Spidey Meets Dr Fright 1974 | The Electric Company | RIP Danny Seagren | Spider-Man Super Stories

Описание: From Season 4 Episode 6 of The Electric Company which originally aired on PBS on October 28, 1974. Recorded from Noggin in 2003 via Comcast Cable in Eugene, Oregon.

Dr. Fright (Skip Hinnant) is a monster who has a face so frighteningly ugly that he conceals it beneath an oversized stovepipe hat. He uses this to terrify victims, robbing them when they become frozen in fright. He plans to freeze Spidey (Danny Seagren), but Spidey instead freezes Dr. Fright by holding up a mirror.

"Spidey Super Stories" is a recurring live-action skit on the original version of the Children's Television Workshop series The Electric Company.

Episodes 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.

It premiered during the first show of The Electric Company's fourth season (1974–1975), which was given the production number 391. It predated the pilot film of the series The Amazing Spider-Man by three years, becoming the first recorded live-action rendition of Spider-Man, and was the first recorded live-action rendition of a Marvel character in any medium since the Captain America serial of 1944.

Daniel Morley Seagren (November 15, 1943 – November 10, 2025) was an American puppeteer and actor.

Seagren was notably the first person to portray Spider-Man in the 1970s children's series The Electric Company. He also portrayed the character on Spidey Super Stories. Seagren also portrayed Big Bird on Sesame Street for a number of episodes during the 1960s.

Seagren died on November 10, 2025, at the age of 81.