Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)

1564: Celebrations (1986)

Fred Rogers: Mr. Rogers, King Friday XIII, Queen Sara Saturday, X the Owl, Henrietta Pussycat, Lady Elaine Fairchilde, Daniel Striped Tiger

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• Mr. Rogers : And when it comes time to light the candles, if you have candles on a cake, it's important for an adult to do that. In fact, matches and fire are things that nobody should ever be allowed to play with. The reason why grownups do their best to keep children away from fire is that they love them. And they don't want them to get hurt. Even when you're blowing out the candles on a cake, it's important to keep far enough away from the burning candles so that they won't burn you.

• Mr. Rogers : If it's your birthday, happy birthday to you. If it isn't, happy unbirthday to you.

• King Friday XIII : I'm finding it very difficult to wait?

  Purple Panda : Now you know how children feel.

  King Friday XIII : What do you mean, Panda?

  Purple Panda : Now you know how children feel when they have to wait for something they have wanted for a very long time.

  King Friday XIII : Yes, but no child has ever waited for his or her own comet.

  Purple Panda : I guess not. Nobody has ever waited for his or her own comet.

  King Friday XIII : Except King Friday XIII.

• Mr. Rogers : But you know, birthday presents, and birthday parties and things like that are really little expressions of love, and it's feeling loved that makes somebody feel good. That's the real present. The real present.

• Mr. Rogers : How old are you now? And how old will you be on your next birthday? You see, everybody is different, and everybody is valuable. The world can be a better place because you were born into it. And since each person in the world was born at one time or another, then each person has a birthday. That's one thing that everybody has, a birthday.

• Mr. Rogers : Nobody can own anybody else. We can enjoy one another, but nobody owns us. We are our own person.

• Mr. Rogers : People have lots of different feelings about birthdays. Some like noisy parties, some like very quiet times. I know a girl who told her mom and dad that she wanted to invite only one friend for her birthday one year, and her parents said that's fine. They had a very good time.

• [the neighbors sing "Happy Birthday" to Henrietta at her surprise party] 

  Henrietta Pussycat : Meow thank you meow meow much. Meow hardly meow what to say.

  X the Owl : Well, you know, Hen, you're the only pussycat who's exactly like you, and you're my best Tree neighbor, and you're the only one in this whole place who knows meow talk and... Well, you're just one special cat. That's it.

  Henrietta Pussycat : Meow meow, X. Meow meow meow feel so good.

  X the Owl : Well, that's how you feel when you know people love you. You feel good.

  Henrietta Pussycat : Meow meow sure.

  Handyman Negri : And those are the best kinds of celebrations. The kind that show and tell people you love them.