Sid and Marty Krofft
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The World of Sid and Marty Krofft
Sid and Marty Krofft produced television programs for children that were very different from the rest. Most of the shows produced by these brothers revolved around the basic story of a child being lost and trapped on a strange world. Viewers could visit wildly exotic places like Lidsville and Living Island, the far reaches of outer space, and even experience the flip side when a sea monster becomes "lost" in an alien world among humans.
With great shows like H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters to name just a few, Sid and Marty Krofft made great contributions to "off the wall" entertainment for children and adults alike.
The purpose of this lens is to honor Sid and Marty Krofft and to give you a trip back in time with some of their finest programs. Keep in mind that this is only a partial listing of all the cool shows produced by Sid and Marty Krofft.
With great shows like H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters to name just a few, Sid and Marty Krofft made great contributions to "off the wall" entertainment for children and adults alike.
The purpose of this lens is to honor Sid and Marty Krofft and to give you a trip back in time with some of their finest programs. Keep in mind that this is only a partial listing of all the cool shows produced by Sid and Marty Krofft.
H.R. Pufnstuf
H.R. Pufnstuf was a friendly dragon who happened to be the Mayor of a fantastic place called Living Island.A human boy named Jimmy (Jack Wild) was tricked into coming to the island by Living Islands villain, Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes). Witchiepoo had sent an enchanted boat to tempt Jimmy and his magic flute Freddy into seeking adventures out on the open seas. The boat brought them to Living Island, but Witchie Poo's plans to steal the magical flute were thwarted when H.R. Pufnstuf took Jimmy into his own home - a cave which was the only place where the witches magic wouldn't work.
Jimmy remained stuck on Living Island where everything was alive. A funny thing about the H.R. Pufnstuf show was that most of the voices used for characters like houses, trees, mushrooms, candles, and the like were parodies of famous celebrities like John Wayne and Mae West.
H.R. Pufnstuf ~ Mayor of Living Island
The Bugaloos
The Bugaloos was produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in 1970. The Bugaloos wore costumes thatmade them look like bugs and they played together in a musical band.
The Bugaloos:
Harmony, the bumblebee: Wayne Laryea
Courage, the ladybug: John Philpott
Joy, the butterfly: Caroline Ellis
I.Q., the grasshopper: John McIndoe
The Bugaloos were a peace loving group who reminded viewers of the hippies, but they still had a villain. Benita Bizarre, with the help of Woofer, Tweeter and Funky Rat, constantly plotted ways to ruin the Bugaloos. Because of her own terrible singing voice she was jealous of the Bugaloos and tried everything she could do to destroy them.
The Villains:
Benita Bizarre: Martha Raye
Woofer: Joy Campbell
Tweeter: Van Snowden
Funky Rat: Sharon Baird
The Bugaloos
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Lidsville
Lidsville ran for two seasons from 1971 to 1973. The story line involved a boy named Mark, who had fallen into the magic hat of Merlo the Magician and then found himself in a new world called Lidsville. In Lidsville hats were alive and they were citizens. Mark was always trying to figure out how to get back home, but in the meantime he became good friends with many of the hats and helped them to withstand Lidsville's villain Horatio J. HooDoo, an evil magician.The Main Cast:
Weenie the Genie and Witchie Poo, Billie Hayes
Mark, Butch Patrick
Merlo the Magician and Horatio J. HooDoo, Charles Nelson Reilly
Raunchy Rabbit, Sharon Baird and Walker Edmiston
Rah-Rah the football helmet, Jerry Maren and Lennie Weinrib
Lidsville ~ HooDoo Attacks
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters aired on Saturday mornings from 1973 through 1975 for a total of 29 different episodes. Sigmund was a friendly young sea monster who had run away from home. When the Stuart brothers, Johnny and Scott found the young sea monster the trio quickly became friends.Johnny and Scott spent a lot of their time trying to teach and protect Sigmund, but mostly they worked to keep his presence a secret. Sigmund's sea monster brothers, Blurp and Slurp, were always trying to find him.
Many of the story lines involved Sigmund doing something that brought attention to himself and the two brothers frantically trying to avoid Sigmund being seen especially by Zelda - their house keeper, Mrs. Eldels - their neighbor, and Sheriff Bevans.
The Cast of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters:
Sigmund - Billy Barty
Johnny Stuart - Johnny Whitaker
Scott Stuart - Scott Kolden
Blurp - Larry Larsen and Bill Germaine
Slurp - Paul Gale and Fred Spencer
Zelda - Mary Wickes
Mrs. Eldels - Margaret Hamilton
Sheriff Chuck Bevins - Joe Higgins
The Magical Sea Genie - Rip Taylor
Land of the Lost
Land of the Lost was produced by the Krofft brothers from 1974 to 1976. Rick Marshall and his children, Will and Holly, become trapped in a strange world populated with strange creatures like dinosaurs, a race of cavemen called the Pakuni and the reptilian/insect Sleestaks.The Marshall family were constantly looking for a way to return back to their own world, but in the mean time they had to learn to survive in the Land of the Lost.
