Omg This. So here’s a good / weird story I was Born in 1985. i cant recall if I ever watched it as I was so young. Around my 6th birthday (give or take) I began having this weird dream; not often but enough for me to consistently recall pieces of it. I would recall : a woman with a mannequin, maybe in a mall, hocus-pocus alamagockus No clue- but I continued having it into my late teens…in comes retrojunk…. Scrolling through 80s shows & one stood out to me -click- -play intro- I nearly launched myself off the couch with shock, when I realized that THIS INTRO, is what I had been dreaming of for my entire life. Glad I’ve been on an 80s tv binge - and this popped up in my recommended feed….

Remember when you were a kid and couldn’t wait to become an adult? Well now we’re adults wanting to be kids again Lol. Man this show brings back some good memories.

This is why I'm glad I was born in 1982, and was able to witness Nickelodeon back in its prime & heyday in the 80's & 90's. We had old-school Nick Jr. with shows like Today's Special, Under the Umbrella Tree, Pinwheel, Make the Grade, David the Gnome, Noozles, Adventures of the Little Koala, Maya the Bee, Fred Penner's Place, & Eureka's Castle. Then we had the prime Nick itself, Nickelodeon, with shows and toons like Star Trek: The Animated Series, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, Hey Dude, Mr. Wizard's World, You Can't Do That On Television, Double Dare, Salute Your Shorts, Clarissa Explains It All, Roundhouse, Are You Afraid of the Dark, The Tomorrow People, Legends of the Hidden Temple, GUTS, Nick Arcade, Get the Picture, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, AHHH! Real Monsters, Doug, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Wild & Crazy Kids, & Snick on Saturday nights from 8-10. Then finally, at night when kids went to bed, adults tune into Nickelodeon's Nick-At-Nite, with old soaps and TV shows like I Love Lucy, Mister ED, Green Acres, & The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. THAT'S Nickelodeon.

excuse me while i weep over my lost childhood

Rest in peace Nerene Virgin. Thank you for your unrivalled contribution to mine & so many kid’s childhoods. ❤️🙏🏾🕊️

I was born in 81 and feel so lucky to have been a child during the absolute prime of children's TV shows. We had so many amazing Canadian kids TV shows, including Today's Special. Fun fact: the department store scenes were filmed after hours at a real department store named Simpson's at their flagship location in downtown Toronto.

When I was little I always thought the security guard's hair was made out of french fries.

Puts me right back into my old house where I grew up. Half playing outside & riding my bike in the sun and this would be running on TV always in the background with “pinwheel pinwheel spinning around!” I can visualize my old house. Puts a big lump in my throat.

Omg..I watched this every mourning during the summer. Best times ever...

Man if I close my eyes and listen to this for a brief second i go back to childhood..

Man I miss being a kid

This song just popped into my head and I remembered all the great feelings I had watching this as a child. I can already feel my anxiety melting away.

This was one of my favorite, favorite kid shows! God bless the 1980's!

I think this is one of the first shows I ever watched as a kid! This gives me goosebumps because I couldn't remember what it was. All I remembered was a mannequin going up an escalator. I can't believe I found this!!! Then the hocus pocus and the song bring everything back. Man this is so nostalgic it hurts. This and that show Pinwheel from Nickelodeon do that to me.

Hadn't heard this since the mid 80s when I was 5-6 years old, and still remembered at least 90 percent of the song word for word. Lol. This really took me back. 🙂

my favorite show as a child. what i wouldnt give to go back!

Jeff was my very first tv crush. Watching the episodes now, I can see why. I'm in love again!

My father's cousins in Canada actually produced this show. One of my favorite childhood memories almost 25 years ago was meeting the cast and being on the set. Sweet show, and I wish I knew where to see it still...

I was obsessed with this show when I was a kid in the 80s and made my mom buy me a hat like the mannequin.

Wow! I haven't thought about this show in over 30 years until it popped up in my recommend videos. It really makes you realize how fast time flys by.

Man...if u watched this ur childhood was good. Shows aint no way near what they used to be. Back then we actually learned something! Now and days they learn how to be 16 and pregnant.

It's been so long since a tear has left my eyes. this show brought back this inner feeling of peace and bliss. it was my all time favorite when I was 4.

Sheesh my Childhood has just slapped me in the face asking me why i took so long to remember this show.

This show would have probably stayed hidden in the lost tunnels of my memory, and the instant it was mentioned on The Leftovers, it all seemed as clear as day. What a great childhood reference in an amazing current show!

The Leftovers brought me here... I used to watch this show every morning on NickJr, at my babysitter's house. Coincidentally, my old babysitter departed on Oct.14...

aww!omfg I remember this! finally after like 28 years I finally see it again. I knew I wasn't crazy for remembering a show with a Manikin that comes to life and a talking rat lol

This show was exactly that, special. Omg real tears🥺you never realize growing up the last episode you're gonna watch before you grow up or out of something will be the last. Man...90s kids, we had it good. ❤Was really not expecting to cry like this.

One of my favorite kid shows of all time. I was so happy when it came on.

I'm sure Jodi felt really safe with a puppet security guard whose eyes were constantly closed and whose hair and mustache looked like soggy French fries.

"It's all clear, the customers have all gone home" Which maybe you should have checked before you locked the front door....

I grew up in Canada watching shows like this. Now I live in my parents country and miss Canada like never before. Will head back home soon.

Almost shed a tear, I recall watching this while my grandmother made us breakfast. Thanks KZfaq

I saw episodes of this show back in the day and this theme song sticks in my mind stronger than any other song in it. This theme had no right slapping this hard!! Love it!

