Today's Special (1981–1987)
Hocus Pocus Alamagocus!
21 April 2003
I too grew up on this show. In my 20's now, I can still remember various bits and pieces. For instance, the ending of the opening was a blue background with yellow blinking lights all around the edge, and the words "Today's Special" in yellow in the center. "Today's Special, shout it loud and clear! Today's Special!" Of course I remember Jody's pink pantsuits, and Jeff's plaid hat and Hocus Pocus Alamagocus!, and Sam's computer who knew everything, and Muffy's two-story mouse hole.

Some episodic memories include when Sam put cotton in his ears because of the construction by his house, but later on he couldn't hear well so he went to the ear doctor who took out the cotton and explained why we should never put anything in our ears, even cotton. Then there was the episode when Muffy fell into the janitor's mop bucket and couldn't get out, and through the episode everyone was looking for her. Then there was the episode where Jody and Jeff were on the roof, and right after Jody went downstairs Jeff's hat fell off so he was stuck up there. And I distinctly remember an episode where moving men packed Jeff into a wooden crate and put him on the back of a moving van. I think I can vaguely remember the episode with the butterfly who dies.

I wish I had any episode of this wonderful show to watch. This was by far one of the best shows ever on television, and I hope that whoever produced it does this show the justice it deserves, brings it out of storage and blows off two decades of dust, and releases it on video for the masses to enjoy for years to come.
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