Today's Special - Nick Knacks Episode

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@MSP10julia
@MSP10julia Жыл бұрын
RIP Nerene Virgin (1946-2024)
@stardappledgreen
@stardappledgreen 5 жыл бұрын
"...today's special is guns?" I love that
@DJCailler
@DJCailler Жыл бұрын
This was my favorite live action kids show from my childhood. It captured my imagination like few others.
@Tabbyclaw
@Tabbyclaw Жыл бұрын
This is the first show in the series that I really have any strong memories of, and I've been looking forward to getting here.
@dhaang126
@dhaang126 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing as Jeff with my friend when we were 5. He'd pull the hat off my head and I'd have to hold still until he put it back on and said Hocus Pocus Alamagocus!
@ml9867
@ml9867 3 ай бұрын
I've been trying to find this show for many years from a few memories, but Hocus Pocus Alamagocus wasn't one of them. However, seeing you post that does does seem like something I have heard or said before. Thanks.😊
@ml9867
@ml9867 3 ай бұрын
5:30 I've been thinking about this show for 10 or 20 years without knowing what it was or where to find it. I only remember a few specific things, like going out on a building's roof, a desk/counter/table, a queen of hearts or tarts, actual tarts, and either shoofly pie, chicken pot pie, crow pie, or blackbird pie. When looking the show at various times over the years, Today's Special would pop up but I never remembered the main characters and just thought it was something different. Seeing the security guard on the roof, the display counter, and especially the queen of hearts looking for her tarts confirmed that this is what I was searching for from my childhood 30+ years ago. Thank you so much for making these videos and posting this exact clip I remembered.
@seancdaug
@seancdaug 5 жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with Today's Special as a young'un. My relatives still tease me about it.
@Lurker1979
@Lurker1979 4 жыл бұрын
Ditto.
@jwilliams7554
@jwilliams7554 4 жыл бұрын
This was the first show to come on after 4-5 hours of pinwheel each day.
@atariblue
@atariblue 5 жыл бұрын
For the longest time, a time before full blown nostalgia channels became prevalent on KZbin, Today's Special resided in the recess of my mind as just one episode. That episode in question is one where Muffy the Mouse imagines the rest of Today's Special gang as cats who are trying to catch her. Much gratitude goes to these channels sparking the memories of my childhood and keeping those good times alive. Anyway, Today's Special was just one of the many great shows I was fortunate to grow up with.
@AlexReynard
@AlexReynard 2 жыл бұрын
o.O What specific episode was that? Because that's tingling my nostalgia-center as well.
@jennyvlogs7160
@jennyvlogs7160 2 жыл бұрын
I have very vague memories of Today's special. I remembered an episode where Jeff was afraid his nose would fall off. It was cool to see it again
@ml9867
@ml9867 3 ай бұрын
5:30 I've been thinking about this show for 10 or 20 years without knowing what it was or where to find it. I only remember a few specific things, like going out on a building's roof, a desk/counter/table, a queen of hearts or tarts, actual tarts, and either shoofly pie or chicken pot pie. When looking the show at various times over the years, Today's Special would pop up but I never remembered the main characters and just thought it was something different. Seeing the security guard on the roof, the display counter, and especially the queen of hearts looking for her tarts confirmed that this is what I was searching for from my childhood 30+ years ago.
@DChatc
@DChatc 5 жыл бұрын
The fire episode will always be my favorite. Sam was my favorite character in this series and he was shown putting out the fire and everything. Loved his character!
@kameronbiggs5495
@kameronbiggs5495 5 жыл бұрын
I never heard of a pre-school show that dealt with alcoholism and toxicity in relationships; Unless, Sesame Street or some other show handled this concept, this is a show that was ahead of its time!
@segamike8250
@segamike8250 5 жыл бұрын
Someone should do a autotune remix with every clip of Muffy rhyming
@vestonbruno2795
@vestonbruno2795 4 жыл бұрын
Well, Today's Special already pulled that off. Sesame Street couldn't bother to beat it.
@mightyfilm
@mightyfilm 3 жыл бұрын
Sesame Street did a parody of the Miller Time commercials. I know it's not the same, but I wouldn't have expected it.
@nothenryporter81
@nothenryporter81 3 жыл бұрын
I wish there was a Mr. Rogers field trip segment at an AA meeting with creepy old 1970s Pittsburgh alcoholics.
