Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 23
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| Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | |
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| Season 23 | |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Season chronology | |
The following is a list of episodes from the twenty-third season of the PBS series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which aired in late 1992 and early 1993.
Episode 1 (Up & Down)
[edit]Rogers and Mr. McFeely ride an elevator and an escalator in a mall, to compare the differences. Lady Elaine accepts the delivery of a hydraulic platform.
- Aired on November 23, 1992.
Episode 2 (Up & Down)
[edit]Famed domino artist Bob Speca Jr. sets up and knocks down dominoes at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll rides the hydraulic platform outside the Museum-Go-Round.
- Aired on November 24, 1992.
Episode 3 (Up & Down)
[edit]King Friday wants the neighbors to find a place where Mimus polyglottos and Troglodytes aedon can take up dance lessons. While they are not looking, Robert Troll takes Mimus and Trog for a walk and dance, while Chuck Aber goes off looking for the birds.
- Aired on November 25, 1992.
Episode 4 (Up & Down)
[edit]Rogers hears from clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, two crises remain unsolved. They are stopping the Museum-Go-Round from going up and down, and getting the wooden birds back.
- Aired on November 26, 1992.
Episode 5 (Up & Down)
[edit]Bruce Franco makes balloon art, concentrating on animals. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the hydraulic platform is fixed. By chance, Robert Troll is seen with the King's two wooden birds.
- Aired on November 27, 1992.
Episode 6 (Love)
[edit]Rogers enters carrying a teddy bear and wearing a bear costume. Chuck Aber then brings in a video that shows how teddy bears are made. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe finds one of its neighbors in a bear costume.
- Aired on February 22, 1993.
Episode 7 (Love)
[edit]Rogers shows a picture of one friend, an ornithologist, and visits him at The Aviary in Pittsburgh. Lady Elaine Fairchilde is readying a "Museum of Love." At Mayor Maggie's suggestion, Lady Elaine decides to start a soap opera.
- Aired on February 23, 1993.
Episode 8 (Love)
[edit]Rogers soaks his feet in a pool outside his porch and "Officer" Clemmons makes an unexpected visit. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is preparing to do a soap opera she calls "As the Museum Turns". Meanwhile, King Friday, Queen Sara, and Prince Tuesday get angry at each other, in front of Lady Aberlin.
- Aired on February 24, 1993.
- This is the last appearance of Francois Clemmons.
Episode 9 (Love)
[edit]Rogers discusses the way of how images are reflected in mirrors. Lady Elaine continues preparations for her one-woman soap opera.
- Aired on February 25, 1993.
- Lady Aberlin questioning love was also in episode 1309.
Episode 10 (Love)
[edit]Rogers uses bubble mix and a wand to make large bubbles and discovers he has no running water. Before things are fixed, he remembers his visit to a kitchen where he helped make spinach egg rolls. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe witnesses the soap opera at the Museum of Love. Some of the neighbors help Lady Elaine perform. And Then Maggie Stewart Brings A Videotape On How People Make Waffles and Ham
- Aired on February 26, 1993.
Episode 11 (Then & Now)
[edit]Rogers does a science experiment involving food coloring and water. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll takes the Trolley off its tracks. This prompts several neighbors to search for it.
- Aired on August 30, 1993.
Episode 12 (Then & Now)
[edit]Guest shadow artist Jim West performs silhouettes of various animals. Mr. McFeely shows a tape on how light bulbs are made. The Court of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe wants to return the shadows of Harriet Elizabeth Cow, Donkey Hodie, X, and Henrietta. Before long, Robert Troll reveals the Trolley's Extra Dimension to Lady Aberlin.
- Aired on August 31, 1993.
Episode 13 (Then & Now)
[edit]Mr. McFeely brings a pantomimist to Rogers' television house. The trolley's reputation for revealing the past spreads through the Neighborhood. It gets to the point where the Trolley turns the Neighborhood upside-down.
- Aired on September 1, 1993.
Episode 14 (Then & Now)
[edit]Mr. McFeeley brings a dead bird into the television house and asks Rogers for a box in which to bury it. This prompts a Neighborhood of Make-Believe discussion of death as Lady Aberlin helps Henrietta and Daniel.
- Aired on September 2, 1993.
Episode 15 (Then & Now)
[edit]Rogers visits Itzhak Perlman at a concert hall and reflects on his visit to Colonial Williamsburg.
- Aired on September 3, 1993.
- The "Then & Now" episodes have been the only time in the series where the Neighborhood Trolley has shown its Special Dimension, which is where it shows images from the past.