Movies and TV shows like Today's Special

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Today's Special (1981)
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Today's Special (1981)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Today's Special was a Canadian children's television show produced by Clive VanderBurgh at TVOntario from 1981 to 1987. It also ran on Nickelodeon and the Faith and Values Channel/Odyssey as well as many PBS stations throughout the United States. It was set in a department store, based on the flagship location of the now defunct Simpson's in Toronto. Many sequences for it were shot at the Queen Street West and Yonge Street store after hours.
Style: educational
Audience: kids
Plot: magic, security guard, mannequin, store, puppet, department store, breaking the fourth wall, morphing, shrinking, miniaturization

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Most similar movies to Today's Special

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, educational, humorous and feel good films and TV series with plots about friendship, puppet, friends, magic, youth, puppetry and teaching the ways of the world mostly in Family, Fantasy and Musical genres. Some movies like Today's Special: Boohbah (2003), The Hoobs (2001), LazyTown Extra (2008), The Box of Delights (1984), Teletubbies (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Boohbah (2003)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Boohbah was a children's television show. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS until 2 July 2006. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre and Robin Stevens. Anne ...
Style: educational, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: child, surrealism, magic, home schooling, friends, friendship, dog, child hero, alien, young boy, guilty pleasure, part animation
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95%
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The Hoobs (2001)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK, Canada, USA, British Virgin Islands
TV show
Story: The Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop.
Style: educational, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: puppet, friendship, youth, friends, imaginary, teaching the ways of the world, alien, sesame street, muppets
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Enchanted Musical Playhouse: The Velveteen Rabbit (1984)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A sick boy's toy rabbit comes to life. Part of the Enchanted Musical Playhouse series. Marie Osmond played the part of the Velveteen Rabbit. Songs were composed by the Sherman Brothers.
Audience: kids
Plot: stuffed toy rabbit, illness, toy comes to life, toys, little boy
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81%
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LazyTown Extra (2008)
Genre: Family
Country: Iceland
TV show
Story: This show features the LazyTown characters in short, humourous sketches whilst Ziggy visits the UK to encourage healthy eating and getting active.
Style: educational, skit, funny, entertaining, sketch comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: puppet, teamwork, sketch, training, laziness, eating
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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The Box of Delights (1984)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the classic children's novel by John Masefield, the story follows the exploits of a young boy, Kay Harker, who finds himself drawn into a world of magic and danger when he encounters an old Punch and Judy man.
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, folklore, children, coming of age, wolf, mouse, magic, midget, box, miniaturization
Time: 1930s
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Teletubbies (1997)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Teletubbies is a British BBC children's television series targeted at pre-school viewers and produced from 31 March 1997 to 5 January 2001 by Ragdoll Productions. It was created by Ragdoll's creative director Anne Wood CBE and Andrew ...
Style: humorous, retro, funny, not serious, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, friends, young heroes, storytelling, dancing, hardcore, disorder, animal life, fighting the system, youth, heroic mission, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Between the Lions (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in ...
Style: educational, semi serious, clever, humorous
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot: puppetry, puppet, family relations, social relations, siblings relations, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, lion, intelligence, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' ...
Style: retro, serious, feel good, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot: puppet, love, talking cat, child prodigy, asexual, prodigy, mentor, magic, urbanization, music, youth, toys ...
Time: 1900s, 60s, 90s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Simon and the Witch (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Simon is a very sensible young schoolboy, who has a friend who is a real witch. She is very silly, and a huge showoff.
Audience: kids
Plot: magic, witch, unlikely friendships, good witch, schoolboy, magic spell, british, friendship, witchcraft, high school friend, cabbage, british humour
Time: 80s
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61%
Gullah, Gullah Island (1994)
Genre: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Gullah Gullah Island is an American children's television series starring Ron Daise and Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a black family.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot: black, african american, island, family relations, friends, social relations, teaching the ways of the world, youth, african american family, morals, personal development, friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: south carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
H.R. Pufnstuf (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from September 6, 1969 to ...
Style: psychedelic, semi serious, humorous, stylized, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: puppet, youth, magic, pop culture, friendship, kidnapping, imaginary character, wizards and magicians, objects come to life, friends, getting home, hopes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Teletubbies (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
TV show
Story: Welcome to Teletubbyland! Join in the fun with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laalaa and Po as they learn lots of new, exciting things about the real world. Perfect for curious little minds!
Style: semi serious, satirical, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: surrealism, group of friends, humour, creature, friendship, satire, supernatural being, friends, teamwork, baby, english accent, hill ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Phillip the Small (1976)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Philipp is a small boy, who other guys pick on, because he's not as large as them. But when a musician gives him a magical flute, he can make objects bigger or smaller.
Audience: kids
Plot: wish fulfillment, magic, cat, desire, school, friendship, flute
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Puzzle Place (1994)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York. It premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service on January 16, 1995, and ran for about four ...
Style: educational