@jimmymelendez1836
@jimmymelendez1836 4 жыл бұрын
Today's Special was a great show in the 80's. I used to watch it almost all the time.
@hezekiahramirez6965
@hezekiahramirez6965 2 жыл бұрын
I have an odd question for you. Since you frequently watched this show, do you remember Waldo (or someone else) ever using a different hocus pocus line? Specifically do you remember "hocus pocus jiminyocus?" I swear I remember that line. I'm pretty sure Waldo or whoever it is was onstage. Do you remember anything like that?
@Scarybug
@Scarybug 4 жыл бұрын
The fact that if Jeff's hat fell off he'd turn back into a mannequin always filled me with existential dread.
@thebunnyfoofoo
@thebunnyfoofoo 3 жыл бұрын
Especially since he was always dancing around!
@AlexReynard
@AlexReynard 2 жыл бұрын
5:50 AND WANDA WILLOUGHBY!!!!!
@bradjames891
@bradjames891 2 жыл бұрын
Jodie commenced her time at the store in an orange jumpsuit. That's still stunning to me. I always remember her wearing pink.
@ml9867
@ml9867 3 ай бұрын
Perhaps the tint setting on your old CRT TV was wrong.
@GreenRiver72
@GreenRiver72 3 жыл бұрын
That season 6 alcoholic - perhaps the oldest memory I have of being with my sister. When we usually got along and often laughed together. Thanks dogg.
@wickedfeylady
@wickedfeylady 5 жыл бұрын
Even if the "Very special" episodes weren't perfect, you have to admire how honest they tried to be.
@RoyStorey
@RoyStorey 5 жыл бұрын
*guy gets drunk in the store* sam: get outta here *cop blasts pistol* sam: nice
@FdupTV
@FdupTV 5 жыл бұрын
Sam was a rent-a-cop. No doubt he wished he could've had a gun.
@RainbowMilk1996
@RainbowMilk1996 4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, they were at a shooting range
@d.almeida3633
@d.almeida3633 Жыл бұрын
Great video ! So much nostalgia.. the video quality of the 80s, how the store looked brings back so much memories !!
@matthewweatherford6566
@matthewweatherford6566 6 ай бұрын
Bob Dermer was also the voice of Grumpy Bear for 2 Care Bears TV shows and 3 feature films and the cloud keeper and Frostbite in The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine.
@jgirlinluv55
@jgirlinluv55 2 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite show growing up.
@ThePixelExpedition
@ThePixelExpedition 3 жыл бұрын
This shoe was a gem. I absolutely loved it as a kid. Thanks for the insights!
@Grover1234
@Grover1234 4 жыл бұрын
Oh how I LOVED this show growing up!!! Poparea thanks for doing all these "Nick Knacks" Episodes. I grew up on Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite from my youth till in my early 30's. This was my shit! My first episode I happened to come across was the Nick at Nite one. It was late one night (even though I had to be to work the next day) I stayed up and watch it. I mean, I could have just waited till after work to watch it but ever since getting into tape trading, I can't get enough of my nostalgia for my late 80's early 90's Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite that I remember watching. I still remember some of my friends and cousins giving me a hard time on why I enjoyed watching these older black and white shows from the 50's and 60's. I just did. My sister told me I used to ask her to come and watch "Car 54 Where Are You? when I was really little. Most kids at that age were more into watching new cartoons (which don't get me wrong I still watch the newer cartoons) but I also enjoyed older cartoons and older TV sitcoms of those times. Sorry to have rambled on but you seem like a really swell guy and if you ever want to do any tape trading. Just look me up! Keep up the great work! Oh by the way. Here are the three shows I'm looking forward to see you review. 1. Rocky and Bullwinkle (I would call this my Soap Opera of what I enjoyed) 2. Count Duckula (I never was into Danger Mouse that much but I really was into this show) 3. Eureeka's Castle (Oh BOY! Now this was another one of my guilty pleasures of Nick Jr. during my time. I even remember wanting a plush toy of these characters but NEVER did they EVER make any. Batley and Magellan were my two favorites of the main characters)
@only257
@only257 4 жыл бұрын
VHS Collector Kyle I remember this show it was the first Nickelodeon show I saw I was 6 in 1990 a neighbor when I was 7 in 1991 had the first 2 seasons on vhs tapes at the time he let me bring home it was in a big box 😎
@Grover1234
@Grover1234 4 жыл бұрын
@@only257 really neat story. Were they the ones recorded off of Nick Jr. Or were they store bought ones?
