Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)

1493: Discipline (1982)

Fred Rogers: Mr. Rogers, King Friday XIII, Queen Sara Saturday, Lady Elaine Fairchilde, Cornflake S. Pecially

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Quotes 

• [there's a knock at the door] 

  Mr. Rogers : Oh, there's somebody knocking at the door.

  Chef Brockett : Speedy delivery!

  Mr. Rogers : Speedy delivery? Somebody is saying, "Speedy delivery", but it doesn't sound like Mr. McFeely to me. Did it to you?

  [Calls out] 

  Mr. Rogers : What did you say?

  Chef Brockett : Speedy delivery!

  Mr. Rogers : Who do you think that sounds like? Chef Brockett?

  [Looks out the window] 

  Mr. Rogers : It *is* Chef Brockett.

• Lady Aberlin : Lady Elaine Fairchilde, what have you been up to?

  Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Oh, just a little mischief, dear.

• Lady Aberlin : I'll see you later.

  Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Not if I see you first.

• Queen Sara Saturday : Friday, what are you going to do about this misdemeanor?

  King Friday XIII : Misdemeanor. That's exactly what Lady Elaine has committed. Thank you, Queen Sara.

  Lady Aberlin : What is a misdemeanor?

  Queen Sara Saturday : A bad thing, dear. A certain naughtiness.

• Mr. Rogers : It takes a lot of practice to be a good chef, doesn't it?

  Chef Brockett : Oh, it takes a lot of practice to be a good anything.

• Mr. Rogers : I like to keep my promises. In fact, a long time ago - many years ago - I promised myself that I would try to swim a certain length of time each day, and I've done that almost every day for more than ten years.

• Mr. Rogers : I like to swim, but there are some days I just don't feel much like doing it, but I do it anyway. I know it's good for me, and I promised myself I'd do it every day. And as I told you, I like to keep my promises. That's one of my disciplines. When I was a little boy, my parents said, "Fred, when you promise to do something, you must keep your promise."

• Mr. Rogers : When I was young, about eight or ten years old, I was trying to learn so many things all at once. Things like the piano, and organ, and algebra, and cooking, and typing, and I even started taking clarinet lessons. Yeah. But I just didn't practice the clarinet, so I didn't learn. I think I wanted to learn by magic. I think that I had the idea that if I got the clarinet, I would somehow know how to play it. That doesn't work that way. Magic doesn't work with learning, not with anything worthwhile. Anyway, ever since that time, I've had the idea that I'd like to have another chance to learn the clarinet. So now, I'm going to do it. A little bit at a time, but *do it*.

• Mr. Rogers : What happens when you do something you were told not to do? Do you know that mothers and fathers tell their children not to do some things because they don't want their children to get hurt? Did you know that?

• Mr. Rogers : You know, when mothers and daddies love their children, they try to help them know what to do and what not to do. Very important. It's very important.