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Today's Special — Storyline

Today's Special was a Canadian children's television show produced by Clive VanderBurgh at TVOntario from 1981 to 1987. It also ran on Nickelodeon and the Faith and Values Channel/Odyssey as well as many PBS stations throughout the United States. It was set in a department store, based on the flagship location of the now defunct Simpson's in Toronto. Many sequences for it were shot at the Queen Street West and Yonge Street store after hours.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Clive VanderBurgh
• Starring: Jeff Hyslop, Nina Keogh, Nerene Virgin, Nikki Tilroe, Bob Dermer, Barry Baldaro

Today's Special — Series Details

Today's Special — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Hats (1982-09-14) — In a department store at night, display designer Jodie is working on a display of Hats for the sale the next day. Jeff, a mannequin that comes to life at night – and is learning ab
• E2: Snow (1982-09-16) — As Jodie is working on her display of snow, Jeff learns about snow as we all wait for the first snowfall that is due that night.
• E3: Noses (1982-09-21) — Jodie sets up her flower display and is glad to have a nose to smell the flowers. Sam, However, is allergic to some of them and keeps clear. Muffy has a cold and is in bed in this
• E4: Family (1982-09-23) — Jodie couldn't go to her family picnic at her Aunt Millie's because she had to work. She was a little sad, and Sam cheered her up by taking her to the hospital to see all the newbo
• E5: Camping (1982-09-30) — Jodie needs help setting up her camping display and Sam and Muffy have a lot of experience, but they both want to be in charge, so Jodie flips a coin for it and Sam win the toss. A
• E6: Pets (1982-09-30) — Jodie brought her dog, Chipper into the store for the pet show the next day, and Jeff learns about what pets are. He is so impressed that he wants to get a pet of his own. But afte
• E7: Sleep (1982-10-05) — Jeff is too tired to do his exercises because he hasn't been sleeping. He didn't know that he was supposed to sleep, since he's a mannequin most of the time. So Jodie sets up a bed
• E8: Balloons (1982-10-07) — The store is celebrating its own birthday and there are balloons everywhere. But Jodie's special balloons, that her nephew Davy gave her, fly out the window and get stuck on an ant
• E9: Soup (1982-10-12) — Jodie has a cold and is home in bed. So Jeff and Muffy set up her display of soup, while Sam tends Jodie at her apartment.
• E10: Costumes (1982-10-14) — With costumes everywhere, the gang decides to try on all sorts of costumes, and they tell a witch story.
• E11: School (1982-10-19) — Jeff wants to learn ""everything"" since he can never go to school and Muffy claims to know everything even though she never went to school. Meanwhile, Sam is chasing the Canadian
• E12: Games (1982-10-21) — Today's Special is games the next day, and Jodie setting up her display for the sale has everyone on the subject of games.
• E13: Trains (1982-10-26) — Muffy doesn't feel important and want to leave the store by train. So the other think of a plan to convince her to stay.
• E14: Water (1982-10-28) — Jodie sets up her display of water supplies, which puts water on the subject.
• E15: Books (1982-11-02) — With book displays, everyone is reading something. Muffy is reading a picture book, Sam is reading a book about Cam the Detective and gets tips on solving mysteries; Jeff is readin
• E16: Fruit (1982-11-03) — The display of fruit has everyone on the topic of fruit.
• E17: Gardens (1982-11-09) — Jodie sets up her garden display, which has everyone on the topic of flowers and gardens.
• E18: Shoes (1982-11-11) — Sam's shoes are worn out and he must have new shoes. But he's very sensitive about that. Meanwhile, Jeff is having fun with his new running shoes.
• E19: Hair (1982-11-16) — Today's Special is hair and Jeff helping her with the display has him learning about hair and puts hair on the day's subject.
• E20: Hands (1982-11-18) — Jodie hurt her hand roller-skating and it is in a bandage. So the others help her out with the display, which puts the topic of this episode on hands.
• E21: Brushes (1982-11-23) — Since the big sale the day before, the store is a mess. Jeff and Jodie must clean up the children's department as Jeff learns about brushes, Sam cleans up the computer room, and Mu
• E22: Night (1982-11-25) — With everyone on the topic night, displays and everything, They discover paw prints meaning that a raccoon may be loose in the store – and it's Sam's responsibility to find it.

