Episode List

The following is a complete list of episodes from the show. Tap the arrow to read episode descriptions. These episodes have all been verified by creator Noreen Young herself. A special thanks to Meghan F. for all her work on this project!

Season 1: 1987– 70 Episodes

Meeting Mom

Sinking of Captain Iggy

The Visitor

Iggy’s Package

Gesundheit

Bird of the Month

Holly’s New Friend 

Lock The Door

Moving In

The Unexpected Visitor (Bird From Gaspe pt1)

A bad storm blows a bird off course and she ends up finding herself on spring street.

Entertaining The Visitor (Bird From Gaspe pt2)

Au Revoir (Bird From Gaspe pt3)

Teacher Teacher

Watch Your Step

Finders Keepers

Iguana Song

Hostess Gloria

Jeannie & Jacob

The Pedal Pusher

Hostess With The Mostest

The Sick Umbrella Tree

The Skeleton

The Great Gwendolyn

Dinner For Two

The Cleaning Man

Gloria’s New Look

Hats

Iggy’s Lucky Bowtie

The People Book

Outer Space

The gang puts on a play about outer space.

Gloria’s Scarf 

Postponed Picnic 

Bye Bye Baby 

Rhythm Band 

Pen Pals 

The Blue Jay Who Found A Way 

The Lizard That Roared 

The Gopher Who Rode The Wind 

Bathtub Race 

How Animals Got Coats 

The Nice Old Lady 

The Good Luck Goose 

A Box Of Fun 

Breakfast In Bed 

The Try-out 

Iggy The Artist 

Glorialocks 

Exercise Bike (Surprise)

Holly overdoes it on her new exercise bike!

The Green Ghost 

A Day At The Beach 

Gloria’s Flood 

Iggy’s Dream 

The Garage Sale 

Checkers

Everyone remembers the day Iggy and Jacob had an argument over a game of checkers.

Cousin Emmet 

Iggy’s clumsy cousin Emmet, who causes accidents wherever he goes, is coming for a visit.

Fear of Flying 

Gloria the Great 

Household Olympics 

Jacob Joins The Bird Scouts 

Hello? 

The Poetry Contest 

Jacob Goes On A Trip 

Lemonade Stand 

Iggy Alone 

The Parade 

The Xylophone 

Say Cheese 

Cinderholly 

Invisible Iggy 

Riding the Dragon

Season 2: 1988- 70 Episodes

Jeannie’s Dance

The gang’s friend Jeannie comes over so Holly can teach her to waltz before an up coming dance.

Row Row Row

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob imagine they are in a boat race in the bathtub.

The House 

Jennifer, Jennifer 

The First Shower

Holly tells everyone a story about the shower was invented.

Tug of War

Holly coaches Gloria and Iggy on a tug of war team, but Jacob would rather try out for the soccer team.

The 5th Roommate

After discovering a bat living in the basement, Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob decide to invite Simon to live with them upstairs.

Laundry Day

Iggy and Jacob attempt to do the laundry by themselves.

Gloria’s Bath 

Jacob’s Leaky Roof

Treasure 

Furnace Day 

Keep It Down 

The gang can’t practice their song and dance number for the show in the park, because their cranky neighbor Mr. Pleck keeps complaining about the noise!

The Dig

While digging for artifacts in the basement, Iggy decides to play a trick on his friends…

Iggy’s New Room

Iggy decides to move into the bathroom when he can’t find peace and quiet on the bookshelf.

Wake Up Holly 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob mistakenly believe that Holly is moving to the west coast, so they concoct a plan to stop her from leaving.

Iggy’s Office 

Iggy pretends to open his own joke office, but Holly doesn’t seem to be laughing at his jokes!

Chuck Chickadee 

Jacob’s friend Chuck comes over so Holly can paint his picture… that is, if he can hold still long enough!

Under the Stairs 

Lizard Pin 

Promises, Promises 

Jacob is in trouble when he makes promises to each of his friends at the same!

Guitar Practice 

Iggy plans to spend the day practicing guitar, but he just can’t seem to get started.

New Car 

Gloria Iguana 

When Iggy has a cold and can’t give his speech at the lizard club, Gloria dresses up and tries to take his place.

