Size Small intro 1982

[magee1421]

I spent many a afternoons watching this show. Grandma Gussie was my favorite!

[smilinmoo]

They aired this show in the Bay Area during the early-mid eighties. My second born son LOVED this program when he was two.

[indynyx]

Talk about a blast from the past! I love it!

[Icyblackkat]

I have been looking for this show for so long that it's ridiculous but not as ridiculous as the tears I have in my eyes right now. Great childhood memories from this, thanks

[TheDrumLines]

One of the best kids shows ever! I have probably seen every episode of this ever made. I loved the giant Record that would tap the wooden spoons together.

Ahhh........such good memories from my childhood.

[paradigmswifter]

I found it! Finally!!!

[JewelBlueIbanez]

Haha! This show rocked my world growing up. Sadly, it would never be permitted in today's politically correct world. "God made just one of you" would never make it through, especially in Canada.

[derspatero]

@JewelBlueIbanez it would never make it in today's world where kids have more than 2 channels to choose from. Even back then, going outside or eating vegetables was better than watching this show.

[hschan4]

@JewelBlueIbanez I'm glad that lyric would be kept out today. We don't need religion poisoning kid's minds.

[GothabillyDoll]

Oh Wow...I have been trying to remember the name of the 'dancing record album' show..haha.... So happy I found it... ")

[tdog1234567890987654]

My English teacher is John lumby

[riteast]

Miss Helen had a record when I was a kid (I'm fifty now) we LOVED it. I used to watch Size Small with my kids.

[G3arJammer]

HAhaha Oliver.. you fucking douche.. And those stupid ass puppets.. I hated this show.

[slydog31]

i love this show... even when it went to size small country

[thoughtfuldave]

even when I was six, I rejected this show. Polka Dot was cool...and Hercules. Newton! That's me! That's me!

[MrSeanMDickinson]

oh my god!

thank you.... this is flooding my mind with memories ;]

[GinnyWeasley82]

This was one of my fav shows when I was a kid!  Oh and the country version of this rocked too!

[petrov32]

God I hated this show as a kid!

[Atlam79]

Loved this show growing up!! Television sure has changed. Geeze I'm feeling old now. Lol.

[angel5469ca]

i miss this show

[kevico2]

I had forgotten about this show...

[kudimat09]

Someone needs to make a video of the first 10 Seconds of this intro and then cut to Terrence and Phillip singing 'The Unkle -ucka' song!

[starhealer1]

I remember this. I use to watch it back when I was a kid

[WOD1980]

They do not make shows like they used to.

[understudy52]

omg! I remember this show from way back! I remember the woman singing, and that dancing record. <3

[lnavitka]

They sure don't make em' like this anymore. Great show.

[missfiveday]

I always remember a song I learnt on here..."I am a brave musician, I practice everyday, people come from miles around just to hear me play...my piccolo my piccolo the love to hear my piccolo..tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet" lmfao...

[Netstryke]

OMG!!! How many hours did I spend watching this show when I was a kid!! I heard the theme song once just brought me back!!

[puissse]

THATS the name of the show i was thinking about, it was cool

[bclmax]

hated this shoe, wheres ctv's "treehouse'?

[soulshaker205]

OMG!! Blast from the past!

[Supageeksupafreek]

i thought this was some lame bad dream i had when i was 3 man was i wrong

[lamq2010]

This brought a tear to my eye. I loved this show.

[XGamerGodXx]

yay hes my teacher (oliver) lol hes like 40

[poutaine]

Those puppets look like the dummies they use in CPR classes. Creepy!

[Lisucaxx]

YAAAAAYYYY! OLIVER!!!!!!!!!!! man i loved this show!!!

[Jennennett]

hey watch your Language

[EStar7580]

THIS IS YOUTUBE PAL! Besides, a lot of people swear in this world anymore. :( Now go to your room....you're BANNED from YOUTUBE lol.

[amyjwatson]

holy mother f - this was one of my favourite shows ever as a kid. i have a bit of a list of my faves, but shit son - i am stoked to find this!!!

