Mister Rogers shows how a player piano works and has a video about how people make piano rolls. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, there’s trouble ahead as Corney tries to manufacture too many things at once and gets his chairs and his pretzels all mixed up. Mister Rogers talks about the good feeling of doing one thing at a time and doing it well.
Mister Rogers visits a factory and shows how people make dolls and explains that dolls are made and people are born. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, chaos reigns at Corney’s factory. He has more work than he can handle and a lot of mistakes are happening. Sometimes it’s important to remember that it takes time to do things right.
Mister Rogers gets his daily exercise by swimming and takes his television friends along. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde thinks the King Friday dolls should look like her and changes them all into Lady Elaine Fairchilde dolls! King Friday summons the Chief of Discipline to deal with the mischief-maker.
Mister Rogers goes to visit ice-skating star Peggy Fleming who is practicing for an ice show. They talk about how doing anything well takes a lot of practice. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde must work in Corney’s factory for two days as a consequence for turning King Friday dolls into Lady Elaine Fairchilde dolls. She goes to work organizing the factory and soon everything is running smoothly for the first time.
Mister Rogers shows a film of a factory where people make blankets and talks about the attachment some young children have to their blankets. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl makes a mistake, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde wants to spank him. She eventually learns that in the end, the best discipline makes everybody feel better and that something good can come from something bad.