Basement Business 

Recycling

The gang learns all about recycling, with Gloria finding a special way to reuse an old bottle.

A Better Burrow 

Babysitter 

I Am An Artist 

Iggy is in such a rush to earn his ”I am an artist” pin that he decides to cheat and submit one of Holly’s drawings to the newspaper!

The New Neighbour 

The gang meets their new neighbor, Michael, help cheer him up while he’s missing his friends back home.

Yuck! 

Jacob refuses to eat anything made with the zucchini Holly bought at the market.

Paper Route 

The gang helps out their friend Tyler delivering newspapers while he goes fishing with his dad.

Granny Blue 

When I Grow Up 

Best Friends 

Gloria and Mitzi devise a plan when they find out Mitzi is moving away!

Gloria Who? 

After discovering she has an incredibly long full name on her birth certificate, Gloria asks everyone to call her by her full name.

Who Am I?

Iggy suffers amnesia after falling and hitting his head.

The Invitation 

Holly decides to start a protest after finding out animals are not allowed at a party for the new nature exhibit at the museum.

Iggy’s Birthday 

Iggy is disappointed to discover everyone seems to have forgotten his birthday… or have they?

Sounds Amazing!

Holly shows her friends how to make music with all sorts of everyday objects.

How It All Began

Jacob tells the story of how Iggy and Gloria came to live with him.

All Hung Up 

Iggy meets his physiotherapist after breaking his leg.

Little Blue Riding Hood 

Boosters 

Uncle Rod Iguana 

Portraits

Iggy, Gloria, Jacob, and Holly all attempt to draw portraits of each other.

Walkie Talkie Gopher 

Gloria uses walkie talkies to try and prank everyone into thinking she can see through walls, so they decide to play a trick back on her!

On The Deck 

Gloria and Iggy decide to spend a hot summer night out on the deck with Jacob.

Going Bananas 

Mistakenly thinking she is only one invited to Mitzi’s costume party, Gloria tries to sneak of out the apartment dressed as a banana.

The Four Brothers 

Timebox

The gang decides to each add a beloved possession to a time capsule, but Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob start to have second thoughts.

The Butler 

Gloria’s aunt Gloxinea sends her unneeded butler to spring street to become Gloria’s butler instead.

Old Folks 

Iggy imagines what it would be like if they were all old folks living together in the future.

Uncle Jack 

Holly’s uncle Jack Higgins comes to visit and tells everyone a story.

Spring Pageant 

The Umbrella Hotel 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob pretend to run a hotel under the umbrella tree.

Jacob and the Beanstalk

Jacob is certain the beans he got from Mr. Johnson will grow into a magic giant beanstalk.

Messengers

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob decide to start up their own messenger service.

Science Fair 

T-Shirt

Jacob refuses to wear anything but his favorite old t shirt to a fancy dinner at Holly’s mom’s house.

The Circus

Gloria is sad that she has to miss the circus because she has a cold, so the others bring some of the circus to her!

The Store 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob play grocery store while Holly is off running errands.

Manners 

The Broken Window

Holly has to fix the kitchen window after Gloria’s breaks it playing baseball.

Tree Party

After Jacob is convinced the umbrella tree is sad, everyone dresses up as trees and has a party for it.

The Sewing Machine 

After complaining about their Halloween costumes, Jacob and Iggy are convinced Holly is too mad at them to finish sewing them. Can Mrs. McMurtry come to the rescue?

3 Silly Goats Gruff

The gang puts on their own version of the play The 3 Billy Goats Gruff.

Mystery 

Piggies

The gang puts on a play of The 3 Little Pigs.

Season 3: 1989- 70 Episodes

Zelda

Iggy begrudgingly agrees to care for Mr. Johnson’s prized (and sentient) plant Zelda.

Jacob’s World Record

Jacob tries everything he can think of to set his own world record.

The Walkathon

Everyone raises money for the food pantry by walking as many kilometers as they can.

To The Dentist

Iggy is nervous about his first visit to the dentist, so the gang sets up a pretend dentist office to show him what it will be like.

Private

Jacob learns the hard way it’s important to respect other’s privacy!