Season 2

• E1: Dance — There's a lot of dancing going on as Jodie is practicing for her exam in dance class and is very nervous about it and Muffy is no help when she uses a magic spell from Waldo's book
• E2: Movies — Muffy took a movie of everyone in the store and is eager to show it. But it rolls away and gets lost, So she tries to make another one which isn't easy this time.
• E3: Circus — Jeff has been practicing his juggling and has gotten good. And since he will never see a real circus, they decide to have one in the store with Jeff and Jodie as clowns, Muffy as a
• E4: Halloween — It's Halloween but since Sam and Jodie had to work, they are a bit upset because they will miss out on all the fun on Halloween with the children they usually take out. So Jeff and
• E5: Opera — The store is about to have a guest: the famous opera singer Riki Turfoski whom Sam idolizes. While they're waiting, They do their own opera: The Three Bears. But when the time come
• E6: Television — Jodie, Sam and Muffy have been chosen to sing on TV. So they go to a studio where they sing ""Yo hee ho"" on a sailor's commercial while Jeff feels upset because he can't go.
• E7: Food — Jeff atempts to become an expert chef for a surprise restaurant that Sam and Muffy have started called the ""Starlight Cafe"" on the roof of the store. Jodie becomes their practice
• E8: Summer Camp — Muffy is do to go away to summer camp the next day, and Jodie, Jeff and Sam throw a farewell party for her. But they discover that she doesn't want to go and they all think that sh
• E9: Building — Jeff lives in the store, But doesn't have a place of his own – like Muffy does. So he attempts to build his own ""clubhouse"" without much luck. So Sam tries to build it for him bu
• E10: Work — Waldo the Magnifficent, the magician who brought Jeff to life, Comes to the store and gives everyone a wishing mirror that will let them be anything they want to be – but only temp
• E11: Eyes — Sam has trouble seeing and goes to the eye doctor and ends up needing glasses.
• E12: Records — A big sale of records puts records on the subject with Sam showing an old Victrola gramophone, Muffy's new favorite record, the Rockin' Rodents, and Jodie who is about to show us t
• E13: Homes — With a display of homes, Jeff decides that he wants to leave the store and find a home of his own. So Jodie leave a message with Waldo asking him to change the spell for Jeff. In a
• E14: Play — Today's Special is plays, and since Jeff is a mannequin during the day, he will not be able to see the play the next day. So Jodie decides that they could have a play right then –
• E15: Birthdays — Jodie tell Jeff about a birthday party, He wonders what a Birthday is, and since Jeff wasn't born, he realizes he doesn't have a real birthday and he really wants one. Jodie catche
• E16: Soap — Something strange is going on in the store: Muffy's mouse hole is blocked, Jeff slips on a soapy wet floor, Sam's computer room is clean, and Jodie's garbage mysteriously disappear
• E17: Friends — Sam has just built a model of the ""Tradewind Tramp"" ship that he once sailed on. And asked Muffy to look after it until he show it to the others. But after Muffy is spooked by Sa
• E18: Music — Jodie set up her music display, which has everyone on the topic. And everybody is hearing a strange music coming from somewhere but can't figure it out. It reminds Jodie of her Aun
• E19: Wood — Muffy has a visitor for the night: Terry Termite, and being a termite, he eats wood and chews on Muffy's furniture and Muffy gets mad. Terry of course can't help it and talks to Jo
• E20: Flight — Jodie is using a radio-controlled airplane for Muffy to ride in – which gets everyone on the topic of flight except Sam. Sam doesn't seem to want to talk about it so Jodie figures

