| Creator: | Barry Blumberg John Solomon |
| Starring: | Various voice actors |
| Composer: | Various |
| Genre: | Animation Anthology Comedy Cartoon series |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | Disney Channel |
| Company: | Walt Disney Television Animation |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
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| Runtime: | 4–5 minutes |
Shorty McShorts' Shorts is an American animated short series, which consisted of 4-/5-minute shorts. It aired from July 28, 2006, to May 25, 2007.
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 and in the introduction and conclusion of each short where he also does not appear in any of the shorts.
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.
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 (April 20, 2007 – May 25, 2007).
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 short Fish Tale would later be reworked into Fish Hooks in 2010, while the other short SheZow! was later revived as a TV series on Hub Network.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | ||||
| 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 (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) and Nestor (voiced by Wilmer Valderrama) 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. Also starring Zach Ewing, Howard Hoffman, Tom Kenny, and Dionne Quan. |
| 2 | 2 | "My Mom Married a Yeti" | Dennis Messner | August 4, 2006 | April and Izzy (voiced by Lara Jill Miller and Tara Strong), the children of a scientist (voiced by Lauren Martin) who married a Yeti (voiced by Jim Gaffigan), 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." Also starring Tom Kenny. |
| 3 | 3 | "Bozzlebags' Zip" | David Smith | August 11, 2006 | After his father Fred Mailman (voiced by Tom Kenny) changes jobs and becomes the mailman for children's show host Admiral Bozzelbags (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), a disgruntled 12-year-old boy named Collin (voiced by Axel Alba), his father, his mother (voiced by Lisa Tamashiro), and sister (voiced by Maria Bamford) move to Bozzlebags' Zip, much to his frustration once they arrive. Though Admiral Bozzlebags and his parrot Doug (voiced by David P. Smith) help set Collin straight. Also starring Lexi Jourdan and Justin Richardson. |
| 4 | 4 | "The Phabulizers" | August 18, 2006 | Okie-Dokee (voiced by Kari Wahlgren), Boomer (voiced by Derek Stephen Prince), Jimbob (voiced by John DiMaggio), and Hunky-D the Beaver (voiced by John Schneider) are members of a group that makes people fabulous tries to turn a dorky kid (voiced by Greg Cipes) fabulous. This short was created by Van Partible, creator of Cartoon Network's Johnny Bravo. | |
| 5 | 5 | "Boyz on Da Run" | Rob Reger and Brian Brooks | August 25, 2006 (Part 1) | Donny (voiced by Scott Menville), Frankie (voiced by Jeff Bennett), Ricky (voiced by Joey Fatone), Skylar (voiced by Mikey Kelley), and Cameron (voiced by Wayne Brady) are members of a hit boy band called Da Boys From Yo Cul-De-Sac. They are ordered to do some lip synching during their upcoming concert by their manager Stu, who interrupts the wisdom of their wise choreographer Cory (voiced by James Sie). When it all goes wrong, they have to go into hiding. Also starring Maria Bamford, Grey DeLisle, Tom Kenny, Kent Osborne, and Henry Rollins. |
| 6 | 6 | September 8, 2006 (Part 2) | After being thrown off the train they escaped on for not being hobos, the boys run into a little diner and decide that they will work there in order to get food. They pull it all off when Cory speaks to them through floating pickles, forming the shape of his head. Also starring Maria Bamford, Grey DeLisle, Tom Kenny, Kent Osborne, and Henry Rollins. | ||
| 7 | 7 | September 29, 2006 (Part 3) | The boys run into Canada where their pursuers are unable to follow them. They make use of garbage to disguise themselves, are welcomed by the mounties, and get thrown in prison when the Canadian leaf is disrespected by Ricky. With wisdom from Cory in the form of a rat, they get out with help from a lumberjack prisoner (voiced by Tom Kenny) that is a fan of them. Also starring Maria Bamford, Grey DeLisle, Kent Osborne, and Henry Rollins. |
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Created by | First aired | Plot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "Too Many Robots!" | Attaboy | April 20, 2007 | Digit (voiced by Kelly Stables) 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 (voiced by Brian Stepanek), his wife (voiced by Iris Bahr), and his robot inventions. She isn't very happy about this, especially after a pair of self-dancing robotic shoes ruin her school dance. After a transforming robot (voiced by Brian Stepanek) turns into a DJ and she dances with her crush Matt (voiced by Greg Cipes), she starts to warm up to them a bit. Also starring Thomas Pistore and Shane R. Robinson. | |
| 9 | 2 | "Troy Ride" | Brumby Boylston, Chris Dooley, Bucky Fukumoto, and Brian Won | April 27, 2007 | Three tiny aliens named Monte Cosmo (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui), Shapiro (voiced by Sean Marquette), and Duley (voiced by Brumby Boylston) 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 by Truant Officer Fabian (voiced by Kurtwood Smith) because they built Troy to resemble a short kid. They try to get moon shoes from a comic book so they can get back home with help from their friend (voiced by Pamela Adlon), but run into trouble with a school bully (voiced by Kent Osborne), the principal, Truant Officer Fabian, and a broken "nerve" (a rope). | |
| 10 | 3 | "SheZow!" | May 4, 2007 | Guy (voiced by Jason Earles) 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 (voiced by Emily Osment). 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 (voiced by Marcus Toji) from bullies, but Jose develops a crush on his female form. Also starring Tyler Posey and Obie Scott Wade. | ||
| 11 | 4 | "Mascot Prep" | May 11, 2007 | A freshman named Kevin (voiced by Mitchel Musso) tries to fit in at a school of mascots run by Mr. Hoffenfoffer (voiced by John DiMaggio) and find his jingle. He starts to befriend a blob-like student named Germ (voiced by Jordan David) and put up with the insults from two skunks (voiced by Emily Osment and Grey DeLisle).[1] Also starring Cindy Williams. | ||
| 12 | 5 | "The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare" | Andy Suriano | May 18, 2007 | Dodger Dare (voiced by Andy Suriano) 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 (voiced by Lisa Loeb) has a crush on him, he clones himself so he doesn't have to talk to his date Amber Van Owen (voiced by Sherrie Jackson). 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 (voiced by Cameron Monaghan) and Taffy (voiced by Ariel Winter) try to leave their adult children Duke (voiced by Jeff Garlin) and Danielle (voiced by Amy Yasbeck) 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 |