Just Too Little

Iggy, Gloria, and Jacob are in a big hurry to grow up so they can do all the things grown ups can do.

Chickadee Tea

Holly is forced to entertain the chickadee family by herself when Jacob is late to his own tea party.

The Little Red Eggs 

Pyjama Party  

Iggy and Jacob regret making fun of Gloria and Mitzi’s slumber party when they see how much fun it is!

Madame Sonya 

Mrs. McMurtry’s cousin Sonya, a fortune teller, comes to visit the gang.

Hanky Panky 

When Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob wake up with colds, they have more fun playing with their new hankies than using them!

Scarecrow 

Good-bye Troubles

Holly helps the gang tie their troubles to balloons and send them away.

E. Lizard-Beth Taylor 

Iggy is so eager to impress his favorite lizard movie star that he makes a complete fool of himself.

Christmas Under the Umbrella Tree

Everyone share their favorite Christmas traditions under the umbrella tree; meanwhile Holly looks for her missing Christmas angel.

Hockey Holly

With the help of her friends, Holly learn how to play hockey so that she can join a woman’s hockey team.

Honestly Holly

Holly struggles to take her own advice when she finds herself perpetually lying to spare Mrs. McMurtry’s feelings.

Speak Up!

How will Holly give a speech at her awards ceremony when she has laryngitis?!

Home Run Iggy

Iggy worries his friends are putting too much pressure on him to hit another home run and win the baseball game.

Mrs. Mom 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob imagine what it would be like if Holly’s mom was their mom instead.

The Princess and the Pea Soup

The gang puts on their version of the play The Princess and the Pea.

Don’t Be Shy

Uncle Jack Comes Back

Holly must take the place of her aunt Jill performing in her uncle Jack’s music show.

The No-Power Hour

Holly shows the gang how they can have some old fashion fun during a power outage.

Hear! Hear! 

Iggy Moves Out 

Not realizing his inconsiderate his ways, Iggy move in with Mrs McMurtry where he thinks he can be more laid back.

Jacob’s Girlfriends

Jacob gets himself into trouble when he asks two girls to the same dance competition.

Gloria Can’t Sleep 

Jacob ventures into Gloria’s burrow to get to the root cause of her insomnia.

Changing Places 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob pretend to be each other for a day.

The Return of Cousin Emmett

Gloria and Jacob think country life must be boring, but they’re surprised to discover Iggy’s cousin Emmett finds city life a bore!

The Gardeners 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob think they are gardening experts!

The Wedding

Gloria can’t resist trying on Holly’s bridesmaid’s dress she bought for Jeannie’s wedding.

Gloria, the Reporter 

Gloria gets in trouble for embellishing the news stories she gathers for her new reporter job.

Jim 

Pleck’s Pickles

The gang’s in a real pickle when they’re talked into helped Mr. Pleck with his new business venture.

Stargazing

Everyone spends a special night looking through a telescope on the front porch.

Baby 

The Tooth Fairy

The gang’s friend Jess loses her first tooth while sleeping over.

Farewell Findly 

Everyone holds a memorial service for their deceased pet goldfish, Findly.

House For Sale 

The Funny Bunny 

Holly encourages Gloria to befriend the unusual rabbit who hangs out at the library.

Gloria’s Birthday

Trying to surprise Gloria on her birthday proves more difficult than the gang thought!

The Best Hiding Place Ever

Jacob finally wins a game of hide and seek when he discovers the perfect hiding place under the front porch.

Gloria’s Allowance 

Gloria realizes just how hard it can be to save money when there are so many fun things to buy!

Chez Iggy 

Iggy opens a pretend restaurant in the basement to serve up his new salad creation.

The Gingerbread House

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob put on a puppet show of Hansel and Gretel with Holly’s gingerbread house,

Who’s On First Base?

Home Sweet Home 

The gang helps a homeless cat who shows up on their front porch.

And the Winner Is…

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob try to cheer Holly up by putting on an awards show after she loses the artist of the year award.

The First Iggy 

Sharing

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob struggle to share a rocking horse.

Show and Tell 

Gloria, Iggy, and Holly help Jacob overcome his fear of public speaking in time for his show and tell presentation.

