Episode 1255

Air Date: May 12, 1972
Previous Episode: 1254
Next Episode: 1256

Mister Rogers arrives with two glass tumblers -- one larger and one small -- which he has borrowed from a teacher friend. After filling the large tumbler with cold water, he adds a small amount of hot water mixed with food coloring. As the colored water rises to the top, Mister Rogers explains that heat rises.

In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde shares with Mrs. McFeely that she wants to "shake up old Friday" by turning the Neighborhood purple. Much to the surprise of King Friday and Mrs. McFeely, Lady Elaine uses her boomerang to carry out her plan. When Handyman Negri reports that others throughout the Neighborhood do not like the change, Lady Elaine returns everything to its original colors.

Back at the house, Mister Rogers visits Brockett's Bakery where Chef Brockett makes a fried egg and French toast. Mister Rogers and Mrs. Schenk use a bread slicer to cut a loaf of raisin bread used for the French Toast.

Borrowing two eggs from Chef Brockett, Mister Rogers returns to his house where he shows that an uncooked egg will not spin -- but a hard boiled egg will.

Appearing In This Episode

• Chef Brockett
• Cornflake S. Pecially
• Daniel Striped Tiger
• Gladys Schenk
• Handyman Negri
• Henrietta Pussycat
• Lady Elaine Fairchilde
• Mister Rogers
• Mrs. McFeely
• X the Owl

Songs

• It's Such a Good Feeling
• The Weekend Song
• Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Images

Episode Credits

With Fred Rogers
Neighbors: Don Brockett, Betsy Nadas, Joe Negri, Gladys Schenk
Music Director: John Costa
Directed By: Bob Walsh
Psychological Consultants: Margaret B. McFarland Ph.D., Albert V. Corrado M.D.
Associate Producers: Diana Dean, David Newell
Assistant Producer: Betsy Nadas
Production Assistants: Laura Perkins, Susan Peters
Art Director: Jack Guest
Assistant Art Director: David Smith
Lighting Director: Frank Warninsky
Floor Manager: Nick Tallo
Technical Supervisors: Tom Knight, Ken Anderson
Video Tape Editor: Chet Bednar
Cameramen: Bob Vaughn, Dave Anthony, Dick Lasota
Video: Don Williamson
Audio: Chuck Sradomski

Produced by Family Communications in association with WQED, Pittsburgh

The people who gave the money to make this television visit are the people of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

© 1972 Family Communications, Inc.