He is serenading a shorty (which is slang for a girl).
Yo, shorty - come here.
I'm gonna show you something, shawty.
The series ran from 1978 to 1995 and had a total of 144 episodes, as well as a series of educational shorties.
They are described to be sized like medium cucumbers, a quality that has earned them the name shorties or mites.