@angelagokool9514
@angelagokool9514 6 ай бұрын
I don't remember which episodes I'd seen, but I do remember this show being on the air. My sister would be too young to know it, though. Anyway, this was such a staple of my childhood. Thanks for the video!
@justinstewart8954
@justinstewart8954 3 жыл бұрын
Was Today's Special the first show on Nickelodeon who had an episode that ended with "To Be Continued...?"
@Rodanguirus
@Rodanguirus 5 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Michigan and didn't have cable until I was a teenager, so the Canadian airwaves provided a lot of my childhood television. I was very familiar with TVO and this show, and it was really neat to get a deep dive into its history! Excellent work as usual!
@hezekiahramirez6965
@hezekiahramirez6965 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for replying to such an old comment but I was wondering if you could help me out with something. Since you're familiar with this show, do you ever remember anybody (probably Waldo) using the line "hocus pocus jiminyocus?" It's a bit different from the usual alamagocus but I swear I remember it. Does that ring a bell at all?
@FebMon
@FebMon 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for finally getting here! This and "You Can't do that on Television" are a few things I have been able to remember that you have presented so far. Well that and some of the holiday specials. I hope we get further into more I can recognize soon. Mind, that now I would also like to catch, and have, some of the stuff you reported on before. I wish Nickleodeon would air some of these old programs again. If they did the advertising dollars could off set the costs for producing DVDs and Blu-Rays. Plus since it is already produced programming it could fill in gaps between the new stuff. Nickeldeon would just need to first remaster all of the footage but they have money and big studio teams that could do that.
@razorblade4395
@razorblade4395 5 жыл бұрын
Nickelodeon has a lot of money
@bainr6856
@bainr6856 5 жыл бұрын
Great content as always! I just found this channel a week or so ago and binged every episode of Nick Knacks, save your full Paul Saltzman interview. Keep it up! P.S. As a Canadian, hearing Polka Dot Door mentioned in passing as well as TVO as a whole made me light up!
@ChristopherSobieniak
@ChristopherSobieniak 5 жыл бұрын
I'm sure it has! Thinking back to Today's Special, one of those weird childhood thoughts I had was thinking what would it had been had Jeff came to life one night, alone and without his clothes on. I don't know why I thought that, but it was something that ran through my head thinking of how silly and weird such an occurrence would be.
@thesylphwind6816
@thesylphwind6816 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this Greg. I loved this show as a kid, but had no idea about it's origins.
@FreeTheTrolls
@FreeTheTrolls 5 жыл бұрын
I loved this show as a kid! I seemed to watch The Froozles, Pinwheel, and Today’s special often as a kid! These obscure shows were fun to watch!
@germsincognito8329
@germsincognito8329 5 жыл бұрын
Just Yes did you mean Noozles? Or was there actually a show called Froozles?
@derekb27
@derekb27 Жыл бұрын
One of my two all-time favorite children’s shows. I need to track every episode down!
@briangressett902
@briangressett902 3 жыл бұрын
Jeff was one of my first crushes as a kid.
@MathieuLeblanc1991
@MathieuLeblanc1991 3 жыл бұрын
It stopped airing here in Canada around 1993
@willmistretta
@willmistretta 5 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was so weird that the security guard was a puppet. The mouse made sense, but real humans and puppet humans co-existing...whoa.
@nothenryporter81
@nothenryporter81 3 жыл бұрын
I suppose that's why Statler and Waldorf were so bitter. Old men beaten down by decades of anti-puppet bigotry.
@bradjames891
@bradjames891 2 жыл бұрын
True. Even on Under The Umbrella Tree (another Noreen Young contribution), Holly was a human but her roommates were puppet animals. I guess Mrs. McMertree was the Sam Crenshaw equivalent, a human puppet neighbor.
@matthewweatherford6566
@matthewweatherford6566 3 ай бұрын
Sesame Street and Th Muppet Show do that all the time. Also, in The Puzzle Place, Jody is a puppet but her dad is a human. Also, in case you haven't seen The Muppets from 2011, Walter is a puppet but his brother is a human.
