Marty Krofft, Colorful Producer of ‘H.R. Pufnstuf,’ ‘Land of the Lost,’ Dies at 86

I grew up on the Krofft shows, this is such a shame :'(

RIP

Because he died I feel compelled to tell strangers in the fediverse that there's a cabinet in my bathroom that reminds me of HR Pufnstuff first thing in the morning when my brain isn't on yet. The light is directly above so the handles cast angled shadows that remind me of the bags under Mayor Pufnstuf's eyes.

Nobody the folks over in c/trees

I fondly remember Land of the Lost as being one of my earliest introductions to a series with serious worldbuilding behind it. I spent a lot of time in my youth trying to "figure out" how the setting worked. I even bought a copy of the "series bible" that David Gerrold wrote for the never-produced sequel series when it became available (sadly, after reading it I think it's probably for the best that it was never produced).

lmao. They list so many of the Krofft shows, it has to be intentional that they left out Pink Lady and Jeff.

I was born in 1977, so I was born a little late for most Krofft shows, except in reruns on cable eventually, but my brother was a lot older than me and I inherited his Sigmund and the Sea Monsters lunchbox. I wondered what that show was like for years. Sadly, I should have kept wondering.

RIP Marty. If nothing else, you gave the world the nightmare that is Lidsville.

So sad to hear!!! Great work. Many thanks!!!!

Many great childhood memories from Marty and Sid. A sad day.

Surprising that he stuck it out for this long. Well, rest in peace.

On a related note, anyone remember Pryor's Place? Kind of a Krofft attempt at Sesame Street, with puppets and about a half dozen characters, all played by Richard Pryor. (Yes, THAT Richard Pryor. Hey, George Carlin hosted the US version of Thomas the Tank Engine!)

The show was a little more, um, challenging than Sesame Street, with one kid being caught in the middle of a divorce. Instead of choosing to live with his mother or father, he asked to be raised by his grandmother. As a child of divorced parents myself, my reaction was "Uh, what? The kid doesn't get to CHOOSE his family arrangement in this situation. The court doesn't let him make ANY decisions. I can believe that half the cast all bear a striking resemblance to Richard Pryor and that these rotty-looking puppets are alive, but what you're showing now is straight up fantasy."