What was hr pufnstuf

Right: A welcome sign displayed on the show, with an interesting spelling of "Hi. Pufnstuff, the children's show created by Sid and Marty Krofft, was a drug-fueled fantasy -- right? Evidence for the drugginess of the show begins with the titular character, a dragon whose last name sounds like "puffin' stuff" and whose initials might stand for "Hand-rolled. Ok, that's pretty druggy. In the world of H.

Pufnstuf, inanimate objects speak, like a scene out of an LSD trip so we are told. The show is set on Living Island, where H.

Pufnstuf is the mayor -- which, according to some sources, was a slang term for marijuana at the time. Though Pufnstuf is supposed to be a dragon, pot enthusiasts have noted that his appearance, green with a shock of red hair, resembles a marijuana bud.

In one notorious episode, the human character Jack faces off against evil mushrooms, one of whom is smoking. Where H. Pufnstuf got his start. Source: Amazon. Pufnstuf , which ran for one season in Source: Dangerous Minds.

The brothers have also told a different origin story for the name of the show and the character. While some thought H. After all, they proposed the idea in before Biebs was tatted-up and speed racing his sports cars.

But it will be sooner than later. In one episode of H. Jimmy finds this out when he asks H. Pufnstuf about why he needs buttons. Our buttons have hit bottom. He used to charge his friends buttons instead of pennies to watch puppet shows in his backyard. Sid Krofft actually created a lot of the ideas for H. Pufnstuf when he was a child. One of these celebrities was Judy Garland — for which he always had a soft spot. While on tour with Judy Garland, Sid actually needed some extra help with his show and asked his brother Marty to come along.

The pair has been partners ever since and dedicated a character on H. Pufnstuf to the woman who brought their act together. On the show, much of H. Witchiepoo would often hit her minions when they failed to do what she asked. She often hit Orson on the beak with her wand and hit Stupid Bat upside the head. NBC made the Krofft brothers edit this out. It took a whole lot of money to make H.

To keep the show trucking along, the Kroffts and some of their colleagues ended up pulling money from their personal bank accounts to fund the series. Blinky , who lived in a living house that was ill due to being subjected to the fireplace 's excessive smoking; Judy the Frog , Judy Garland's frog doppelganger; The Four Winds , which consisted of a cowboy face for The West Wind, an Asian face for The East Wind, a country girl for The South Wind, and a frozen Jack Frost-like face for The North Wind; and the legion of talking trees.

The Witch also had talking trees of her own, who were always on the look-out for whenever someone would trespass in her garden, as did her tribe of talking mushrooms; another of Witchiepoo's flunkies was Stupid Bat , who proved himself to be just that.

Witchiepoo always relied on some kind of lame-brain scheme to sneak into Living Island and find a way to swipe Freddy, from dressing herself and Orson and Seymour as a rock band of singing fruits, to passing herself off as a kindly old lady selling tainted candy; if things didn't go as planned for her, she would take to her Vroom-Broom a high-tech broom she would fly on , zapping at the citizens of Living Island with her magic wand, which would sometimes limp in exhaustion if she used it too much.

Pufnstuf's cave is the only spot on the island where her magic has no effect, coincidentally. Pufnstuf was produced for seventeen episodes for the season for Saturday mornings on CBS; because the show was so popular, reruns of the seventeen episodes continued to be broadcasted for the new seasons until Unlike the Kroffts' other shows, this show was shot on 35mm film, rather than video tape, which was standard for most television shows in the 70s.

After seeing the work the Kroffts had done with the costumed characters for The Banana Splits, and seeing their puppet workshop, the head of children's programming of CBS, Fred Silverman, and his assistant, Bud Grant, asked the Kroffts to do their own show for their Saturday morning lineup; after Marty delivered a presentation to Silverman to look over on a train trip, the series was picked up for the fall lineup, and seventeen episodes were ordered.

Another budget eater were the scripts - the two writers who wrote for the show, Lennie Weinrib who also voiced Pufnstuf and other characters and Joe Harrison put too much content in each script that they tried to add to production; to help manage their budget, Marty called veteran television producer Si Rose to look over the content. The boat happens to belong to a wicked witch named Witchiepoo, who uses the boat to kidnap Jimmy and take him to her home base on Living Island, where she hopes to steal Freddie for her own selfish needs.

Fortunately Jimmy is rescued by the island's mayor, a six foot dragon named H. After Jimmy is rescued by Pufnstuf and his two deputies, Kling and Klang, his adventures begin as well as his attempts to get back home. Who's your friend when things get rough? Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia Marty Krofft accepted guardianship of Jack Wild while the teenage boy was in America filming the show. Krofft had 2 teenage daughters, and said later that Wild "made my life Hell.

Goofs In most scenes featuring flying creatures, wires can be seen holding them up. Quotes Witchiepoo : With friends like you two, who needs enemies? Connections Featured in Krofft Late Night Soundtracks H.

Pufnstuf End title theme Performed by The Pufnstuf. User reviews 31 Review. Top review. Frightening and traumatic. This show, and many other Krofft programs i. Lidsville and Land of the Lost , scared the hell out of me. In HR was deep in syndication, but that didn't stop a 4 year old from finding it. You'd sit down and watch, allured by the surreality, the "stranger in a strange land" themes and the larger than life puppet-like characters.