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: puppet, multiculturalism, puppetry, friendship, jewess, social relations, machine, apache indian, little girl, friend, dog, african american ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Creating Rem Lezar (1989)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story: Zack and Ashlee discover the meaning of true friendship when they create an imaginary friend, the superhero Rem Lezar.
Style: existential, educational
Plot: imaginary friend, locket, friendship, magic, face, world trade center manhattan new york city, art, mannequin, fear, imagination, superhero, love ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Sesame Street Mexico (1972)
Genre: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Plaza Sésamo is an educational children's television series for preschoolers, which is the Spanish-language adaptation for Mexico and Latin America of Sesame Street. Both programs are pioneers of the contemporary educational television ...
Style: educational, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: puppet, sesame street, muppets, best friend, friends, youth, friendship, personal safety, teaching the ways of the world, educational program, children
Time: 70s, 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Jackanory (1965)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Jackanory is a long-running BBC children's television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, the first story being the fairy-tale Cap-o'-Rushes read by Lee ...
Style: anthology, anime, children's story
Audience: kids
Plot: bird, drawing, storytelling, surrealism, british, book
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 321 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Carlo Collodi's classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto.
Style: light, fairy tale, humorous, controversial
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: carabinieri, pinocchio, father son relationship, young heroes, puppet, friendship, cons and scams, escapades, fairy, friends, deception, chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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In the Night Garden (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In the Night Garden is a magical place that exists between the waking and sleeping imagination of children close to the representation of a nursery rhyme.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational, light ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, friends, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, garden, surrealism, toy comes to life, multiculturalism, puppet, train, zeppelin, breaking the fourth wall ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Magician's House (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Magician's House is a quartet of children's fantasy books by William Corlett. Two mini-series were produced in 1999 for British television, which were directed by Paul Lynch. The series featured Jennifer Saunders and Stephen Fry ...
Audience: kids
Plot: time travel, magic, badger, fox, owl, magician, dog, house, rat, good versus evil, talking animal, curse ...
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51%
Jack's Big Music Show (2005)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Jack takes a break everyday from his busy kid schedule to visit his favorite place in the world—his backyard clubhouse. Here he can do what he loves best—create and enjoy music, sing, dance and have a ball with his friend Mary, his faithful dog ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: friends, friendship, silly humor, music, youth, musician's life, best friend, puppetry, puppet, dog
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Waffles + Mochi (2021)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Curious puppet pals Waffles and Mochi travel the world exploring the wonders of food and culture while learning how to cook with fresh ingredients.
Style: educational, entertaining, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: cooking, food, puppetry, chef, puppet, supermarket, cooking and food, cookery, friends, education, travel, culture ...
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49%
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Moon and Me (2019)
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Pepi Nana is a doll who comes to life whenever the moon comes out (and her owner is asleep). Moon Baby visits them from the moon and, in what some people might deem a rude guest, proceeds to wake the rest of the toy house with an African thumb ...
Audience: kids
Plot: doll
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49%
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Hey Cinderella! (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 52 min.
Story: Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how ...
Style: fairy tale
Audience: kids
Plot: muppets, cinderella, cinderella story, prince, fairy godmother, magic, frog, monster
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Adventures in Wonderland (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Adventures in Wonderland is a live-action musical television series based on Walt Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland. In the series, Alice, was portrayed as a girl who can go to and from Wonderland simply by walking through her ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, educational
Audience: kids
Plot: alice in wonderland, fantasy world, magical, underground, morals, talking animal, female protagonist, queen, friendship, friend, rabbit, young girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Wee Sing: Grandpa's Magical Toys (1988)
Genre: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story: Join Peter, Sara, and David on their visit to Grandpa's. When Grandpa leaves the room, the magic begins. The children shrink to toy-size, then meeting Grandpa's Toys. Meet Punchinello, the clown a muffin man, a farmer, some Scottish ...
Style: independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: toys, grandfather granddaughter relationship, brother sister relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, toy comes to life, child protagonist, interracial friendship, magic, brother brother relationship, miniaturization
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47%
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Four young children hope for anything to happen and, when they become owners of the Phoenix, their adventure begins.
Audience: kids
Plot: youth, children, child, phoenix
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46%
The Jim Henson Hour (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The Jim Henson Hour is a short-lived television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. Only nine of the twelve episodes ...
Style: anthology, exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: puppet, muppets, sesame street, heroes, escapades, ambition, danger, buddies, workplace, disorder, toys, friends ...
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44%
Bodger and Badger (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Bodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potatoes.
Style: slapstick comedy
Audience: kids
Plot: puppet, handyman, badger, ventriloquism, british, potato, british humour
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Scout & The Gumboot Kids (2015)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: A hybrid animated and live-action children's show about mindfulness and nature. The show features Scout, a curious mouse who leads the Gumboot Kids through a series of clues that take them outdoors to solve nature mysteries.
Style: feel good, entertaining, educational, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: cartoon mouse, puzzle, anthropomorphic mouse, adventure hero, nature, education, mouse, satire, anthropomorphic animal, animal
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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