The Birthday Fair 

Keep It Clean 

The Aqua Show 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob put an on aqua show for Holly in the bathroom.

The Safety Poster Contest 

Holly seems less than thrilled that the others are entering their designs in the safety poster contest.

The Totem Pole 

Sweet Dreams 

An unusual dinner at Holly’s mom’s gives everyone strange dreams.

Dress Rehearsal 

Iggy Loves Nancy 

Iggy develops a crush on Nancy, but he may be rushing into things asking her to a dance at the lizard club.

The Bus Tour 

Digging For Gold 

King of the Castle 

Gloria and Iggy build a castle out of cardboard in the basement and try to talk a grumpy Jacob into playing with them.

Gloria’s Magic Piano 

The gang relives “musical memories” with the help of Gloria’s magic piano. Clip Show.

Migration Party 

Holly’s in a tizzy over the 6 or 7 hundred birds scheduled to meet on her deck for the annual bird migration party.

Birdbrain

Jacob and Iggy compete in a pretend game show to prove who is the smartest.

Singin’ In the Bathtub 

Iggy has a special name for the bathroom- the music room! Whenever anyone goes in, they’re always reminded of a favorite song to sing. Clip Show.

Holly’s Cousin 

Holly’s cousin Lorraine comes to visit from Ireland.

The Cooking Lesson 

Holly wins a free cooking lesson with Chef Cookinski, but something strange is going on when he shows up for the lesson…

Lost and Found 

National Holly-Day

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob try to cheer up Holly by turning the apartment into a pretend cruise ship.

Season 4: 1990- 60 Episodes

What Time Is It? 

Holly uses a homemade clock to teach the others about telling time.

Checking out The Library 

Holly needs to covertly study Ms Pilcher the children’s librarian, so that she can paint her portrait as a gift.

The Twins 

Twin skunks have Holly and Iggy seeing double when they come over to make a gift to their mother.

Iggy’s Collection 

Iggy decides to start a balloon collection, which soon takes over the whole apartment!

Pot Luck

Everyone can’t wait to try their new neighbor Claire’s Chinese cuisine at the community pot luck.

Hiccups

Holly tries everything to get rid of her hiccups before a big interview.

Gloria’s Garden

Gloria is convinced her one remaining seed will grow into a beautiful flower with some TLC.

Small Worlds

Holly tells everyone the story of her great grandmother Beatrice, an entomologist.

Iggy For President 

Iggy learns the most important part about running for office is keeping your promises!

Halloween

Iggy injures his tail jumping off the porch, and must miss the Halloween party while spending the night at the animal hospital.

Jacob’s Road Show 

Jacob becomes a crossing guard and teaches everyone about road safety.

Iggy’s Airline 

Everyone takes an imaginary flight on Iggy’s airline.

The Trombone

Iggy and Jacob accidentally dismantle Gloria’s trombone.

Sir Jacob of Blue

Jacob tells everyone the story of his 20 times great grandfather, Sir Jacob of Blue.

An Afternoon Off 

Lewis has a hard time leaving his work at the bird migration office while having lunch with the gang.

Holly Learns to Knit

Holly is determined to learn to knit herself a sweater for an upcoming ski trip.

Hamster Hullabaloo

After going against Holly’s instructions, Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob lose their friend’s pet hamster.

Neat!

No one can find anything they need until they get the apartment clean and organized!

Adopt a Tree 

Uncle Jack’s Jokes 

What’s Cookin?

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob each must cook a meal to learn a badge in their 5 N Club.

Murphy 

The Accordion Lesson

Mrs. McMurtry gives Chuck Chickadee accordion lessons… at Holly’s apartment!

A Giant Step 

Singing Telegrams

Iggy helps Holly out by dressing up and delivering singing telegrams to some crazy customers.

Og Iguana

Getting Glasses 

The gang goes with Chuck Chickadee to his eye Dr appointment.

Radio CXYZ 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob accidentally broadcast their pretend radio show while visiting the station.

New Shoes 

Sherlock Holly

There’s a real mystery to figure out after the gang tries to set up a pretend mystery for Holly to solve.