The Cast of Land of the Lost:
Rick Marshall: Spencer Milligan
Will Marshall: Wesley Eure
Holly Marshall: Kathy Coleman
Jack Marshall: Ron Harper
Cha-Ka: Philip Paley
Sa: Sharon Baird
Ta: Joe Giamalva and Scutter McKay
Enik: Walker Edmiston
The Zarn: Marvin Miller and Van Snowden
Malak: Richard Kiel
Sleestak Leader: Jon Locke
The Sleestak: Bill Boyd, Scott Fullerton, Dave Greenwood, David Harris, Bill Laimbeer, John Lambert, Cleveland Porter, Clarke Roberts, Jack Tingley and Mike Westra
Far Out Space Nuts
Far Out Space Nuts was broadcast on CBS in 1975 for a total of 16 different episodes.In Far Out Space Nuts two NASA maintenance workers, Junior and Barney, are launched into outer space because of a silly accident. While they were loading food onto a rocket in preparation for an upcoming space mission Barney tells Junior to push the Lunch Button. Junior pushed the Launch Button by mistake and the two were shot off into space. The goofy pair traveled completely lost and encountered aliens and weird planets as they went ever farther from Earth.
Junior and Barney were often captured by strange aliens. In one episode the alien leader was played by John Carradine.
The cast of Far Out Space Nuts:
Junior: Bob Denver
Barney: Chuck McCann
Honk: Patty Maloney
The Lost Saucer
The Lost Saucer originally ran on ABC for 16 episodes from 1975 to 1976.Jerry along with his baby-sitter Alice discover a space ship that has landed on Earth. The craft is piloted by two androids named Fum and Fi. The androids invite Jerry and Alice to come on board and look at the inside of the space ship. Soon others discovered the space ship and a crowd of people started gathering around the craft. Fum and Fi started getting nervous and decided to blast off with their human visitors still on board.
The space ship travels through time, but when the androids abruptly took off the time controls were damaged so that whenever the crew traveled they did so randomly. Sometimes they wound up in prehistoric times and other times they traveled to the distant future, but they always remained on Earth. Their adventures revolved around attempts to get Jerry and Alice back to their proper time.
Fum and Fi had a pet, called a Dorse, that appeared to be part dog and part horse.
The cast of The Lost Saucer:
Alice: Alice Playten
Jerry: Jarrod Johnson
Fi: Ruth Buzzi
Fum: Jim Nabors
Dorse: Larry Larsen
The Lost Saucer
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Visitor Comments
What do you think of Sid and Marty Krofft and their unique television shows?
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melaniemeow
Jun 25, 2010 @ 10:00 pm | delete
- I loved all of their shows when I was a kid, especially H R Pufnstuf! There will never be kids shows as great as these, ever! I do wonder if Sid and Marty were pufn stuf themselves
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Enik
Apr 13, 2009 @ 5:42 pm | delete
- If you're interested in Land of the Lost, you might want to visit my fan site with coverage of both versions of the TV series and the latest news on the upcoming movie.
http://personal.linkline.com/enik1138/
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Sami4u
Feb 25, 2009 @ 11:59 am | delete
- Nice Lens Happy Relaxing Pufnstuf :) Heard that somewhere.
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Mrs O'Reilly
Feb 23, 2009 @ 1:35 am | delete
- I grew up in the 70's so Sid and Marty were a huge part of my memories! Favorite show...hands down....PufnStuf. It just clicked with me. Now, the idea of going to a place like Living Island seems more appealing than when I was a kid. I think that's why adults create these worlds...they're the ones who need the escape! From what I've since learned, Billie Hayes and Jack Wild became great friends and they had great fun with the show and their characters. Talent wise, they were evenly matched; both singers, dancers and actors. Natural performers. I have a lovely pic of them taken a few years before Jack died. Thanks for this tribute page.
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Bradshaw
Oct 10, 2008 @ 9:49 am | delete
- Love the lens. I used to watch Pufnstuf and Sigmund and I thought The Lost World was "intellectual" when I was a kid, very sci-fi. I didn't remember Jim Nabors being in a Sid & Marty show, but I remembered Ruth Buzzi as the robot.
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Jewelsofawe Oct 7, 2008 @ 11:28 pm | delete
- Very cool!
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