S17 Episode 1
Playthings
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 2
Playthings
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 3
Playthings
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 4
Playthings
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 5
Playthings (5)
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.
Fri, 28 Nov 1986
S17 Episode 6
Dance
Daniel receives a t'ai chi lesson in another Neighborhood of Make-Believe that is only half-raining.
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 7
Dance
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.
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 8
Dance
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.
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 9
Dance
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.
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 10
Episode 10
Rogers visits an expert weaver and helps in making a scarf. Lady Elaine invites the Junior Tamburitzans to her studio.
Mon, 11 May 1987
S17 Episode 11
Making Mistakes 1
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.
Mon, 4 May 1987
S17 Episode 12
Making Mistakes 2
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.
Tue, 5 May 1987
S17 Episode 13
Making Mistakes 3
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.
Wed, 6 May 1987
S17 Episode 14
Making Mistakes 4
Rogers hears André Watts playing the piano at a recital hall. Audrey Duck is ashamed to show herself.
Thu, 7 May 1987
S17 Episode 15
Making Mistakes 5
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.
Fri, 8 May 1987