Season 3

• E1: Cousins — Muffy gets a visit from her cousin Mort from the farm but they can't seem to agree on anything: First they have an argument about which life is better, country or city. This starts
• E2: Police — Jodie receives a box of safety tips and mannequins from the police station. And after her display is mysteriously ruined, and other departments are messes, they all think there is
• E3: Moving — The store has a new visitor, Karen (Jennifer VanderBurgh), a young girl whom Jodie is looking after while her parents are busy moving their stuff out of their house to a new city.
• E4: Tears — Jeff has never cried a real tear before and goes to great lengths to cry: from pretending, to smelling onions, to Sam and Muffy tickling his face, without much luck. Jodie explains
• E5: Christmas (1) — On Christmas Eve, Jeff was brought to life because he didn't want to miss Christmas. But Sam, Muffy and Jodie knew that he was going to be alone in the store. So after leaving him,
• E6: Our Story (1) — The store is being torn down the next day, and Jeff, Jodie, Sam and Muffy are spending their last day in the store packing, and feeling a bit sad that they'll have to go their sepa
• E7: Our Story (2) — The plaque is behind Muffy's wall but she didn't notice. Meanwhile, They still relive old memories and we see how Jeff came to the store: Waldo the Magnificent was practicing magic
• E8: Travel — Jeff, Sam and Jodie are waiting for Jodie to get back from her aunt Margaret's. She took a shortcut and got lost and her car broke down. So she went to a service station for help.
• E9: Newspapers — Coop Scoop, a newspaper reporter comes to the store to do a story about the night staff. And Sam is very eager to have Coop look at his diary from when he was at sea to do a story
• E10: Cookies — Jodie has prepared a special dinner for everyone and has brought it to the store along with a big bag of cookies she is taking to her nephew Davy's birthday party. But when she tak
• E11: Dinosaurs — The store is having a dinosaur-coloring contest and the prize is 2 free museum tickets and $100. The gang decides to enter but since there aren't enough poster boards, Jeff and Jod
• E12: Adventure — Waldo the Magnificent arrives in the store with a bad case of shrinkitis – whenever he sneezes, he shrinks. He needs a special potion to cure him that can only be gotten in ""potio
• E13: Imagination — With very much talk of imagination, everyone uses some of theirs, but Sam discovers that there is someone on the roof and the camera up there is broken and TXL can't show him what'
• E14: Temperature — It's a cold night in the store and just as Sam's about to turn on the heat (using TXL, who controls the heat), Muffy accidentally spills Sam's hot chocolate on TXL's keyboard and n
• E15: Smiles — Sam's friend Sour Puss Sal, who hasn't smiled in almost 20 years, is coming to visit him in the store. Everyone goes to great lengths to make her smile without much success until J
• E16: String — Sam comes into the Children's Department with a piece of string tied around his finger to remember something – but forgot. He forgot to pick up Jodie's display racks and Jodie gets
• E17: Wild West — Jodie's display of the old-wild west sets off a lot on this subject as Jeff is dressed as a cowboy for the next day, Muffy challenges Penelope to a showdown, and Sam receives a not
• E18: Space — While Jodie is setting up her display on space and the sky, Muffy is on the roof star-gazing when all of the sudden, a spaceship land there with an alien who is a mouse like Muffy.
• E19: Pianos — Jodie and Sam are practicing playing the piano for a show they're suppose to do and Muffy is upset when she is not included. So she tries some of Waldo's magic spells on cheese and
• E20: Christmas (2) — Everyone is back for Christmas but the elves play another trick: they hide all the presents so they all go on a gift hunt to find them. Jodie's present is found first under a tree

