Witchiepoo (portrayed by Billie Hayes) – The primary antagonist of the series a wicked but ineffective witch who has been targeting Freddy the Flute to use him in her own agendas. Although they appear vaguely animal-like with their beaked faces, and furry three-toed feet, the Kroffts have said they are actually bells, hence their names. Cling and Clang (performed by Joy Campbell and Angelo Rossitto) – Two short mute keystone cops who work for H.R.Freddy the Flute (voiced by Joan Gerber) – A magic talking flute that is owned by Jimmy.Pufnstuf (performed by Roberto Gamonet, voiced by Lennie Weinrib in a West Ohio accent) – A friendly dragon who is the Mayor of Living Island. Witchiepoo controlled the boat with the aim of stealing Jimmy's magic talking flute named Freddy. Jimmy (portrayed by Jack Wild) – A young English human who was lured to Living Island by an enchanted boat.Everything was alive on the island, including houses, boats, clocks, candles, and so forth virtually any part of the Living Island sets could become a character, usually voiced in a parody of a famous film star such as Mae West, Edward G. The dragon rescued Jimmy and protected him from Witchiepoo, as his cave was the only place where her magic had no effect.Īll of the characters on Living Island were realized by large cumbersome costumes or puppetry of anthropomorphic animals and objects. Pufnstuf, performed by Roberto Gamonet and voiced by the show's writer Lennie Weinrib, who also voiced many of the other characters. The Mayor of Living Island was a friendly and helpful anthropomorphic dragon named H.R. She used the boat to lure Jimmy and Freddy to her castle on Living Island, where she was going to take Jimmy prisoner and steal Freddy for her own purposes. Witchiepoo (played by Billie Hayes) who rode on a broomstick-vehicle called the Vroom Broom. Jimmy and a talking flute named Freddy take a ride on a mysterious boat, but the boat was actually owned by a wicked witch named Wilhelmina W. He is 11 years old when he arrives on the island and turns 12 in the episode called "The Birthday Party". The show centered on a shipwrecked boy named Jimmy, played by teenage actor Jack Wild. Pufnstuf introduced the Kroffts' most-used plot scenario of a fairy tale of good versus evil, as well as their second plot scenario of the stranger in a strange land. The character's name was Luther, and he became a mascot for the fair. Pufnstuf character for the HemisFair '68 World's Fair, where they produced a show called Kaleidoscope for the Coca-Cola pavilion. įast food chain McDonald's later plagiarized the series' concept for its long-running advertising campaign McDonaldland, and the company was successfully sued by the Krofft brothers for the copyright infringement.
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Pufnstuf was ranked #22 and #27 respectively on TV Guide 's Top Cult Shows Ever. Reruns of the show were featured on TV Land in 1999 as part of its Super Retrovision Saturdaze Saturday morning-related overnight prime programming block and in the summer of 2004 as part of its TV Land Kitschen weekend late-night prime programming block, and it was later shown on MeTV from 2014 until 2016. It was syndicated by itself from September 1974 to June 1978 and in a package with six other Krofft series under the banner Krofft Superstars from 1978 to 1985. Reruns of the show aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 2, 1972, to September 8, 1973, and on Sunday mornings in some markets from September 16, 1973, to September 8, 1974. The show was shot at Paramount Studios and its opening was shot at Big Bear Lake, California. The broadcasts were successful enough that NBC kept it on the schedule until August 1972. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast Saturday mornings from September 6, 1969, to December 27, 1969. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-sized-puppet program (not including their previous work with the Hanna-Barbera program The Banana Splits Adventure Hour). Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States.
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