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The Worst Episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

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Worst episode
S18E4 Alike & Different: Feeling Jealous; Making Strudel; Clowns
5.815 votes
Best episode
S31E5 1765 - Celebrating the Arts: The Last Program
9.551 votes
Top season
Season 31
8.7avg
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 18 Episode 4 - Alike & Different: Feeling Jealous; Making Strudel; Clowns
    5.8/10(15 votes)

    S18:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 16 Episode 6 - Making and Creating
    6.2/10(17 votes)

    S16:E6

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 6 Episode 1 - Is Santa Claus Real?
    6.3/10(16 votes)

    S6:E1

    Rogers gives a Santa Claus costume to Chef Brockett. Both Betty Aberlin and François Clemmons talk of how as children, they used to be afraid of Santa Claus. Santa Claus, himself, also comes to the neighborhood. This is the first series episode to use the closing song "It's Such a Good Feeling". This continued as the closing song until the end of the series in 2001.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 23 Episode 3 - Up & Down
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    S23:E3

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 23 Episode 15 - Then & Now
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S23:E15

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 25 Episode 2 - Fast and Slow
    6.6/10(16 votes)

    S25:E2

    Rogers rollerblades with Stephen Lee at a skating rink. Stephen Owl appears in his full safety gear to help the neighbors' cause.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 25 Episode 9 - Everybody's Special
    6.6/10(16 votes)

    S25:E9

    Rogers shows some of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe puppets and introduces the puppeteer who created Prince Tuesday, Lenny Meledandri. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, several people have to console Prince Tuesday, who has removed his robe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 3 Episode 9 - The Pie Restaurant Pt 4 - Repairing a fence
    6.4/10(12 votes)

    S3:E9

    Bad manners cost Bob Dog after he eats all the pies in Lady Elaine's restaurant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 16 Episode 8 - Making and Creating
    6.7/10(16 votes)

    S16:E8

    Being Creating Is Part of Being Human Mister Rogers shows how people make wooden rocking horses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 7 Episode 41 - Episode 41
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    S7:E41

    Rogers' adopted sister visits with her two sons. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine discusses opera roles with John Reardon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 16 Episode 10 - Making and Creating
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    S16:E10

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    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 17 Episode 3 - Playthings
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    S17:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 24 Episode 2 - Things to Wear
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    S24:E2

    Rogers inevitably fools Marilyn Barnett by donning the Bob Dog costume. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how blue jeans are made. Lady Elaine Fairchilde provides the only resistance to King Friday's insistence that everyone and everything in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe should wear the three-cornered hat from the 18th century.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 97 - Trouble with the telecan
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S1:E97

    After Mister Rogers tries on many different types of shoes, Handyman Negri sees that communication with the Neighborhood of Make-Believe is intact by repairing the "telecan". Norma Canner and her young students perform dance steps for King Friday.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 27 Episode 8 - Be Yourself
    7.0/10(18 votes)

    S27:E8

    Rogers hears the Uptown String Quartet perform. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a vulnerable Prince Tuesday falls prey to Lady Elaine's "flying lessons".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 24 Episode 6 - Going Away and Coming Back
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    S24:E6

    A map of the world painted by a friend of Rogers is shown on the back of an old floor covering. Rogers demonstrates traveling from place to place. Dan Kamin demonstrates his mime act. He acts as a mime character in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 26 Episode 3 - Mad Feelings
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    S26:E3

    Lady Elaine Fairchilde is distraught that, in a fit of anger, she has turned Mr. McFeely into a doll.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 17 Episode 2 - Playthings
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S17:E2

    Lots of Different Things for Play and Pretending Mister Roger visits a toy factory where people make plastic molded tricycles, and he receives a visit from folk singer Ella Jenkins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 17 Episode 4 - Playthings
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S17:E4

    No description available

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  20. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 17 Episode 6 - Dance
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S17:E6

    Daniel receives a t'ai chi lesson in another Neighborhood of Make-Believe that is only half-raining.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 23 Episode 6 - Love: Teddy Bear Factory; Costumes Don't Change Who You Are
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S23:E6

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 24 Episode 9 - Going Away and Coming Back
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S24:E9

    Rogers uses a long piece of plumbing pipe to simulate a tunnel in which blocks and a car could travel through. Mr. McFeely shows a video of passing through a car wash. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday hears of the search for the lost tunnel. Lady Aberlin finds all the pieces to the old parable about it, and it is very close to X's tree.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 25 Episode 10 - Everybody's Special
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S25:E10

    Cornflake S. Pecially feels everyone has forgotten that today is his birthday. It adds to the drama of the surprise birthday party, for which Daniel and Prince Tuesday have made a card. But Mr Mcfeely And Chuck Aber Stops By Videotape How People Make Ham Then As Soon As They Leave Maggie Stewart Brings Another Videotape On How People Make Ice Cream

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 26 Episode 12 - Helping
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S26:E12

    Jabali Afrika performs at Negri's Music Shop. Lady Elaine Fairchilde has a bad dream about "vacuum sweepers," where she dances with one while in human size and tries to rid them from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 69 - Windows
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    S1:E69

    Title number 0069. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with then reading a poem he wrote. Donkey Hodie has had no visitors at his unseen home and wants some to come.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Alike & Different: Feeling Jealous; Making Strudel; Clowns" is the worst rated episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It scored 5.8/10 from 15 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 26, 1987. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Making and Creating".

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