E. Lizard-Beth Returns 

A Job for Jess

Jess helps Holly with an illustration job by modeling different careers.

Cranky Movie 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob create their own homemade moving picture.

Coaching Zelda

Iggy becomes Zelda’s couch for the upcoming flower show.

Growing

Tired of being the shortest, Iggy is determined to grow overnight!

Families

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob explore different kinds of families while Holly fixes up her old dollhouse.

Porch Party 

Everyone performs a concert for the whole neighborhood from the front porch!

First Aid 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob get carried away using the supplies in their new first aid kit.

The Meter Man and the Elves 

Litterpup

Something must be done to stop Mitzi from littering everywhere she goes.

Good Medicine 

Gloria and Holly recall some happy memories while passing the time until her next dose of cold medicine. Clip show.

Picture It 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob make posters for the library of their favorite musical memories. Clip show.

Art Work

Holly’s hectic work schedule means she has to miss out on a concert.

Rebecca

The gang supports their friend Rebecca as her parents go through a divorce.

Burglar Beware

After hearing about a burglary in the news, Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob attempt to create their own home alarm system.

Give It A Spin 

Gloria Gets Rough

Gloria wants to prove she is just as rough and tough as the boys who wouldn’t let her play football in the park.

Jacob’s Victory 

Jacob has a big head over his wings of excellence award.

Pirates 

Gloria’s Game

Gloria introduces everyone to her made up board game “Overboard”.

Gloria 

Dear Uncle Rod

Holly Gets the Blues

Holly accidentally dies her face and hair blue right before a date.

Rub a Dub Dub

Everyone recites nursery rhymes while getting ready for bed.

The Song Book

Holly creates a song book featuring everyone’s favorite songs. Clip show.

Mitzi’s List

Despite what she says, the gang knows Mitzi is sad about not having a birthday party after discovering the party itinerary she made.

Video Games 

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob forget about their chores when they become addicted to playing video games.

Jacob 

Water 

Squeaky Wheels

Iggy didn’t take such good care of his bike last fall, and now in the spring it’s in disrepair.

Holly

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob help Holly write her résumé. Clip show.

30 Minute Specials:

Chickadee Anniversary (date unknown)

Holly and the gang throw an anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Chickadee; Iggy tries to start up his music career, but runs into more rejection than he’d anticipated.

Piano Lessons (date unknown)

Holly inherits her grandma’s piano, and with it, a mouse who helps her learn about her family history… and perseverance!

Thanksgiving (date unknown)

Holly’s aunt Bonnie comes to visit, but doesn’t know how to break it to everyone that she’s not an adventurous explorer anymore; Gloria, Jacob, and Iggy get ready for the neighborhood thanksgiving feast.

The Umbrella Tree Marching Band (Canada Day Special) (date unknown)

Everyone forms a marching band for the big Canada Day parade, but they can’t seem to agree on how to do anything and work as a team!

1989

1989

Christmas

Everyone share their favorite Christmas traditions under the umbrella tree; meanwhile Holly looks for her missing Christmas angel.

1990

Halloween

Iggy injures his tail jumping off the porch, and must miss the Halloween party while spending the night at the animal hospital.

1991

Live & Learn (School Days)

Gloria is worried about her first day of school; Jacob struggles with a student in his bird flying school; Holly takes a computer course.

Love (Valentine’s Day Special)

Lewis offers to help Holly find her secret admirer; Jacob wants to ask Megan to be his partner in the 3-legged race; Gloria has trouble bonding with Mitzi’s pet rat.

Special Delivery (Mother’s Day Special)

Mr. & Mrs. Chickadee are welcoming a new addition to their family. Iggy has been telling his mother he’s a Dr, but now she’s coming for a visit!

The Great Goldberg (Hanukah Special)

Gloria, Iggy, and Jacob volunteer a former magician turned store owner to be in the talent show, but he’s lost faith in himself.

1992

Everybody’s Garden

Winning & Losing

1993

Baseball Fever

Jacob learns that the most important part of any sport is not if you win or lose, but how you play the game.

Fitness Fun

Iggy can’t find a form of exercise he enjoys; Holly and Lewis fight over who will lead the exercise class in the park.