Season 4

• E1: Changes — The store is undergoing a lot of changes and the designer Madame Melba comes to the store to design all the changes. She has Muffy's place changed: The entrance is no longer just a
• E2: Dreams — Jeff woke up thinking that the floor was going to cave in. So everyone goes up to the roof. After he explains what he saw, they realize it was just a dream and since Jeff doesn't s
• E3: Lost and Found — Muffy's cousin Mort returns to the store for another visit, but Muffy is lost. After searching the store for her they discover she has been captured by Herman T. Horrible, an intru
• E4: Boxes and Boxes — There is a new branch of the store opening up across town and the stockroom manager, Mrs. Pennypacker (Cheryl Wagner) has a list of six mannequins to go there and Jeff is one of th
• E5: Hospitals — Muffy is sick, her throat is sore so Sam takes her to the hospital where Dr. Bennet treats her – even though she has never treated a mouse. She then discovers that she has ""mouse-
• E6: Butterflies — A monarch butterfly named Hazel visits the store and as everyone learns a bit about butterflies, Muffy learns that Hazel is 2 years old (which is old for a monarch butterfly) and e
• E7: Sharing — Muffy's cousin Mort comes for yet another visit and they are having a good time-sharing. But later a fight breaks out between them and they don't want to speak to each other. So Mu
• E8: Storms — It's a stormy night and Jeff loves the rain, but he doesn't like thunder, in fact, he's afraid of it. Jodie tells him to snap, clap and chuckle and then he won't be afraid. To make
• E9: Babies — Wanda Willoby, a possum form Possom Ridge visits Muffy in the store because her mother is having a new baby and Wanda doesn't feel important. Everyone agrees to let her stay for a
• E10: The Sea — Mrs. Pennypacker is throwing a tea party for everyone, but Sam is excited when he thinks she said ""sea party"". After he learns different, he is disappointed. So Mrs. P suggests t
• E11: Vacations — Muffy has eaten over 20 boxes of Breakfast Buttons cereal in order to win a vacation by sending an enrty form on the back of the box. She doesn't win the trip, but she does win a t
• E12: Cars — Sam has had his old car named Gertrude for so long and it was time to get a new car. But Gertrude is special and he is sad that he has to give it up. So he goes to Smiling Jack's u
• E13: Treasure Hunts — Sam brings his treasure chest to the store that contains a treasure hunt map and a gold coin that produces a wonderful surprise when Jeff rubs it. Pirate Pete appears in search for
• E14: Wheels — Today's Special is wheels, and Mrs. P has been assigned to count all the wheels in the store. After counting all of them in the stock room, she doesn't realize she is supposed to c
• E15: Ears — Sam seems to have a hearing problem after he misunderstands everyone that talks to him, and Jodie takes him to an ear-specialist. But it turns out that he had cotton in his ears th

Season 5

• E1: Songs — The store is having a song-writing contest and the prize is $1000. So Jeff, Jodie, Sam and Muffy decide to each write their own song to enter the contest. But after Sam's loud-spea
• E2: Daisies — Jeff and Jodie receive the daisies for the display. But Greedy O'Grady, a thief wants to get those daisies so he can ransom them back to everyone. So Sam lets him in the store afte
• E3: Jeans — The store is having big sale for jeans and Jeff seems to be into the style of wearing them, but Muffy will only wear the fashionable ""Mr. Mouster's"" jeans, but the store hasn't o
• E4: Hello Friend — A friend of Jodie's, Levy, a handicap who can't walk and only speaks in ""Bliss symbols"" visits the store. We learn about Blyss symbols but when Jeff, Jodie and Muffy get trapped
• E5: Waldo's Hat — Waldo the Magnificent arrives at the store but gets trapped in his own hat after his rabbit stole his wand and bewitched his hat, and anyone who touches it falls in. Jeff has alrea
• E6: Letters — Jeff is writing a letter to Wanda Willoby about stuff that has happened the last few days. Muffy got popcorn all in her mouse hole, after all that was straightened out, they end up
• E7: Heroes — Muffy is upset when she can't help the others with their work since she is small and she begins to hate being small. But after the other tell her a story about a mouse named Androc
• E8: Grandmothers — Muffy's 88 year old Granny Sweet visits the store and is quite a surprise: She can ride a motorcycle like a wild mouse, she plays the bagpipes and she likes hot-chili pepper. But s
• E9: Being Alone — Jeff is alone in the store when Jodie is off to her nephew's birthday party, Sam goes fishing, and Muffy goes golfing. Jeff is a bit afraid but gets better. However, Jodie, Sam and
• E10: Help! — While playing catch with Jeff, Muffy hurts her toe after Jeff throws the ball. So after getting back from the doctor, Jeff volunteers to do anything for Muffy and becomes her serva
• E11: Buttons — Waldo shows up in the store with his latest ""wishing machine"", and with the touch of a button, Jeff, Jodie, Sam, Muffy and Waldo take a whirl to a monkey maze, the moon, a clay c
• E12: Sam's Speech — Sam has been chosen to give a speech at the Royal Naval Academy and he must do it the next day. So he has a hard time figuring out what to say and remembering. So the other try and
• E13: Dancing Shoes — Jeff and Jodie got some new tap-shoes and practice tap dancing in the Children's Department. But Sam and Muffy are tired and annoyed with all the tapping noise so Jeff and Jodie tr
• E14: Storybooks — Waldo shows up in the store looking for a ""Robin Hood"" storybook that has a terrible spell in it. Muffy happens to be reading it and accidentally activates the magic spell and en
• E15: Going Out — When Jeff and Muffy hear about Jodie going to a dance with some prince, they fear that she will become a princess and leave the store to live in a palace. So When Jodie need a danc
• E16: Fun — When all the nighttime work is done, Jeff, Sam, Jodie and Muffy decide to have some fun. Mort arrives too, and they play a lot of tricks, they sing songs, and Sam makes donuts that
• E17: Jeff — Jeff is alone in the store and he talks with us as we see clips from when he first came to the store, going to the haunted castle and learning to roller skate. But the local troubl
• E18: Jodie — On Jodie's day off, We join her at her apartment and take a trip to the laundromat. She has been offered a better job as a store manager somewhere else and is debating on whether o
• E19: Muffy — Muffy is visiting Mort's farm and is trying to write her life story ""The Story of Muffy."" She writes about how she came to the store, when she met the alien from space, having he
• E20: Sam — On Sam's day off, he is on his friend Kevin O'Reilly's houseboat fishing. Kevin wants Sam to retire and stay with him on the boat. But he starts remembering old times like when him
• E21: Live on Stage — Jodie, Sam and Muffy are getting ready to leave for the theatre for the ""Today's Special"" live on stage performance. Jeff can't go since he can't leave the store, but he decides

