Teeny Little Super Guy

Do you remember Teeny Little Super Guy? It took me a few days to figure out where I remembered him from and what he was called. This live action/animated short starred a pudgy guy in a yellow shirt and brown hat that was drawn on the front of a what may have been a drinking glass, but I’m pretty sure was a clear plastic cup. It was a regular feature of Sesame Street when I was a kid. I remember this guy moving around as a two-dimensional being in a three-dimensional world, dropping through countertops and passing through walls by just spinning around. A writer at the Sesame Street Workshop said it pretty well:

Teeny Little Super Guy was a cartoon-like fellow who lived on the front of a drinking glass and took part in many a countertop drama. He had a grizzly little voice and sang his own theme song.

Speaking of theme songs, here are the self-affirming lyrics to the Teeny Little Super Guy theme. I don’t remember the story line of any of the shorts, but I’m pretty sure this guy’s super powers did not far exceed anything you would normally expect from a middle-aged man drawn on the side of a disposable cup. If you do remember any of those adventures that TLSG had with his many two-and-a-half dimensional friends, leave me a comment and share. I’m off to find a cup and some markers!

Click here to listen to the TLSG Theme Song. (mp3)