Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)
1472: Mr. Rogers Makes an Opera (1980)
Fred Rogers: Mr. Rogers, King Friday XIII, Lady Elaine Fairchilde, Daniel Striped Tiger, Cornflake S. Pecially
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Quotes
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Reardon : [returning to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe after 5 years] Aw, how good it is to be back.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Oh Reardon. Hello, dear.
Reardon : The first voice I hear.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Over here, dear.
Reardon : Coming, Lady Elaine.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Well, well, well, well.
Reardon : Well, well, well, well.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : You're a site for my beautiful eyes.
Reardon : Well, they are beautiful, and it is beautiful to be back in this neighborhood.
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Lady Elaine Fairchilde : [Reardon has just sung a beautiful, powerful opera song] Oh! I think the opera should be just the two of us. No bubbles of frills. Just two lovely voices blending in the breeze. I, Hildegard Hummingbird, and you, the TV news man.
Reardon : Well, er... Whom do you think I should be?
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : You should have a television news program that tells all about me. I could be the hummingbird who pops bubbles in Bubbleland.
Reardon : Oh, well it sounds different anyway.
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Daniel Striped Tiger : Did anybody ever make a sweater for a rocking chair?
Prince Tuesday : [Prince Tuesday and Ana laugh] That's funny, Daniel.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Oh, I just didn't mean it to be funny.
Harriet Elizabeth Cow : How did you mean it, Daniel?
Daniel Striped Tiger : Well, chairs have arms and legs and back and seat just like we do, so I thought maybe...
Lady Aberlin : [Enters] Hi.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Oh hi, Lady Aberlin.
Lady Aberlin : Oh, what were you saying before I came in?
Harriet Elizabeth Cow : Well Daniel has this idea about chairs and sweaters and well we've never heard of such a thing before.
Daniel Striped Tiger : I thought maybe chairs could have sweaters since they have arms and legs and all.
Lady Aberlin : Chair sweaters. I never thought of that.
Cornflake S. Pecially : They'd be great for the winter time, wouldn't they?
Harriet Elizabeth Cow : I'll say.
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King Friday XIII : I like my operas on Fridays.
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Handyman Negri : I'll keep working on bubbles that last.
King Friday XIII : Good, Handyman.
Lady Aberlin : I'm off to Someplace Else to show the school people how to knit.
King Friday XIII : You are both excused.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : [appears] What about me?
King Friday XIII : Everyone in this garden is most certainly excused.
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Mr. Rogers : You know, whenever I put on one of my sweaters, it helps me to think about my mother. I guess that's the best thing about things. They remind you of people.