kid's shows

[brian foley]

Has H.R. Puffinstuff been mentioned?

O'k everybody; follow the bouncing ball...

H.R. Puffinstuff

What do you do when things get rough

H.R. Puffinstuff

You can't do a little and you can't do enough

I may need some help with that last line. Were there any other verses
to that theme song?
The way I see it, Puffinstuff was a kind of 70's Barney.
I used to watch this show as often as I could. I'd love
to see an episode now to get reassured that today's TV is
no worse than anything I grew up with and loved.

Brian

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[Andrew Robinson]

Yup, I also rmember the Old Curiosity Shop. I think that I only saw
it once or twice, but I do remember clocks. this was another kids show
with some funky and sometimes loud sound effects.

Other stuff that is surfacing: Sid and Marty Croft and SMC-type shows
that had brief lives:

*the Bugaloos- H.R. Puffenstuff type universe with winged people.
*Land of the Lost- Dinosaurs. Cool.
*sigmund and the Sea Monsters- more SMC
*Lidsville- the theme song is still in my head "Everybody wears a hat,
everbody looks like that... in Lidsville!" basically a few humans in a
universe of walking talking hats.
*the New Zoo Review- Actually I think that I could sing the whole theme
(if I could sing) Had Doug and Emmy Jo (humans) with Freddy the Frog (preteen)
Charlie the Owl (Gilligan's Professor done as a giant owl) and Henrietta
Hippo (hippo with a [bad] southern accent). The three animals were lifesized
muppets and there was always some sort of lesson-in-life involved. And lots
of accoustic guiter and folk-song type singing. I've always wondered if
Emmy Jo ever did any other acting; she was kinda cute.
Of course I always wanted to know: just what was the Old Zoo Review?
*H.R. Puffenstuff-classic. One of SMC's best

And how many of us were on Romper Room (I wasn't, but I was on a local
equivalent).

Yes, far too much of my youth (and adult life) has been frittered away
in front of the tube.

Andrew- still living in 1972.

[AVB]

In article <3475an$1...@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
br...@mtl.mit.edu (brian foley) writes:

> The way I see it, Puffinstuff was a kind of 70's Barney

Barney stoned and on acid, of course.

AVB

[Brad Polant]

In article <lilbigme-0...@dp4.zilker.net> lilb...@zilker.net () writes:
>Here's a couple of obscure ones.
>
>:"The Lost Saucer"- Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi
I remember this, wow. They were aliens lost on earth. If I recall it wasn't all that good
even to a 8 year old.
>:"Far Out Space Nuts"-Bob Denver (Gilligan in space)
>:"The Ghostbusters"- not the movie, starred Larry Storch. Two P.I.'s and an
>ape
I remember this one, when it returned after the movie. In fact it inspired the movie if I recall.
>:"The Doubledeckers"- Brit kids hanging out on a bus
>:"Runaround"- Kids game show hosted by Paul winchell

[Mordaxacis]

In article <lilbigme-0...@dp4.zilker.net>, lilb...@zilker.net ()
wrote:

>
> Here's a couple of obscure ones.
>
> :"The Lost Saucer"- Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi

> :"Far Out Space Nuts"-Bob Denver (Gilligan in space)
> :"The Ghostbusters"- not the movie, starred Larry Storch. Two P.I.'s and an
> ape

> :"The Doubledeckers"- Brit kids hanging out on a bus
> :"Runaround"- Kids game show hosted by Paul winchell

Don't forget the Bugaloos!

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[Michelle J Morton]

Anybody remember The Bugaloos and Sigmund the Sea Monster?

In article <lilbigme-0...@dp4.zilker.net> lilb...@zilker.net () writes:

[GARRISON JENNIFER LYNN]

there was also the land of the lost, in addition to that jim neighbors
thing and the bugaloos. i remember there were four differnt shows that
rotated every saturday morning or something..
now they have a new "land ofthe lost". how depressing