Trivia

• The gang’s address is 34 Spring Street, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
• Mr Johnson is the often mentioned, but never seen, Landlord of the building
• Holly’s Mother Annabelle Higgins owns an antique store
• Holly’s Aunt Jill was mentioned but never seen
• Iggy has an uncle Rod Iguana who lives in Arizona
• Iggy’s great uncle Juan Iguana was best friends with Holly’s Great grandmother Beatrice- an entomologist
• Jacob has a grandmother he calls Granny Blue
• Jacob’s 20-times-great-grandfather was a knight in shining armor called Sir Jacob of Blue
• Gloria has an Aunt named Gloxinia
• The show was filmed in Almonte, Ontario
• The first season of the show was filmed in a garage with no air conditioning
• Holly Larocque has stated she modeled her character, Holly Higgins, after Ernie Coombs’ character on Mr Dress Up. She admired how Coombs never talked down to children and wanted Holly Higgins to be a “best friend” figure rather than a traditional “mother” or “teacher” figure. 
• Stephen Bratwaithe, who performed Jacob, is creator Noreen Young’s brother
• Holly frequently carried an iconic Marilyn Brooks clock handbag
• (Iggy’s performer) Bob Stutt’s daughter, Jessica, played “Jess” in several episodes
• Holly Larocque also voiced Leota the woodsprite in the Teddy Ruxpin cartoon series
• The house shown in the opening theme is actually a dollhouse
• Paul Lockyer allegedly sang over 40 takes of the theme song before landing on the final cut.
• Bob Soucy wrote and composed all the original music on the show
• Holly Larocque also voiced Mitzi the dog