@MarvelousMissC
@MarvelousMissC 5 жыл бұрын
This show was wayyyy before my time, but I discovered it on a whim when I was going into high school, and I’ve always been intensely curious about it as a production. Your overview is so thorough, and it feels really satisfying to get to learn so much about this gem of a show so many years later!! Thank you for the remarkable work you’ve done on both this video and Nick Knacks as a whole. The care you’ve put into each production is so apparent and shines through in every installment.
@ShadowWingTronix
@ShadowWingTronix 5 жыл бұрын
I think I was in late middle school when we finally got Nickelodeon so I was too old for it too, but it was interesting seeing how they handled topics and performances. Plus the concept was neat.
@codyssmith73
@codyssmith73 5 жыл бұрын
That moment when you see Greg discussing a channel you grew up with, but before you were born so you have zero idea what this show is or was..... but TVO was a childhood staple for me even though we also got PBS. It was where I watched Arthur, George Shrinks, Zoboomafoo, Timothy Goes To School, Art Attack, Polka Dot Door, Bananas In Pyjamas...... I could go on, but seriously..... it feels so weird to see Greg talk about TVO and it makes me wonder what other TVO shows ended up finding their US home on Nick from before my time as I know quite a good chunk of stuff I did watch did end up on Nick or CN, and in some cases flipped rights. Mind you, I watched a random mix of stuff mostly cause my Mom babysitted when I was a young kid so I've seen a lot of preschool stuff and heck, even go back to watch some of those old shows from time to time as oddly enough, they hold up very well cause they don't talk down to their audience, like most of today's stuff does.
@ChristopherSobieniak
@ChristopherSobieniak 5 жыл бұрын
Some PBS stations even aired TVO content like their science shows! I used to see these... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4bLqaCOj9yDo8k But what I really remember is "Write On"! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6W5dKKAhpunosk These sorts of shows used to be played during what was called "Instructional Programming" in TVGuides, as PBS did not have the familiar "PBS Kids" thingy until the late 90's, so during school hours, they would play these programs for many decades as a service to schools.
@ShadowWingTronix
@ShadowWingTronix 5 жыл бұрын
My favorite was Read All About It. Always enjoyed serials and stuff about reading. I never did get to see the whole thing because PBS aired it while I was a school and I think they only did the first season. I didn't even know there was a second one until I saw it posted on KZbin.
@zachadams4310
@zachadams4310 5 жыл бұрын
This show started as I was on the tail end of its demo so it was more important to my younger sibs than it was to me. Nonetheless, it's one of those shows that I remember vividly in part because it lasted so long and that I never got jaded enough to start hating. It's weird that I remembered the opening note for note but never realized Jeff was a stand-in for the preschool audience until you pointed it out. Now, almost 40 years later, the most fantastical element seems to be that someone Sam's age is the only person in the cast who can run the computer.
@adamguymon7096
@adamguymon7096 3 жыл бұрын
I loved this show as a kid. There was a show but I can't remember the name of it? This other show had a little boy that lived on a very small planet where he would catch a shooting star? As well there is another show that I loved when I was a kid that there was a boy that rode on a big white dog named Bell? I wish these types of shows like these and other favorites I loved like You Can't Do That On Television were still playing? So many young kids today really are missing out on some old classics that I grew up with? I thought that Sam Crenshaw was a puppet? I always wondered about that because I am legally blind and I couldn't tell if he was a real person in the sow or a puppet? I know one thing is that if Jeff took his hat off he would freeze and become a mannequin again? I wish that there was a show like this one today that could help teach kids the good old core values but help kids of today learn the true history that has been forgotten and teach them good values they need t learn today?
@PaigeDWinter
@PaigeDWinter 3 жыл бұрын
It's weird, I remember the intro to this show, but I don't remember the show itself...
@workingdad8613
@workingdad8613 5 жыл бұрын
Great research coupled with a willingness to follow threads into deep and sometimes surprising directions. Fun presentation too, with really thoughtful use of supporting imagery and clips. I think Nick Knacks is a work of genius in some ways, and this episode is up to your usual high standard. Subscribed on Patreon a few minutes ago. Thank you for making this series!
@GreenFlash1790
@GreenFlash1790 5 жыл бұрын
I still think about how delighted Sam was to treat himself to a hotel stay, in his own city!
@ryanlemay6296
@ryanlemay6296 3 жыл бұрын
Sam invented the stay-cation lol
@huntercoleherr
@huntercoleherr Жыл бұрын
Yeah... The 80's were pretty awful. Anything new was welcome, no matter how mundane.