Season 6

• E1: Stuffies — With stuffies everywhere for the big sale, everyone is into the cuddling mood until a real gorilla comes to the store. It turns out to be Waldo who used a spell that backfired and
• E2: Late — Jeff, Jodie, Sam and Muffy are planning a special ""bon voyage"" party for Mrs. P, who is going on a cruise. But when they are trying to plan the party, Muffy keeps being late and
• E3: The Blue Cow — Emily, A blue cow from Waldo's magic book comes to visit the store while Waldo's house is being painted. But she is very clumsy so Jeff volunteers to be the boss of her, which isn'
• E4: A Date for Sam — Sam got a call from an old high-school sweetheart Geraldine and he has a date with her the next night. But he is so nervous because he has never dated since he lost his wife. So Je
• E5: Teeth — It's national tooth week in the store and Jodie has Jeff and Sam help her film a video for dental hygiene. Sam however, has a toothache and goes to the dentist, even though he's af
• E6: Trash — Max Dumphey, the new night janitor has a powerful vacuum that makes a loud noise, and great suction. It keeps sucking up people's hats, and other unwanted things. Meanwhile, Jodie
• E7: Wishes — While in the park, Sam and Muffy find a rare coin that Sam discovers will grant him three wishes when he rubs it. So he wishes all his friends could have a wish to make it fair, Th
• E8: Phil's Visit — Phil Phenelli, One of the best photographers around, and an old friend of Sam's from the Merchant Marines is in the store to photograph Jodie's display. Phil also asks Jeff and Jod
• E9: Junior — The storeowner's nephew, Junior, comes to the store for his birthday to get everything he wants for his birthday – But he gets a little too greedy and wants to take Muffy too. So t
• E10: Secrets — It's Jodie and Sam's 5th anniversary, at midnight, since the time they met and got each other jobs, and Sam made a cake for Jodie, He showed it to Muffy who must keep it a secret.
• E11: Moods — Waldo comes to the store in a bad mood, which isn't just an ordinary case of the blues. He has a case of the ""grumples"" which only magicians get. And if he lets the grumples have
• E12: Fire — Mort comes to the store for another visit, but this time he's very cold and everything that Muffy tries to warm him up doesn't really work. Meanwhile, Jodie is having a hard time t

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Today's Special have? 7 season(s) with 121 episodes.

Who created Today's Special? Clive VanderBurgh.

Where can I watch Today's Special? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.