Teeny Little Super Guy (1984)
Synopsis
Teeny Little Super Guy was an animated short featured on PBS's Sesame Street. The shorts featured a small animated man, the Teeny Little Super Guy, who resides in a live-action, regular-sized kitchen. Robert W. Morrow described the shorts as including "parables of childhood conflict and striving."
Network
PBS
Episodes
Game
Teeny Little Super Guy notices that his friend Alice wants to join a baseball game. He encourages her to go over there and ask them whether she can play.
Red Hat
R.W. Shipshape gets a "really good hat" for his birthday, and it blows into the street. R.W. remembers not to cross the street without an adult; Teeny Little Superguy helps him across.
School
Teeny Little Super Guy reminisces to his friend Eugene, who starts kindergarten tomorrow, about his own first day at school.
Cooperation Swing
Two boys are fighting over a swing. Teeny Little Super Guy shows them how to share.
Danger
Teeny Little Super Guy talks about the time he learned the importance of safety.
Eggbeater
Teeny Little Super Guy finds his friend Janey giving up on learning how to ride an eggbeater (as one would ride a bicycle) because she keeps falling off. Teeny Little Super Guy tells her that it takes practice to be good at something and gives her a set of training beaters to help keep her balance.
Pet Spoon
R.W. learns how to care for a pet.
Sleep
Teeny Little Super Guy shows his friend Harry the importance of sleep.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Teeny Little Super Guy
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Production
Children's Television Workshop