
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.