"Today's Special" (1981) TV series 1981-1987

Director:

Clive VanderBurgh

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown

Genre:

Family | Fantasy

Plot:

The night staff of a major department store explore topics for young viewers.

Plot Keywords:

Store | Magic | Mannequin | Morphing | Shrinking

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jeff Hyslop	...	Jeff (52 episodes, 1981-1987)
Nerene Virgin	...	Jodie (52 episodes, 1981-1987)
Nina Keogh	...	Muffy / ... (52 episodes, 1981-1987)
Bob Dermer	...	Sam / ... (52 episodes, 1981-1987)

Runtime:

Canada:29 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

TV Ontario

Quotes:

Muffy the Mouse: And now it's time to introduce a nursery rhyme by Mother Goose.

The garbage on Nick these days-makes me cringe!!!!

This is the only show that had and still has meaning for me. Jeff has released 2 CD's of his with brilliant singing- I own them both-- Nickelodean used to be fantastic in the 80's-

Today's Special, You Can't Do That On TV etc...

Muffy was how I get interested in writing poetry, -I always thought that there was an undertone of love between Jeff and Jodie-- like Michael and Bonnie on "Knight Rider"--

A few episodes stick out---

Going treasure hunting for Pirate Pete's gold---as Jeff goes on his own hunt throughout the store- we learn about map reading and how to read a compass---

Phil the Alcohalic--strong episode---dealt with Alcohal

Jeff not knowing he needs sleep to remain alert

The crooked commercial director who visits- he promises a spot in a commercial for Muffy to advertise Jeans, but the tables are turned when he meets Mort= Junior where he wants to take Muffy as part of his collection of toys cause he gets to greedy- Junior- the ultimate Man-Child!!!!

Waldo visits in a sour mood- and needs a special remedy gathered

from our 4 cast members!!!

Jody and Jeff trapped in the stalled elevator- the aid of a wheelchair boy comes to their rescue--

Valdy personally meets Jodi and the cast sing one of his songs with him---

Mort starts a fire in Muffy's apartment to keep warm--Sam sprays it out--

Sam and Jeff eat a whole bag of cookies-getting big stomach aches--

Memories where Jeff sings in my opinion his best solo in the series

When Jeff needs to help a young lady realize it's OK to move

I COULD GO ON FOREVER!!!!

A while back, a comment was posted at how Jeff- since he was a mannequin-did not know about how the world worked----, and that he was considered naive due to the fact he was indeed a mannequin (Did not know what a family was, or did not know what sleep is)

His perceptions of the topics throughout the series from his point of view make him far more smart than his 3 fellow cast members (Jody Sam Muffy and Mrs Pennypacker, Waldo and Mort occasionally)--than what he is seen as---

Jeff in fact seems to know more than he realizes in each episode