LOL Oh, my god, I haven't seen this since I was 6 years old! I had to look up "obscure 80s kid's shows" to find the name of this show. This is great!

Who's here for Leftovers?

Don't You Ever Wished That This and Other Old School PBS shows was on Netflix?.

I had no idea that sam was a puppet when i was a kid. wow

You may have seen it on PBS, but I remember seeing this on Nickelodeon.

RIP, dear Jodi. You brightened many kids' days, and we thank you.

Born in 78 and wow.. I really had totally forgotten about this! Totally nostalgic

i wish i was young again, only times i was happy

Love this show when i was a child i watched this show everyday

RIP Nerene thank you for making my childhood a memorable one.

I so remember this, I loved it! And Math Net, and Reading Rainbow and OMG so many. xD

2016 and I still know the all the words lol

The Leftovers brought me here. Brings me back to my childhood.

I can't imagine what my childhood would have been like without TVOntario. They, and PBS, were the true experts of their time at making television into something meaningful and educational for kids.

Omg I remember this . It was one of my favorites. I was 6 also.

This used to be my favourite show when I was little, I really loved the theme song and Sam, he was so enthusiastic. I miss Today's Special.

Always looked forward to this show on Nickelodeon. Just hard to believe how fast time flies. :(

Man I remember when my next door neighbor would watch after me during the day, hanging out with her son who was the same age. We would watch this show, along with the other Nickelodeon lineup of the day. This is some nostalgia like you wouldn’t believe

Brings back happy childhood memories. Thank you for uploading.

ahhh such beautiful memories

Man I seriously miss being a kid the 80's were fun and this was one of my shows.

this is like one of the first television shows I remember seeing on television ever

Thank you KZfaq...for refreshing a cherished childhood memory. I haven't seen this intro in over 16 + years!

Wow! I completely forgot about this show - but that song brought it all back! Weird to think that the opening credits used to be almost _two minutes_ long. Almost 1/10th of the whole program devoted to the theme song. But they were so memorable.

Nerene Virgin (Jodie) has passed away, R.I.P. Nerene, thank you for all the memories

This show has such great memories! Thank you!

I remember every single move and word and moment of this theme song (I say as I wipe tears off my keyboard)

The store must not have had cameras if they were able to keep Jeff a secret.

I vaguely remember this show from when I was probably two or three. Lived in the US my whole life, so it used to be on in the US back in the early 80's as well.

I seriously lived for this show as a kid! What a wonderful nostalgic treat. Thanks for sharing!

This was my favorite show when I was a kid. It was aired every Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6:30 PM EST.

RIP Laurie

I remember them upgrading Muffy's mousehole with an external balcony and an elevator mid-way through the show. What I never understood (even as a kid), you're at a department store, wouldnt you be concerned if you saw a mousehole with its own elevator?

It's weird hearing this for the first time in a long time and still remembering the words and the inflections they say the words in.

Wow! Basking in the nostalgia. ♥ Thanks for posting!

I like to think that it's why some of us grew up to be so open minded :) It's so sad that TVO is making so many programming cuts. There will never be anything else like this on television. Thanks for uploading

did anybody come here because the TV show the leftovers on HBO?! tonight's episode mention this TV show theme song and I just had to check it out because i never heard of this show before.

watched this show and for some reason loved it as a kid. can't believe i'm seeing this. thx for uploading

One of my favorite shows growing up and probably my first exposure to Canadian TV, until Degrassi. Such awesome memories.

"Coast is clear, customers have all gone home now" That means if they didn't Sam, you'd have locked them all in.... good for you?

Sam from Today's Special taught me more about computers than going to college.

Wow!!! Brings back a LOT of memories!! Thank you for showing!!!

So glad I found this! I watched it all the time and have yet to personally meet someone else who know of it!

I had a little crush on Jody when was I a kid

I always thought sam the security guard's hair was a dry mop!

my all-time FAVORITE childs show. Ahh the memories!!!!!!!! Thanks for bringing a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.

I have been a fan with this show.

Did I really just sing the whole opener?

Thank you!! I'm 24. I totally remember watching this show. Brings back memories.

This is great to see again! I used to watch this on Nickelodeon at lunchtime when I was a kid. Thank you for posting!

Nerene Virgin, beloved star of ‘Today’s Special,’ dies at 77

My brother and I called this show the Muffy Mouse show. I still remember some episode where they go to a grocery store...

New episodes also aired on Nickelodeon in the US, which is how many of us watched it as well. I had no idea it was from Canada.

This was my favorite show when I was a kid. Thanks for posting this.

the leftovers brought me here

RIP Nerene :(

Life and time I so precious...how the years go by. If I only had a Time Machine I would go and never come back and spend every moment with my mom. RIP MOMA 7-25-16😔😥😢

Wow, I remember this show! One of my favorites as a kid! I don't really remember the theme song too much, just the "Today's Special" announcement at the end. What a blast from the past!

Looks like Hudson's or Montgomery Wards? (both of which are no longer in business)..

Muffie the mouse

This brings back alot of memories ! ! i used to watch this show every time it came on during the summer cause it was always on during school hours. so i couldnt watch it otherwise unless i was sick or had a day off from school.

OMG i sooooo miss this show i'm 25 and i remember it sooooo vividly thank you thank you i just couldn't remember the name wow awesome!

the leftovers

Sam the Guard later died of mustache cancer.

This show ROCKED!!! Thank you!!!

OMFG!!! I totally forgot about this show. I use to love it when i was little. Thanks for bringing back the memory =3

Sam looks around and see's if all the customers are all gone. However before he did that, he already locked the doors. Shouldn't he of looked around before he locked the doors? He could've locked some customers in and they would eventually find out about Jeff coming to life and the mouse living there.