Shorty McShorts' Shorts
Shorty McShorts' Shorts is an American animated anthology short series, which consisted of 4-/5-minute shorts. It aired from July 28, 2006, to May 25, 2007.
Summary
Initially conceived as a short pilot program for Disney TV Animation, produced by John Solomon and Carolyn Suzuki. 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 appeared in advertisements for the show, the introduction, and conclusion of each short, but never appears in any short.
The show takes the form of a Saturday-morning cartoon, as the shorts that are shown could very well be installments of their own mini-series. The Boyz on Da Run shorts appear in a certain order and have three episodes attached as a miniseries, with a fourth one that never appeared on TV. 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.
The series finale, "Flip-Flopped", was scored by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo.
Broadcast history
The series mainly received mixed reviews. Episodes premiered week after week until the 6th episode. 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 limited time, as it aired new episodes only for one month straight.
Shorty McShorts' Shorts was last shown in May 2007, before being completely cancelled. Reruns were rarely shown and were used mainly as time slot fillers until they stopped airing altogether. Although 22 shorts were produced, only 13 were aired.
The unaired short Fish Tale would later be reworked into Fish Hooks in 2010, while the short SheZow!, which marked the show’s 10th episode, was later revived as a TV series on Hub Network.