Spidey Super Stories

Oct 21, 1974 (en) [5] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 21, 1974
  • Production
    Children's Television Workshop, Sesame Workshop
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Spidey Super Stories
  • Release
    Oct 21, 1974
  • en
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Overview

A live-action, recurring skit on the PBS children's television series The Electric Company. Episodes featured the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, provided to the Children's Television Workshop free of charge, and was played by puppeteer and dancer Danny Seagren. Stories involved the masked superhero foiling mischievous characters who were involved in petty criminal activities. The cast of The Electric Company played the roles of the various characters in each story, with another serving as narrator. In many of these sketches, viewers were addressed as "true believers." Unlike other live-action and cartoon productions of Spider-Man, this version of the web-slinging hero did not speak out loud, instead communicating only with word balloons, in order to encourage young viewers to practice their reading skills because he was drawn without a mouth. He also never appeared out of his costume as Peter Parker and, given the series' budget limitations, used his web-shooters sparingly.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Danny Seagren

    Spider-Man

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 1 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1974-10-21)

Approximately one dozen "Spidey Super Stories" segments were produced during The Electric Company's 1974–1975 season.

Spidey Meets the Spoiler

Episode: 1

A Night at the Movies

Episode: 2

Spider-Man Meets the Evil Dr. Fly

Episode: 3

Spidey Up Against the Wall

Episode: 4

Spider-Man Meets the Can Crusher

Episode: 5

Spidey Meets the Funny Bunny

Episode: 6

Meet Dr. Fright

Episode: 7

Meet Mr. Measles

Episode: 8

Spidey Jumps the Thumper

Episode: 9

Spidey and the Queen Bee

Episode: 10

Little Miss Muffett

Episode: 11

The Bookworm

Episode: 12

Season 2 ( )

Approximately one dozen "Spidey Super Stories" segments were produced during The Electric Company's 1975–1976 season.

The Birthday Bandit

Episode: 1

Spidey Meets the Prankster

Episode: 2

Spidey Meets the Blowhard

Episode: 3

Who Stole the Show?

Episode: 4

Spidey Meets the Yeti

Episode: 5

Spidey Meets the Mouse

Episode: 6

Spidey Meets the Sitter

Episode: 7

Spidey Fixes the Hum

Episode: 8

Spidey Nabs the Sandman

Episode: 9

Spidey Meets the Tickler

Episode: 10

Spidey Gets the Old One-Two

Episode: 11

Spidey Meets Eye Patch

Episode: 12

Spidey Meets Silly Willy

Episode: 13

The Uninvited

Episode: 14

Spidey After the Fox

Episode: 15

Spidey Meets the Sack

Episode: 16

Season 3 ( )

Aired during the sixth season of The Electric Company, it only included one skit.

The Beastly Banana

Episode: 1
Oct 21, 1974 (en)
[5] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 21, 1974
  • Production
    Children's Television Workshop, Sesame Workshop
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title Spidey Super Stories
en

Overview

A live-action, recurring skit on the PBS children's television series The Electric Company. Episodes featured the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, provided to the Children's Television Workshop free of charge, and was played by puppeteer and dancer Danny Seagren. Stories involved the masked superhero foiling mischievous characters who were involved in petty criminal activities. The cast of The Electric Company played the roles of the various characters in each story, with another serving as narrator. In many of these sketches, viewers were addressed as "true believers." Unlike other live-action and cartoon productions of Spider-Man, this version of the web-slinging hero did not speak out loud, instead communicating only with word balloons, in order to encourage young viewers to practice their reading skills because he was drawn without a mouth. He also never appeared out of his costume as Peter Parker and, given the series' budget limitations, used his web-shooters sparingly.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer