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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 (having a similar role to Clarabell the Clown of Howdy Doody), in order to encourage young viewers to practice their reading skills because he was drawn without a mouth. In many of these sketches, viewers were addressed as 'true believers.' The cast of The Electric Company played the roles of the various characters in each story, with another serving as narrator. Stories involved the masked superhero foiling mischievous characters who were involved in criminal activities (such as burglary or assault).

It premiered during the premiere of The Electric Company's first (1974) episode of the fourth (1974–1975) season, show 391.Ī total of (at least) 29 segments were produced during the final three seasons of The Electric Company.

Spidey Super Stories was a live-action and main segment on the PBS children's television series The Electric Company.Įpisodes featured the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, provided to the Children's Television Workshop free of charge, and was played (always in costume) by puppeteer and dancer Danny Seagren (who replaced the recently departed invisible him on The Electric Company in 1974).

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