@brightgreenfuzzyball3000
@brightgreenfuzzyball3000 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for you work and passion for all us that grew up with these shows not oother popular shows . Not everyone needs ABC's and 123s crammed down our throats. Nicklodeon was so special then and I am so thankful for it
@williamcrowe2576
@williamcrowe2576 5 жыл бұрын
Two things I remember fondly about Today's Special are the Monkey Maze song and the Goldie Locks opera.
@chrisjt86
@chrisjt86 5 жыл бұрын
Hazel's death got me. I literally barely knew ye, Hazel.
@vestonbruno2795
@vestonbruno2795 4 жыл бұрын
Oh, Hazel, I pine for you!
@frankthespank
@frankthespank 5 жыл бұрын
The cop shooting a gun would NEVER happen today on a kids TV show. I was so glad to watch this show as a kid, I’m American and watched it on Nickelodeon and LOVED it. I think I was meant to be Canadian, my Dad’s side of my family lives in Canada and I grew up with Canadian TV like You Can’t Do That On Television, Degrassi High, Today’s Special and some other ones and today I watch Trailer Park Boys and Kenny vs Spenny. So love from America to Canada, thank you for the great TV!
@DChatc
@DChatc 5 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, I swore I saw this on PBS too.. I remember I loved it but also became freaked out often because of the scenes where Jeff loses his hat and he just dies for all intents and purposes..
@caa1000
@caa1000 3 жыл бұрын
Talk about the early concept for "The Get Along Gang" AKA "Cucumber"... Wow!
@Lynn17
@Lynn17 4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing one episode of this show, where Muffy hurt her leg and sang the "Poor Little Me" song about being stuck in bed recovering.
@amandaengelman5168
@amandaengelman5168 3 жыл бұрын
I loved this show. I remember rushing home from the bus stop after school to watch it.
@KevlarNinja
@KevlarNinja 5 жыл бұрын
Oh sweet, I wasn't expecting TVO to come up in this series. Nice to get some history for a channel I grew up watching.
@IanGorton
@IanGorton 5 жыл бұрын
This is another show I remember watching as a kid. Back when Australia's ABC picked up a fair bit of this type of content for weekday mornings
@only257
@only257 4 жыл бұрын
IanGorton ☺️
@Okiedog1
@Okiedog1 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching this! Haven't even thought about it in years!
@morbidsearch
@morbidsearch 3 жыл бұрын
JJ McCullough mentioned this show in one of his videos and said the mannequin made him realise he was gay
@doryna_sira
@doryna_sira 5 жыл бұрын
I haven't watched an episode of this show since it stopped airing in '91. And yet, as soon as the theme song started, I remembered it perfectly.
@matthewacton4189
@matthewacton4189 5 жыл бұрын
I loved this show as a kid, and this video reminds me why.
@seanpatmac27
@seanpatmac27 5 жыл бұрын
I definitely remember watching this show as a kid
@TheChrisHype
@TheChrisHype Жыл бұрын
I genuinely spent roughly 30 years of my life thinking that Sam Crenshaw was a fever dream I once had.
@huntercoleherr
@huntercoleherr Жыл бұрын
This show has a living mannequin AND a mime and neither is even the creepiest character.
@benjaminkellog7311
@benjaminkellog7311 5 жыл бұрын
Just from the name of the show alone, I feel like I'm about to enter a repeat of the "Special Delivery" episode. And looking at the time stamp, it's going to be full of just as many digressions. Man, just how much tape did Nick have lying around back then?! Two minute later... Oh, completely different, huh? Okay, at least the Great Canadian Invasion continues providing some cracking content.
@ImpetuouslyInsane
@ImpetuouslyInsane 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so damn old I remember this show. I never remembered the name of the show until I actively started looking for it.
@Citizen_Krang
@Citizen_Krang Жыл бұрын
I used to love this show, could never find it as an adult but that’s prolly because I always thought it was called “Special Delivery”
@alohamrhnd
@alohamrhnd 5 жыл бұрын
You did an amazing job with this one! I don't remember any episodes specifically, but I know I used to LOVE this show when I was a kid.
@Shoofyou10
@Shoofyou10 3 жыл бұрын
This show scared the crap out of me as a kid.
