Today's Special - "Our Story Part One" - Part 1

The store is being torn down the next day, and Jeff, Jodie, Sam and Muffy are spending their last day in the store packing, and feeling a bit sad that they'll have to go their separate ways. They then start reliving old memories and we hear how Muffy came to the store: after her old house was torn down. We also see how Sam came to the store: When he retired from the merchant marines, he met Jodie in the park and they ended up getting jobs in the store. In all this, Jodie discovers that the only way to save the store is to find a historic plaque to see how old it is, but there aren't any records of it and TXL doesn't even know where it is.

This 2-part story is probably one of my favorites from this series. It's also the one I remember the most from my childhood, mostly because it explained the origins of how each cast member arrived at the store.

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[travisdoucettemusic]

I've posted "Boxes and Boxes" if you're interested in how she was introduced to the program.

[travisdoucettemusic]

Mrs. P wasn't created and added to the Today's Special story line until the episode "Boxes and Boxes" which aired in the following season.

[vroota42]

9:19.

[afriendofbean]

@vroota42 Oh yes that's right. I forgot about that. I remember these "Our Story" episodes were in the year 1983, and Mrs. Pennypacker was first seen on the episode titled "Boxes and Boxes" in the year 1984.

[vroota42]

@afriendofbean Mrs. Pennypacker did not appear on the show until the next season.

[stardappledgreen]

@RoyalTebowDoom

This is one of the few episodes where she's not wearing that pepto-bismol colored outfit

[MegaNFer81]

love Muffy scene; Nina has a nice singing voice!

[ash3227]

muffy was strolling through nathan phillips square!

[RoyalTebowDoom]

Nerene Virgin was a fox back then and not much has changed!

[bunzy11]

Imagine if sam swore the first time he saw muffy :P 9:44 hey stop ya little $%*&&% mouse