I loved the kroffts when i was little, and my threeyearold twin daughters are already hooked on h. Elliott was also sid kroffts friend and next door neighbor. Witchiepoos full name incidentally is wilhelmina w. Billie hayes, jack wild, sharon baird, joan gerber, walker edmiston, johnny silver, felix silla, lennie weinrib. Pufnstuf 70s tshirts designed by chewbaccadoll as well as other 70s merchandise at teepublic.
Jack wild 30 september 1952 1 march 2006 was an english actor and singer, best known for his debut role as the artful dodger in oliver. The adventures of a boy trapped in a fantastic land with a dragon friend and a witch enemy. Pufnstuf, cling and clang, and freddy the flute will appear in a special titled h. Hr pufnstuf looks a little long in the tooth these days, his tail is dragging, but this television series still features the droll villainry of witchiepoo to keep things going. Were going to work on it again, in fact were at it now, marty krofft tells thewrap about a potential pufnstuf feature film. Pufnstuf with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Comments are turned off autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Pufnstuf tv series 19691970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from september 6, 1969 to december 27, 1969. Her vulture and spider henchmen sorry names escape me add to the craziness of the quest for jimmys magic flute, freddy. Hr puff n stuff witch names dragon names nostalgia watch tv shows old shows wicked witch classic cartoons you funny h. Pufnstuf series wrapped, a feature film followed which was both something of a prequel to the series and a new story. See more ideas about childhood memories, my childhood and childhood.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. A film version, featuring guest stars martha raye and cass elliot, appeared in 1970, a year after the shows premiere. Pdf pufnstuf other stuff the weird and wonderful world of sid marty krofft pdf full ebook. Pufnstuf creator talks potential movie and why the muppets. Hr pufnstuf record songs from tv show by cartoonists.
Pufnstuf is a childrens television series produced by sid and marty krofft in the united states. Sid and marty kroffts firstand probably most popularchildrens fantasy revolves around the wacky adventures of a young boy named jimmy with a magic golden flute thats. Witchiepoo knows that if she has freddy in her possession, she will definitely be named witch of the year at the. Young jimmy is being pursued by the evil wilhemina w. When a boy names jimmy finds himself stranded on living island with his magic gold flute freddy, he is taken in by a talking dragon named h. R h r pufnstuf puff stuff puff n stuff shirt, sticker, hoodie, mask classic tshirt. Pufnstuf freddie the flute not the first time that pih has listedsold fakes or poorly documented items. Oliver born september 30, 1952, in royton, near oldham, england, jack wild was discovered by talent agent june collins, mother of rock star phil collins. I leave this here for you to draw your own conclusions.
H r pufnstuf tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of. Pufnstuf, which combined giant puppets and liveaction players. The mayor of living island was a helpful dragon named h. More specifically, witchiepoo is after jimmys small friend, a small solid gold diamond encrusted talking flute named freddy. Hr pufnstuf e08 the horse with the golden throat h264 tvv by malixstudios. Players must attempt to collect a single set of 4 cards which form a picture of one of the shows characters jimmy, pufnstuf, freddie, clingclang when assembled, depending on the character selected by the player at the start of the game. Pufnstuf sometimes referred to as pufnstuf zaps the world is a 1970 american adventure comedy fantasy musical film produced by sid and marty krofft enterprises and released by universal pictures. Any kid who grew up in the 1970s likely remembers the psychedelic kids shows h. It was the first krofft liveaction, lifesize puppet program. It all started when their father, peter krofft, a master puppeteer in his own right, discovered sevenyearold sid had puppeteering talent and auditioned him in his own production of snow white. After designing sets and costumes for 1968s the banana splits adventure hour, they sold nbc on their first independently designed and produced tv show, and thus was born one of the weirdest, most psychedelic. When it came to casting the film, the role of the artful dodger went to jack, a role that resulted in. Pufnstuf is a 1970 american adventure comedy fantasy musical film produced by sid and marty krofft enterprises and released by universal pictures.
Pufnstuf television series, this film was rushed into production for theatrical distribution, with filming beginning in january 1970. But living island is also a fantastical land of among other things talking animals, talking trees and talking winds. It was the second krofft liveaction, lifesizedpuppet program. Pufnstuf was their first and most enduringly popular show, the krofft brothers were prolific in their 1970s tv creations. Pufnstuf, was a childrens tv series by sid and marty krofft. Pufnstuf characters return for nickelodeon show mutt. With jack wild, billie hayes, lennie weinrib, joan gerber. Forget the forced nostalgia hr pufnstuf was really bad tv.
The series ran two seasons in 1969 and 1970 and stars english child actor, jack wild, in the role of jimmy. Pufnstuf is a thirtyminute childrens program created by sid and marty krofft. He was known to a generation of children as the hero of hr pufnstuf, a u. The psychedelic fairy tale of good versus evil centered on a shipwrecked boy named jimmy and his friend, a talking flute named freddy. Pufnstuf tries to help jimmy escape, while at the same time tries to avoid the evil.
In the film pufnstuf, the song living island described them as the hippie trees of peace and love. By the time he was a teenager sid was a show business veteran, able to strike out on his own and join the ringling brothers circus sideshow. Pufnstuf was disturbing is like saying the ocean is wet. And seriously, i cant think of a more sinister villain in any childrens fantasy tale shes loud and obnoxious. Produced during the shows brief production run in 1969, the film featured martha raye and mama cass elliott as witches and a new character, nazis limo driver heinrich rat. Hr pufnstuf season 1 episode the magic path youtube. Pufnstuf tv series 19691970 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Pufnstuf, who protected them from a wicked witch named wilhelmina w. The pufnstuf feature film coproduced by kelloggs however, was a little less wellknown. Pufnstuf was the next logical step in the arc of a puppeteering career that began in vaudeville, continued to the stage, and ultimately moved to television.
Peter put all of his efforts into training and promoting sid. His breakthrough came when he landed the role of oliver in the london stage production of oliver. Game is based on the trippy childrens television series h. The film was a minor hit, and included a cameo role by mama cass elliott of the mamas and the papas. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from september 6, 1969, to december 27, 1969. Lullabies lullaby for babies to go to sleep baby song sleep musicbaby sleeping songs bedtime songs duration. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of h. She puts dorothys wicked witch of the east to shame and makes her look like a nanny well, that may be a. Pufnstuf and his comical companions, cling and clang, to come to the. With jack wild, billie hayes, martha raye, cass elliot. See more ideas about hr puff n stuff, childhood memories and my childhood. Theres a crisis on living island the witches are having a convention at witchiepoos castle and witchiepoo must produce the golden flute and pufnstufs head, or else.
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