[oldschoolqueen]

@amyjwatson My bro watched this in 1987. He was 1 yr old I was 11.

[mark902]

oh my god. i remember getting babysat at ths ladies house and her two kids would watch this show anbd i hated the fuck out of it. that lady would drive me crazy wit her calm, pleasant voice and demeanor. and then the'd do that spoon tapping thing and these kids would get. spoons. and bang them together... but now it kinda fills my heart with joy to hear it. this theme. the terror is replaced with joy. cus being a kid was wicked. biggest worry being a ladies calm voice. good grief.

[unityrover]

Anyone know the theme from size small island (1986)?!?! IT HAUNTS MY DREAMS

[Whit0101]

Oliver's gotta be nearing his 40's by now eh

[Hadra568]

I didn't know this was Canadian....

[Jennennett]

hey watch your Language

[DowN2Beat]

HOLY SHIT, Oliver Sudden.... God it's hilarious to see John Lumby that Young!

[sigh01]

Oliver Sudden... Aka Jonh Lumby.... Aka Coach Lumby... He is the offensive coordinator of the high school football team i play for. St Paul Lions... Pretty hilarious to see him young! I srsly ROFLMAO'D!

[toonguy85]

I remember watching these and thinking what a talent young Jeff Lumby was. He starred on Red Green of course and is now a morning DJ in Kitchener.

[skyfinch]

"Different makes you very special?" Tell that to the gang who attacked me cause of my lazy eye.

[whaler3232]

That sucks

[TheHolloway1983]

God, that was funny. It made me laugh out loud.

[bagelboi66]

I'm sorry to read of your pain. I too was bullied growing up because I was smaller than the other kids so I can sort of know your pain. This show was very good for children it reinforced for them the joy of being who you are and liking who you are. I tear up every time I hear this opening. They're a very special family who have left a significant mark on the Canadian cultural landscape.

[foxtail9999]

To answer elljec, pretty well the whole show was done by the Lumby family from Saskatoon. They have moved to Ontario quite a while ago. Oliver (John Lumby jr.) went on to work on the Red Green show and is now a radio personality. They did clips for Size Small Island up at Nemieben Lake.

[ialarmu]

Actually Oliver was the youngest. He's now a teacher in Alberta. Jeff the oldest was on Red Green.

[acousticquantam]

lol john lumby is my english teacher and football coach lmao

[AnimeTalk]

I used to love to listen to the records they had out aswell ...when I was 5

[pinkparfait]

I remember watching this Size Small as a kid. I liked it a little, but not as much as other Canadian kids shows like Today's Special, Mr.DressUp, Join-In, etc.

Seeing this now, its so..passive and slow!! Wow.

[cpatterson76]

OMG OMG OMG I used to watch this show as a kid. It was filmed in Saskatoon. I knew a girl who acted on the show. Kinda cool :)

Now I can smoke a spliff and watch it as an adult with the same admiration and enjoyment. OK I'm joking ;)

[vanilla061]

This was my favourite show when I was really little. This was one of those shows that made my childhood. I miss it. Thanks so much for posting this!

[onefemme1]

I loved this show. It was a guilty pleasure I would watch in my junior high years on summer vacation. It's so soothing. It takes me to my happy place. I remember the gramma with her lisp...sweet size small! If there was a collection of them put together I would totally buy it. For my own children of course...not for me when I need to escape. Never.

[profsr777]

Woooow...this is the one video that has me more nostalgic for the 80's than I've ever felt. Brings me back to colouring books and hotwheels. *****

[Jigglysaint]

Haha, what's his name, the puppet on the left(gotta consult the tape again(yes I have a cassette tape) of what his name is), sounds like a kid you save in the recently released Castlevania Order of Eccelsia.

[RetroWinnipegPlus]

You've got a tape too? We could always use more clips on YouTube, especially the spin-offs.

