In preparation for this weekend’s debut of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (read my review of it later today in the Mercury!), our friends at Screen Crush have ranked the best episodes of Spider-Man that were featured on the classic kids’ PBS educational show, The Electric Company. I’m gonna go ahead and spoil the the number one pick, titled “Spidey Meets the Wall”—but you should watch some more, because they are very weird and funny!

I especially like this one because “The Wall” makes some very astute observations about Spider-Man… especially in regards to eating hot dogs.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)