Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 15

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Mister Rogers arrives with a picture book about vegetables. After looking through the book, he talks about how people sometimes put different kinds of vegetables together to make soup. He then invites viewers along to take a tour of a vegetable soup factory led by Mary Ellis. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the effort to help Northwood is underway as a mass of Speedy Seeds have begun to produce a hearty crop. Meanwhile, Daniel is disappointed to learn that the can of vegetable soup that he planted will not grow into a vegetable soup tree. To make him feel better, Bob Dog secretly places cans of soup on a tree planted in Daniel's pot. When he sees how excited Daniel is that his soup actually "grew," Bob Dog doesn't have the heart to tell him the truth. Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings I Like to Be Told.

Rogers visits the home of music director and close friend John Costa, who is preparing a pasta dinner. As the all-out effort for Northwood comes to a close, Bob tells Daniel the truth about the "vegetable soup tree". Wrapping up for the week, Mister Rogers talks about different kinds of food: "Music...is food for the hearing. And paintings and beautiful scenery are food for seeing. And books are food for the soul. Loving other people is food for the spirit." Mister Rogers then sings Many Ways to Say I Love You.

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Mister Rogers arrives with photographs of his parents as well as some from his own wedding day. He talks about being a boy and thinking he would grow up to marry his mother. Mister Rogers then sings Going to Marry Mom. At Brockett's Bakery, Chef Brockett is featuring a special, compliments of Jose Cisneros. In the kitchen, Jose shows Mister Rogers how he makes arroz con leche (rice with milk). Mister Rogers explains the difference between a "bear" and a "bearer" before he sings You Are Special.

Mister Rogers arrives with a bowl made by Eva Kwong. Visiting her studio, Mister Rogers sees how Ms. Kwong makes her pottery. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is making final preparations for the wedding of James Michael Jones and Betty Okonak Templeton. Lady Aberlin sings You Are Pretty at the tree with Henrietta and X. In Southwood, the guest begin to arrive and the trumpet fanfare sounds to begin the ceremony. Overseen by King Friday, the couple exchanges vows to become man and wife. Back at the house, Mister Rogers talks about weddings: "The most important thing about a wedding is the love that people have for one another. The fancy clothes and flowers and presents are all very nice, but it's the people caring for each other that really makes the wedding." He concludes by singing Love is People.

Mister Rogers has been thinking about music and arrives with a pitch pipe to demonstrate for viewers. Leaving the television house through the "fourth wall," he introduces the studio musicians -- Johnny Costa, Carl McVicker, and Bob Rawsthorne. Each musician plays their part of Won't You Be My Neighbor before they all join together to play the song as it sounds during the show's introduction. Returning to the porch, Mister Rogers starts his television visit again but has his singing interrupted by a phone call from Joe Negri. Mister Rogers sings Did You Know before Mr. McFeely delivers a magnetic board showing a blank music staff. Mister Rogers sticks a few notes on the board and plays them on the piano.

Mister Rogers arrives with a picture showing a variety of stringed instruments. He described each instrument before watching a film with Mr. McFeely about how people make bass violins. After the film, Mr. McFeely mentions that Yo-Yo Ma is visiting Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin is struggling in her attempt to play the bass violin. Old Goat shares that he cannot play the bass violin either leaving them both unsure of what they will do for the upcoming bass violin festival. Sharing her worries with Neighbor Aber and Lady Elaine, Lady Aberlin decides that dancing with the bass violin will allow her to showcase her talents while still including the instrument. Returning to the house, Mister Rogers takes a quiet moment to remember the music he has just heard.

Mister Rogers arrives with a music box with a dancer on the top. He shows how the figure dances as the music plays. On the porch, Mister Rogers waits for a visit from Ella Jenkins and Chuck Aber by singing You Are Special. Upon their arrival, Ms. Jenkins and Mr. Aber demonstrate a variety of songs that include hand motions such as One Potato Two Potato, Hambone, and Head and Shoulders. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is continuing their plans to creatively showcase their talents in the bass violin festival. Dressed as a bass violin, Miss Paulificate plans to tap dance while Lady Aberlin plans to dance with an actual bass violin. Back at the house, Mister Rogers talks about being honest by singing The Truth Will Make Me Free. After feeding the fish, he receives a call from a friend -- a tuba player who will be visiting the Neighborhood tomorrow.

Mister Rogers arrives with a collection of pictures showing various brass instruments -- the tuba, the French horn, the trumpet, and the slide trombone. He mentions that he will be visiting friends who play each of those instruments and using a tape recording to record their sounds. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the castle is being decorated for the bass violin festival as King Friday requests the presence of his fanfare players. After playing a fanfare, the players put on hats that look like bass violins. When they speak, each fanfare player speaks only one word at a time, together forming short sentences. Handyman Negri asks them if they ever speak together and is told, "We play together. We speak separately." Back at the house, Mister Rogers makes a paper hat shaped like a cone and remembers how he used to have pretend parades when he was a boy.

Mister Rogers arrives with a flexitone which he has borrowed from his friend, Tom O'Horgan, who has a large collection of musical instruments. Before visiting Mr. O'Horgan, he sings Let's Think of Something to Do. At Mr. O'Horgan's apartment, Mister Rogers sees a variety of instruments ranging from Aboriginal rhythm sticks to a collection of large gongs. Mr. O'Horgan talks about his interest in music before showing even more unique instruments. Back at the house, Mister Rogers plays the piano as he talks about how he uses music to express his feelings.