[Jigglysaint]

I never considered posting anything on youtube, mainly because I wasn't prepared to actually share anything like this. On the other hand, this series is dorky enough that it does need to be archived. You see, I have a strange passion for collecting children's audio tapes. So far I've got a bunch of Sharon Lois and Bram tapes, a tape with Bob from Sesame Street, one Size Small tape, a rare Smurfs tape(before the Smurfs became popular), a few Mini-pops tapes, a Raffi somewhere, and some others.

[LordOfAllFevrsNPlags]

wow so im not the only one who remembers this show

[whaler3232]

Those puppet-kids used to scare the crap out of me...they still do!

[shanegedmonton]

wow this brings back memories!!!

[Honeygirl911]

I don't remember this intro.

[Flogboy]

WOW, what a nostalgic trip this was. I had remembered the show but forgotten the intro, but after hearing the first 5 seconds it all flooded back. Thanks for sharing!

[blkjock81]

This theme song is so well written. Perfect melody, nice guitar strumming and great harmonym great lyrics even for a pre-school show. I wish I wrote this!

[hschan4]

"God made just one of you?" I guess this show was in the days before Darwin...

[Tromeo123]

Wow Ive been looking for some Video on this show, Thanks for Posting!

[SoylentWeenis]

I can't decide which was more daft; Size Small or Circle Square.

[jamesfildes84]

This song makes me miss being a kid so much!!! I wish I was 4 again!! hahaha.

[voldy2]

Je regardais cette emission avant d,aller a la maternelle tous les matins chez ma gardienne anglophone! Que de souvenirs!

[OofusTwillip]

The whole Lumby family was involved with this show. Jeff Lumby went on to play Winston Rothschild III (owner-operator of Rothschild Sucking Services), on "The Red Green Show".

[fieldsfan336]

I remember watching this show too in all its incarnations (the original, SS Country and SS Island). Jeff also did voices for the English dub of Sailor Moon, he was Nephlite in the first season and Dr. Tomoe in the S series

[denelson83]

Now isn't that a co-incidence that Jeff Lumby *and* Lisa Lumby-Richards were involved in two of my favourite shows growing up—Size Small and Sailor Moon. Too bad Helen Lumby and John Lumby Jr. didn't also provide voices for some of the characters in Sailor Moon; I wish they did, then it would have been a full family affair. :)

BTW, Jeff Lumby didn't voice Nephrite.

[ellejc]

Who did they voice?  I'm a fan of both shows.

[fieldsfan336]

Jeff voiced Misha (the figure skater Lita/Jupiter had a crush on) in episode 35, he was also Dr. Tomoe (Hotaru/Saturn's father) in the S season and Kakeru in the S movie

[tvlondon]

You mean Stockwell Day? ;)

[wilkes85]

Oh my God, i remember this show! i forgot about it.

[wishingstar22]

This is great, but I watched "Size Small Island" when I was a kid. I'd love to see the intro of that.

[thecorduroysuit]

I used to watch this show every day. "Friend Record" used to give me nightmares though.

[shouryuuken]

would you be able to upload a full episode of this? the nostalgia i felt from just watching this short intro has put the biggest smile on my face. thanks!

[babygiraffe123]

I would LOVE to see re-runs of this on TV somewhere. I may be 26 years old, but I'd still sit and watch it. This show was a HUGE part of my childhood, along with Size Small Country and Size Small Island.

[babygiraffe123]

OMFG!! I was TOTALLY addicted to this show, when I was a kid!!! I stil even remember the theme song, word for word! Brings back a lot of memories.

[denelson83]

I've been looking for this for a long time! This show practically *defined* my childhood.

[brithgob]

Produced in Saskatoon for Canwest, even before their Saskatchewan stations were on the air. (Miss Helen Lumby hosted the STV launch program in 1987.)

By any chance do you have the closing credits? I remember them using a piece of production music that I liked, and would like to hear again.

[denelson83]

Actually, it was produced at CKND-TV in 1982.

[golddustwoman83]

Wow, and I can tell you, even as a kid I couldn't stomach the sappiness of this show.

[Brockton]

*Laughs* Yeah, me too. I usually couldn't past the intro.