# ID this mid-80s children's show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441 "2005-08-03T17:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/1 "2005-08-03T17:38:39Z")
So I was feeling nostalgic and thinking about shows I watched as a kid, and realized there’s one I only remember a few tiny bits of. If I could just remember the name, I could find out more about it. Anyway, it took place in a department store. There was a mannequin who came to life after closing. There were a couple other characters who were (I’m pretty sure) muppets, and I think there was also a human female lead–whether she was a janitor or something else, I have no clue. Once there was an episode that involved a muppet having a birthday party, and the mannequin being sad because he had no birthday to celebrate. And that’s all I remember. Can anybody help me out? Or am I just making it up? ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/2 "2005-08-03T17:47:48Z")
That sounds like Today’s Special. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/3 "2005-08-03T17:50:13Z")
Yep, definitely sounds like [Today’s Special](http://www.megsplace.com/TimeWarp/tspecial.html) That site has some clips on it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/4 "2005-08-03T17:50:25Z")
Yep, it’s [Today’s Special](http://epguides.com/TodaysSpecial/guide.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/5 "2005-08-03T17:54:45Z")
Wow, quick responses. Thanks, everybody. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/6 "2005-08-03T18:04:24Z")
You came to the right place if you want to talk about 80’s children’s television. We could probably name you damn near anything. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/7 "2005-08-03T18:28:47Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > You came to the right place if you want to talk about 80’s children’s television. We could probably name you damn near anything. Really? Because I was thinking about this show about _turtles_ that _mutated_. And these _mutant turtles_ trained under a _ninja_ rat and these _mutant ninja turtles_ all had _teenage_ personalities. I think it was called **The Turtles that Stopped Being Turtles and Mutated Into Teenaged Ninjas**. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/8 "2005-08-03T19:21:39Z")
> [@pasunejen](#): > > Once there was an episode that involved a muppet having a birthday party, and the mannequin being sad because he had no birthday to celebrate. Totally swiped from an old ep of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Daniel Striped Tiger had a birthday and Purple Panda was sad because he didn’t have a birthday, then Daniel gave PP his birthday but was sad because now he didn’t have one, until Lady Elaine explained that two people can have the same birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/9 "2005-08-03T20:17:18Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Really? Because I was thinking about this show about _turtles_ that _mutated_. And these _mutant turtles_ trained under a _ninja_ rat and these _mutant ninja turtles_ all had _teenage_ personalities. I think it was called **The Turtles that Stopped Being Turtles and Mutated Into Teenaged Ninjas**. Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mid-80s-childrens-show/315441/10 "2005-08-03T21:14:44Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Totally swiped from an old ep of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Understand that Today’s Special was a Canadian production (like so much of Nick’s early programming). Those nefarious Canadians are notorious American children programming plot line stealers! 😉