@FilmThePoliceFTP
@FilmThePoliceFTP 3 жыл бұрын
I loved this show when I was a kid
@ryanlemay6296
@ryanlemay6296 3 жыл бұрын
I must say, as someone of similar age, who grew up on Nickelodeon, I have been LOVING working my way through this series. I find it incredible that you made a point in this video to talk about of the few episodes I have always vividly remembered for almost 40 years, the photographer with his flask. I always think of that episode when I think of this show and the fact that you discussed that specific episode blows my mind!
@bullmonty764
@bullmonty764 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Nerene Virgin (1946-2024) Sorry I just found out. That shit sucks
@bradjames891
@bradjames891 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. We watched TV Ontario educational programming in elementary school all the time: Art's Place. Look Up. Eureka! This is a great documentary. I've always wondered about TVO's history.
@reythejediladyviajakku6078
@reythejediladyviajakku6078 4 жыл бұрын
That’s cool that the creator did all that research. Even conferring with Mr Rogers people? That’s cool! It showed he cared about creating something meaningful
@PositionLight
@PositionLight 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, this video has brought back all sorts of crazy memories. I didn't have cable, but I remember this show from the few occasions I would have access to it, possible when it was in daycare in the early 80's! BTW. this series is to the mannequin transformation community as Animorphs is to the animal transformation community. IE got into a lot of kids heads ;-)
@bradjames891
@bradjames891 2 жыл бұрын
Today's Special has always been a grownup show for kids. It doesn't sugarcoat inappropriate behavior.
@JoeBushOnline
@JoeBushOnline 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, to see that this show became so prolific and beloved out of what seems like kind of a bizarre premise is fascinating! And, as always, your intensive research and presentation ended up giving us a layered and entertaining video here! Excited to see where you go over the next 37 years of children's TV history
@tyrannosaurusburke
@tyrannosaurusburke 4 жыл бұрын
I loved "Today's Special" when I was little. I didn't have cable as a kid, but the show aired on my local PBS affiliate. It was "Sesame Street", "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", and this show that defined my preschool years.
@unclelou4839
@unclelou4839 5 жыл бұрын
This channel deserves FAR more subs/exposure. I'm doing my part in spreading the word!
@nancyking
@nancyking 5 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite shows along with Pinwheel, You Can't Do That on television, Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow, and Electric Company. It's a wonder I ever got outside at all, but my mother made me, telling me that I had to get sun and air; we couldn't afford a VCR.
@voodoom5880
@voodoom5880 5 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite shows as a child
@FilmThePoliceFTP
@FilmThePoliceFTP 3 жыл бұрын
Was it really oddball or a product of its time?
@benrippel8524
@benrippel8524 3 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it won't be mentioned here, but "Today's Special" was also carried by KBYU-TV 11 to Utah (broadcast available statewide) and southern Idaho audiences on cable television. KBYU was kinda, sorta a PBS affiliate but also widely did their own thing to meet standards of their owner, Brigham Young University (today the channel is exclusively BYU-TV).
@vestonbruno2795
@vestonbruno2795 4 жыл бұрын
Gerry Parkes in Today's Special. He was also on Fraggle Rock and Shining Time Station. Nina Keogh later went on to do Crystal on Groundling Marsh and Bookmice.
@unclelou4839
@unclelou4839 5 жыл бұрын
Yesssssss, thank you so much for this!! I love this show & I love your channel!
@JhomasE
@JhomasE 3 жыл бұрын
Man, I remember when the show was pulled from the schedule. It was July of 1991. Friday afternoon, I watched. Monday at two, some cartoon "The Lil' Bits" began airing in the time slot. I guess it was time to move on as Today's Special hadn't had any new episodes in four years.
@zaralobnerold
@zaralobnerold 5 жыл бұрын
Omg we are this much closer to 1985! AKA the start of the main era!
@MaxineLunaZorua
@MaxineLunaZorua 5 жыл бұрын
Wow that death scene though. That was so sudden but props to it.
