Shorty McShorts' Shorts

Shorty McShorts' Shorts
Created by Barry Blumberg
John Solomon
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 4–5 minutes
Production company(s) Disney Television Animation
Distributor Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network Disney Channel
Toon Disney
Original release July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) – May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25)

Shorty McShorts' Shorts is a Disney Channel animated anthology series, which consisted of 4-5 minute shorts. The first episode aired on July 28, 2006.

The series also aired on Toon Disney for a short period of time. In Latin America, it was broadcast on Jetix (now Disney XD).

Summary

The host of the show is Shorty McShorts. His name is often shortened to "Shorty" or "SMS", which appears on the hat that he wears. He also wears blue shorts and is the train conductor for his own Short Line. He appears in advertisements for the show and in the introduction and conclusion of each short. He does not appear in any of the shorts.

The show takes form of a Saturday morning cartoon, as the shorts that are shown could very well be installments of their own miniseries. The Boyz on Da Run shorts appear in a certain order and have three episodes attached as a miniseries. The other episodes do belong to their own miniseries, but the way the shorts are set up suggests that more installments under the same name could be produced.

Broadcast history

The series mainly received mediocre reviews. Having received an average rating of 4.9 out of 10.0 on TV.com, episodes premiered week after week until the 6th episode. The best received episode was the "Boyz on Da Run" getting an 8.4 out of 10.0. The third part of the "Boyz on Da Run" miniseries was the last episode of Season 1, having aired on September 29, 2006.

The show went into hiatus until April 2007. During the meantime, another short series, Minuscule, filled in as a substitute for Shorty McShorts' Shorts during its hiatus. The second season was on air for only a very limited time, as it aired new episodes only for one month straight (April 20, 2007 - May 25, 2007). The best received episode, and last to air, was "Flip-Flopped", getting a 10.0 out of 10.0 and receiving controversy.

Shorty McShorts' Shorts was last shown in June 2007, before being completely cancelled. The show ended with a rating of 5.1 out of 10.0 on TV.com. Reruns were rarely shown, and were used mainly as time slot fillers, until they stopped airing altogether. The show's web page on disneychannel.com has since been removed, and currently, extinct.

The short, SheZow!, was later revived as a TV series on Hub Network.

Episodes

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 7 July 28, 2006 September 29, 2006
2 6 April 20, 2007 May 25, 2007

Season 1 (2006)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Created by First aired Plot
1 1 "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing" Stephen Holman and Josephine T. Huang July 28, 2006 Dudley and Nestor go on a field trip to a space center, accidentally launching into space on their way to the bathroom, which leads to them indirectly saving the world from an oncoming asteroid that would've collided with Earth.
2 2 "My Mom Married a Yeti" Dennis Messner August 4, 2006 April and Izzy, the children of a scientist who married a yeti, fear their parents embarrassing them at a school dance. They both end up with popular kids, but things take a turn for the worse when Og goes berserk and climbs onto the roof of the school, in an attempt to "protect" his children from "predators."
3 3 "Bozzlebags' Zip" David Smith August 11, 2006 After his father changes jobs and becomes the mailman for a children's show host, a disgruntled teenage boy named Collin and his family move to Bozzlebags' Zip, much to his frustration once they arrive.
4 4 "The Phabulizers" Van Partible August 18, 2006 A group that makes people fabulous tries to turn a dorky kid fabulous.
5 5 "Boyz on Da Run (Part 1)" Rob Reger and Brian Brooks August 25, 2006 Fans find out a hit boy band is lip synching and the band has to go into hiding.
6 6 "Boyz on Da Run (Part 2)" September 8, 2006 The boys run into a little diner and decide that they will work there.
7 7 "Boyz on Da Run (Part 3)" September 29, 2006 The boys run into Canada and get thrown in prison.

Season 2 (2007)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Created by First aired Plot
8 1 "Too Many Robots!" Attaboy April 20, 2007 Digit is a sweet country girl who earned a scholarship to study in a city school and has been sent to live with her mad scientist uncle, his family and his robot inventions. She isn't very happy about this, especially after a pair of self-dancing robotic shoes ruin her school dance, but after a transforming robot turns into a DJ and she dances with her crush, Matt, she starts to warm up to them a bit.
9 2 "Troy Ride" Brumby Boylston, Chris Dooley, Bucky Fukumoto, and Brian Won April 27, 2007 Three aliens from space have crashed on earth. Their spaceship is destroyed, so they create a robot boy to try to get to a space station. Unfortunately, they are forced to attend school. They try to get moon shoes from a comic book so they can get back home, but run into trouble with a school bully, the principal, the truant officer and a broken "nerve" (a rope).
10 3 "SheZow!" Obie Scott Wade May 4, 2007 Guy becomes a superhero when he puts on his Aunt Agnes' magic ring. He then turns into a female superhero named SheZow, much to the amusement of his (presumably) twin sister Kelly. To make matters worse, by putting on the ring he has chosen to be SheZow, and it cannot be removed. As SheZow, he saves his friend Jose from bullies, but Jose develops a crush on his female form.

Note: This short was later green lit to become a television series. It first aired in 2012 on Hub Network.

11 4 "Mascot Prep" Chip Wass May 11, 2007 A freshman named Kevin tries to fit in at a school of mascots and find his jingle.[1]
12 5 "The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare" Andy Suriano May 18, 2007 Dodger Dare finds a photocopier that makes duplicates of him, however the duplicates are imperfect in some way and can be destroyed by water. Unaware that his best friend Beauty has a crush on him, he clones himself so he doesn't have to talk to his date, but the clones get out of control.
13 6 "Flip-Flopped" Jill Mazursky May 25, 2007 Set in a world where humans age backwards, child parents Andy and Taffy try to leave their adult children home alone for a night. However, paranoia between the children about robbers and adults about the house being destroyed leads to Andy's son calling the police, and Taffy knocking out her husband after mistaking him for an intruder. Series Finale

Characters

Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing

My Mom Married a Yeti

Bozzelbag's Zip

The Phabulizers

Boyz on Da Run

Too Many Robots

Troy Ride

SheZow

Mascot Prep

The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare

Flip-Flopped

See also

References

  1. http://www.tv.com/shows/shorty-mcshorts-shorts/mascot-prep-1044761/
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