explains that "nobody can have everything he or she wants."

Aired 9 May 1984

Remembering Childhood and Grandparents (1533) Mister Rogers remembers his own childhood and his grandparents.

Aired 27 November 1987

Visit to the Circus (1585) Mister Rogers goes to a circus to see the animals and the clowns. He shows viewers that clowns are people underneath their funny clothes and makeup!

Aired 3 May 1988

Mister Rogers Visits Luray Caverns (1592) Blind jazz saxophonist Eric Kloss and Betty Aberlin guide Mister Rogers through Luray Caverns in Virginia.

Aired 5 May 1988

A Visit from Tommy Tune (1594) Dancer and Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune travels from Broadway for a visit to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe!

Aired 1 May 1989

A Visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park (1606) Mister Rogers visits the San Diego Wild Animal Park where guide Joan Embery shows him giraffes, elephants, tigers and other animals living there.

Aired 29 August 1991

A Visit with the Boys' Choir of Harlem (1639) On a visit to the Boys' Choir of Harlem, director Dr. Walter J. Turnball introduces Mister Rogers to young singers with beautifully disciplined voices who dress up in choir robes for their performances.

Aired 23 February 1993

A Visit with an Ornithologist (1662) Mister Rogers visits ornithologist David Ford at the aviary to see lots of different birds that people care for.

Aired 24 July 1996

A Visit to a Restaurant (1703) At B. Smith's restaurant in New York City, Mister Rogers meets some of the people who work in the kitchen and watches as they help each other prepare the food.

Aired 15 February 1999

A Visit with the Westminster Handbell Choir (1736) Mister Rogers visits the Westminster Handbell Choir and listens to different bell sounds—loud and quiet.

Aired 29 July 1999

Mister Rogers Visits a Fire Station (1744) Mister Rogers visits a fire station and learns about fire safety and some of the equipment the firefighters use.

Aired 23 March 1999

Mister Rogers Talks About Imaginations (1746) Mister Rogers shows some things he can do on the computer and talks about how children can use their imaginations for things they can't do on the computer.

Aired 24 March 1999

A Visit to the Neighborhood Library (1747) Mister Rogers visits the neighborhood library to take out a book and finds children there doing lots of different things like studying, reading and doing craft activities.

Aired 27 March 1999

Mister Rogers Visits the Dance Alloy (1750) Mister Rogers visits a dance troupe named the Dance Alloy at their studio.

Aired 22 February 2000

Mister Rogers Visits Negri's Music Shop (1752) Mister Rogers visits Negri's Music Shop where musicians are playing different kinds of homemade instruments.

Aired 21 February 1997

A Visit From Bill Nye (1715) Bill Nye the Science Guy stops by to do a science experiment using baking soda and vinegar to blow up a balloon!