Lets play stump the Sid and Marty Krofft nut...

[Longgrain]

I feel like showing my dorky side tonight...

I (should) know everything there is to know about the world of Sid and Marty Krofft, creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, the Bugaloos, Lidsville, and Sigmund and the SeaMonsters...

So, do you want to test my knowledge?

[Lisa]

1. at one time they did a show using puppets of politicians and celebrities

What was it called and how many seasons did it run?

[Longgrain]

4. It was called D.C. Follies and starred Fred Willard...

I think it may have only ran for two or three seasons.

[Lisa]

13. follow-up -- which of the public figures portrayed are still around?

I know that the UK equivalent show, "Spitting Image", ran long enough to feature Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton -- plus a host of other characters who have either died or dropped out of view.

[Longgrain]

14. Many I would presume

I know there was a Whoppie Goldberg puppet at one point, as well as Former Presidents Ford and Carter...


It wasn't on long enough to feature Clinton.

[JimmyJazz]

2. who played Jimmy?

[Longgrain]

6. Jack Wilde

The Artful Dodger from the movie "Oliver"

[JimmyJazz]

7. my first crush

:loveya:

[Longgrain]

12. Caroline Ellis was one of mine...

:loveya:

[Longgrain]

15. Here you go Jimmy

A boy and his magic golden flute!

[Tsiyu]

3. What was the name of the Indoor Theme Park

they built in Atlanta? ( I spent a few teenaged days riding those silly rides.)

On edit: oh, well. Those were strange times. research indicates the park was open less than a year.....another hint????

[Longgrain]

9. I believe it was simply called..."The world of Sid and Marty Krofft"

I think the building later became the CNN Building.

[JimmyJazz]

5. what was the name of Jimmy's flute?

[Longgrain]

10. Longgrain.

Seriously, it was Freddy!

Now ask me a hard one!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Why did Benita Bizarra hate the Bugaloos? (nt)

[Longgrain]

11. Because they were successful musicians

she wanted a piece of the action too!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. Correct! Now describe their comic-relief mascot. (nt)

[Longgrain]

21. Sparky Firefly?

Cowardly bug with a light bulb coming out of his rear-end.

[Tsiyu]

16. Ding Ding!!!!

yes indeedy. It was in the old Omni. They had an ice rink in there and a great restaurant ( i thnk it was called Mimi's) where you could watch the ice skaters fall on their bums.


I still have a book of ticket stubs like you see on this page:

http://members.aol.com/interama/krofft.html

[Longgrain]

19. Actually I have seen that site before...

I would love to learn more about that old abandoned amusement park...

[CBHagman]

17. What famous singer was in the HR Pufnstuf feature film?

Think of a female singer in one of the DEFINITIVE vocal groups of the 1960s.

[Longgrain]

18. Mama Cass

Of the Mama's and the Papa's...

Ask me another...

[CBHagman]

22. What stage/TV actor/director sang...

...a song about what fun it was to be rotten? The show was "Lidsville." Name the guy.

[CBHagman]

23. Come on, Longgrain!

I know you can answer my question about the singer of the song from "Lidsville."

Hint: It's someone who's still working today and has done voices for "Spongebob Squarepants."

[Longgrain]

24. Sorry I didn't realize you asked a question

The guy was Charles Nelson Reily...

[CBHagman]

25. I knew you knew it, Longgrain!

Charles Nelson Reilly it is. Thank God James Dobson didn't try to stop us from watching Charles Nelson Reilly in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and all the other things he's done.

[NashVegas]

26. Jack Wilde Was HOT!

At least in my pre-pubescent opinion, he was.

[TheMightyFavog]

27. What was the name of the series

that starred Bob Denver as a caterer for the Apollo Program?

[Longgrain]

28. Far out Space Nuts

Which also stared Chuck McCann...

"I said LUNCH, not LAUNCH!"