Mister Rogers goes snorkeling with oceanographer Sylvia Earle to see some of the wonders of the ocean. In Make-Believe there's a special newscast to help find a solution to the garbage problem
Mr. McFeely brings a goat into the television house to dispel a few myths. Mrs. Dingleborder and the goats of Northwood complement each other's plans to solve the appalling garbage crisis.
Rogers enters with a bandaged hand. He illustrates that nothing changes underneath a bandage. Rogers attends the Marsalis Family's rehearsals at Negri's Music Shop.
Mister Rogers talks about some of the ways fathers take care of their children. He shows a video about how people make adhesive bandages and assures children that bandages don't change who we are. In Make-Believe, a rag doll comes to life.
Mister Rogers visits with two live wolves. He learns that wolves are shy, not big and bad like in the fairy tales. In Make-Believe, Daniel is afraid of a wolf costume. Mister Rogers has a visit with his own son and grandson.
Folk singer Ella Jenkins visits Mister Rogers with her ukulele and plays some songs her father enjoyed. In Make-Believe, there's fun with wolf costumes, but Lady Elaine is afraid that she might turn into a "big bad wolf."
Rogers discusses music with Yo-Yo Ma and, when son Nicholas Ma arrives, Rogers helps perform a trio of The Skaters' Waltz. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin finds a musical father for Daniel.
Mister Rogers has a laughing box and shows different ways to laugh. He visits Brockett's Bakery to help decorate cookies with different shaped mouths that show different feelings. In Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin is researching laughing.
Mister Rogers plays with tubes to create different sounds. A friend tells the story of "Button Broth." In Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin does research on how the neighbors react to a laughing box. Some are afraid that there's a person inside.
Mister Rogers shows a video of how people make toothbrushes in a factory. In Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin has some fun pretending to be a tiger with big teeth. Mister Rogers reminds children even with a costume you're still yourself inside.
Mister Rogers visits a dentist's office where he gets a checkup and shows some of the things there - the dentist's gloves and mask, the chair and light, the x-ray equipment. In Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin is dressed in a tiger costume.
Mister Rogers plays with a toy earth mover, shows a video of a real earth-moving machine and reads "Are You My Mother?" These big machines seem to have big teeth. He shows a video of how people make toothpaste.
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By what name was Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968) officially released in India in English?