Tiny Tov

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Tiny Tov was the main characters of television series called "The Magic Door Television Theatre". The show was sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Chicago and aired from 1962 through 1982 on WGN-TV

"Tiny Tov" was a character "reduced" to appear as a kind of elf), and two hand puppets named "Scrunch" and "Judy". Tiny lived in a house that was made out of an acorn, the entrance was "The Magic Door".

Each week Tiny Tov would travel back through time riding his Magic Feather. Each week he would focus on different Torah stories in hopes educating Jewish children on Jewish history.


Tiny Tov was played by Charles Gerber, who also created the song lyrics. Gerber, currently resides in New York.

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