Howard Karloff

My Hero is a BBC sitcom created by Paul Mendelson. The programme ran for six series, first broadcast in February 2000, and concluding in September 2006. The series follows the antics of the dim-witted superhero "Thermoman", portrayed by Ardal O'Hanlon in series one to five and by James Dreyfus in the final series. The series was regularly directed by John Stroud. In the UK, the digital channel Gold regularly re-runs the programme, although the last series has yet to appear on the channel. In the United States it was shown on PBS and, briefly, BBC America. In Australia, UKTV offered re-runs of the first three series, while BBC Entertainment provided repeats for Scandinavia.

But I Don't Have A Spoon is about the effect of low self-confidence and the consequences of trying to cheat looking after your mental health. Emet feels his voice & life are empty, not as important & interesting as all the other spoons. When visiting a university reunion, he sees his old friends, all of whom seem to be doing so well. Feeling the pressure of looking like a loser, Emet begins tweaking his stories to be a bit more interesting so he maybe he can finally have the admiration he's always wanted. A Masked Figure sits opposite him warning him that he's not the person he's saying he is, telling him he needs to eat his cereal and look after himself, but how can he eat without a spoon?