@BigMack9737
@BigMack9737 4 жыл бұрын
I loved this show as a kid. I have 5 or so vhs tapes full of episodes my granny would tape for me off Nickelodeon since she had cable and we didnt. All the tapes are labeled "Sam and Jody" since thats what I called it lol. Wish they would release a full series collection. All I can find is a low quality bootleg set of all the episodes
@Montork
@Montork 5 жыл бұрын
WAIT. THIS IS FROM 1981? I WAS WATCHING THIS ON YTV DURING THE DAY IN LIKE 1991-4? hard core. It's hard to believe tv Ontario... Was Ontario only
@katt-the-pig
@katt-the-pig 5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching that show when I was little. I don't know what network it was on (we didn't have Nickelodeon, so I assume PBS), but it was definitely on a network in Illinois. I don't remember much about the show, but it inspired me to name our family cat "Muffy".
@Rodimus13ShelfSpace
@Rodimus13ShelfSpace 4 жыл бұрын
I think I remember catching the tag end of this show a few times way back when I was but a little Rodimus. All these characters and sets seem very familiar. Though my mind keeps conjuring an image of the main set empty but lit somewhat dark and red. Maybe from the ending titles? Very neat seeing this unlock some long forgotten memories.
@amwfan88
@amwfan88 2 жыл бұрын
One interesting note, since you've brought up Shining Time Station a couple times throughout Nick Knacks; Gerry Parkes, who played the alcoholic in that one episode, also appeared on Shining Time Station. He portrayed Barton Winslow, the owner of the general store.
@viperx27
@viperx27 2 жыл бұрын
My strongest memory of the show was that time where the sprinklers went off in the computer room. And the alarms went off, flashing red lights. That was scary for little-kid me.
@MegaNFer81
@MegaNFer81 3 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to find more episodes?
@rachaeleena
@rachaeleena 2 жыл бұрын
Omg I’ve been looking for this!!!
@jonhester8909
@jonhester8909 3 жыл бұрын
Such a good show. It was one of my favorites.
@reythejediladyviajakku6078
@reythejediladyviajakku6078 4 жыл бұрын
I remember this show when I was little.
@alexeidarling
@alexeidarling 2 ай бұрын
So I was born well after the show's original run, but I definitely watched reruns on TVO well into my childhood. Simpsons had been replaced by Eatons by then, and now Eatons is long gone. Wonder what the store it was filmed at is now. For Canadians of a certain age, Nina Keogh, the voice of Muffy, was the voice of childhood. She had a long run hosting Polka Dot Door, and she also did puppets for Groundling Marsh, Bookmice, and Sesame Park, among other things! Also, many years down the line, I saw a TV special called "Swinging Nutcracker" that had Jeff as the male lead, and I remember being amazed when I figured out that was him! There is one song that I remember that isn't quite original - a rewrite of "I am the Captain of the Pinafore" for an episode about operas. (So give three cheers and one cheer more for our friend who lives in the department store!) (We Canadians had a ton of home-grown children's programming, much of which is very hard to find. I'd love an oral history for Canadian children's TV that didn't get exported out.)
@vorca8442
@vorca8442 11 ай бұрын
Amazing it took an American to do a documentary on this good job
@Rognik
@Rognik 4 жыл бұрын
Man, I have really vague memories of Cucumber. I watched it a couple of times, I remember now, but I probably haven't thought about it in decades!
@roadrunnercoyote2263
@roadrunnercoyote2263 3 жыл бұрын
Where have you found the entire versions of the "Butterflies" and "Phil's Visit" episodes? I've been trying to look for them everywhere...
@mikesilva3868
@mikesilva3868 4 жыл бұрын
This was the earliest show I remember seeing on Nickelodeon in 1990 I was 6 at the time only remember the hats episode 😊
@DixyRae
@DixyRae 5 жыл бұрын
I juuuust barely remember the mouse puppet. I would never have remembered the name of the show. The later in the 80s we get, the closer we get to edges of my earliest tv memories. I was born in '87 so there was only a year or two I might have caught it and be old enough to form a memory about it. I might have actually conflated it with Sesame Street until now.
@phibby
@phibby 5 жыл бұрын
I just stumbled across this shows website on accident recently, so strange that you post this right after
@lainiwakura1776
@lainiwakura1776 5 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that singing group in the Elephant Show? Or whatever it's called?
@ShadowWingTronix
@ShadowWingTronix 5 жыл бұрын
Elephant Show. I remember the ads but I don't think I watched it.
@TheEman590
@TheEman590 5 жыл бұрын
Sharon, Lois and Bram is the group from The Elephant Show. Used to see it a lot on Nick
@mikesilva3868
@mikesilva3868 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheEman590 that show I remember seeing I was 7 in 1991☻
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