Meet the Small Potatoes talking head interviews with the band’s friends, manager Lester Koop (McDowell), and man on the street interviews with the band’s fans (all of whom are potatoes). The Small Potatoes’ trajectory roughly follows trends in American popular music through the second half of the 20th century: The Potatoes start as a country and western band in Idaho in the 1940s, before finding popularity first as rock and roll and then doo wop singers in the 1950s. They reach the peak of their popularity in the 1960s as a British invasion style act, followed by their experimenting with psychedelic rock after a
Meet the Small Potatoes Meet the Small Potatoes Meet the Small Potatoes is a 2013 family film written and directed by Josh Selig and starring Malcolm McDowell. It is a follow-up to Selig's television series Small Potatoes. The film serves as both a prequel to and spinoff of the show. The special premiered on Disney Jr. on February 15, 2013, using the voices and likenesses of real fans for the film's man on the street interviews. The film is presented in the style of a mockumentary documenting the history of The Small Potatoes, a band of anthropomorphic singing potatoes. Narrative segments are interspersed with