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November 3, 1982

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Today's Special - S1 - E16

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The display of fruit has everyone on the topic of fruit.

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Today's Special: Season 1 - 22 Episode s

1x1 - Hats
September 14, 1982
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 about the world, is learning about hats, along with Muffy, a mouse that lives in a hole in the wall in the store, and talks in rhyme. Also, Sam Crenshaw, the night watchman is doing his duty rounds with the help of his talking computer TXL and reveals a secret wish about wanting to be a cowboy. The rest of this episode focuses mostly on hats as the ""Today's Special"" gang gets together for the first time.
1x2 - Snow
September 16, 1982
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.
1x3 - Noses
September 21, 1982
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 episode. And Jeff mysteriously puts a cup on his nose and Jodie and Sam try to figure out why but Jeff won't tell them. They thought it was because he hurt it, or he doesn't like it, But Jodie discovers that Jeff thought his nose was going to fall off when his toy soldier's nose did.
1x4 - Family
September 23, 1982
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 newborn babies during meal break. But Jodie is later in for a surprise when her Aunt Millie shows up at the store to see her instead. Meanwhile, Jeff is feeling a little sad because he doesn't have a family. But Aunt Millie shows him that his special family are the ones who care about him: Jodie, Sam and Muffy.
1x5 - Camping
September 30, 1982
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. After everything is set up, they have a little camp-out in the store, since Jeff can never go outside. During their cam-out, they discover a skunk, which turns out to be a fake. Sam teaches Jeff to fish in a wading pool and ends up catching a toy fish, and they end up hearing sounds of a mountain lion. It turns out to be Muffy playing tricks on them after feeling left out.
1x6 - Pets
September 30, 1982
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 after wanting to pet a goldfish, take a perakee for a walk, and give a mouse a bone, he concludes that he can't get a pet if he can't take care of it. Finally, he finds a pet he can take care of - a plant named Rachel.
1x7 - Sleep
October 5, 1982
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 for him to sleep in until the store opens. But it isn't that easy. He can't sleep, and tries everything to get to sleep including hanging upside down like a possum, Jodie tries singing him a lullaby, but that doesn't work. Finally they decide to just leave him alone. Meanwhile, Sam and Jodie show us the time they visited a radio station.
1x8 - Balloons
October 7, 1982
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 antenna. When Sam and TXL find them, they decide to get them down and surprise Jodie.
1x9 - Soup
October 12, 1982
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.
1x10 - Costumes
October 14, 1982
With costumes everywhere, the gang decides to try on all sorts of costumes, and they tell a witch story.
1x11 - School
October 19, 1982
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 Brass around the store.
1x12 - Games
October 21, 1982
Today's Special is games the next day, and Jodie setting up her display for the sale has everyone on the subject of games.
1x13 - Trains
October 26, 1982
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.
1x14 - Water
October 28, 1982
Jodie sets up her display of water supplies, which puts water on the subject.
1x15 - Books
November 2, 1982
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 reading a book of knowledge and thinks that he should look different when he's smarter; Jodie however, has a hard time getting work done because she can't set up a book display without reading fairytales.
1x16 - Fruit
November 3, 1982
The display of fruit has everyone on the topic of fruit.
1x17 - Gardens
November 9, 1982
Jodie sets up her garden display, which has everyone on the topic of flowers and gardens.
1x18 - Shoes
November 11, 1982
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.
1x19 - Hair
November 16, 1982
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.
1x20 - Hands
November 18, 1982
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.
1x21 - Brushes
November 23, 1982
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 Muffy cleans up her place. Sam and Muffy finish their jobs first and decide to surprise Jeff and Jodie and finishes cleaning the children's department for them.
1x22 - Night
November 25, 1982
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.

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