About this season
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."
Episodes (8)
1. Game
Aired 17 February 1984 • 3 min
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.
2. Red Hat
Aired 22 March 1984 • 3 min
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.
3. School
Aired 19 November 1984 • 3 min
Teeny Little Super Guy reminisces to his friend Eugene, who starts kindergarten tomorrow, about his own first day at school.
4. Cooperation Swing
Aired 20 November 1984 • 3 min
Two boys are fighting over a swing. Teeny Little Super Guy shows them how to share.
5. Danger
Aired 26 November 1984 • 3 min
Teeny Little Super Guy talks about the time he learned the importance of safety.
6. Eggbeater
Aired 27 November 1984 • 3 min
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.
7. Pet Spoon
Aired 17 December 1984 • 3 min
R.W. learns how to care for a pet.
8. Sleep
Aired 12 March 1985 • 3 min
Teeny Little Super Guy shows his friend Harry the importance of sleep.