Media Oddities | The History & Troubled Production of Sid & Marty Krofft's 'Lidsville' 

Lol

Haaa yes I remember

Billie Hayes’ cackling was always easily recognizable. You’d hear it in “The Black Cauldron,” episodes of “Teen Titans” and “The Batman” and even “Shrek Forever After.”

I'm pretty sure that's in the Millennium episode "the doomsday prophecy" which also features jose chung.

Agreed. They should have made a full episode out of the intro.

Either way, sucks.

I live in Hurst Texas, which is only 15 minutes away from Six Flags! I had no idea Butch Patrick lived here

@@jeenkzk5919 I think he lives in the Austin area now. There is a replica of the Munster house near Waxahatchie, and I read that he lived in that house for a little while too.

*HooDoo *, not "WhooDoo".

@@SBMPLYMA it was great

He was the voice of Magilla Gorilla. He also was on the SGT Bilko/Phil Silvers show in the 50s.

I'm 75 and still find myself humming these tunes to myself and singing them to my grandkids, "The Bugaloos the Bugaloos there in the air and everywhere'.... lol

THANK YOU!!!

I saw this when I was 3-4 years old, and forgot about it so completely that I only remembered it watching ep 1 just now. I wasn't sure i'd seen it till the genie came on, then I was like "Oh, my god!". Same thing with New Zoo Review-- trying to remember being 3 years old. Good times!!

I can’t imagine my childhood without these wonderful shows! ❤

Yeah I remember my childhood with this media wave. Especially the H. R. Huff N Suf : "You can't do a little because you can't get enough". Only thing I can say after 40+ years later. Frack the J@ck @$$es. The 1st Generation of Groomers................

Sid & Marty Kroft can denounce drugs all they want, but when a "lid" is a bag of weed (a 4-finger lid = 1 ounce). Then there's H.R. Puff 'n Stuff [what's H.R. puffin' boys ?]

who cares if drug users hear something meaningful to them while the rest of us did not. I was about 5 YO when this was on TV and loved it, and I and my family despised the drug abuse going on around this time. Speculation and accusations don’t change the fact that this was a highly entertaining and imaginative TV series that children loved and even some of parents. I mean Charles Nelson Riley is hilarious, and he’s just one piece. I remembered the show all these years despite its short run because of the magic hat flying and some costumes. It probably explains why I wanted and got a magician for my birthday party with my entire preschool classmates, something my parents didn’t expect. But kids loved this show’s imagination, magic and humor.

One didn't have to be a kid. Once "Lidsville" was discovered, it was de rigueur for the stoner community.

@@donaldsmith3926 I remember those days . You're one if the few who knows this!Even Puf n Stuf was watched by stoners who were puffing stuff while watching it 🤣

You must’ve lived in my town !

@@sunnyday7843 PDR?

Don't forget Sigmund the Seamonster!!

​@@THXx1138😊thanks I forgot about that one it was great too

Liked his dancing in mechanical boy

I think Sid is still with us, although Marty passed, just recently…

Sid is still alive Marty passed away 6 months ago

thats good bc they wouldve ruined it

Thank you for the update!

What do you expect with "Puff n Stuff" and "Lids" Ville - both drug related terms.

I agree with both comments. They didn't do drugs but come on what did they expect?

Discussing kids shows in the pub with my brothers friends I mentioned Puff n Stuff which none of them had watched. This and the cartoon Tomfoolery were 2 shows I told them of but they were sure I'd been at the mushrooms in a local field well known to us. I don't think Lidsville was shown on Scottish Television but had I included that one I'm sure they would've been convinced it was mushroom flashbacks again 🤣

I remember adults confusing HR PufnStuf with Puff the Magic Dragon. When we were kids we were told not to watch it because it promoted Marijuana use.

They weren't drug users? Huh. Coulda fooled me, what with all that trippy stuff they were coming out with! But then again, I didn't grow up with these shows, I'm just interested in classic TV (my favorite being "The Monkees," which Billie Hayes guest-starred in one episode called "Hillbilly Honeymoon").

In the 1960s and 70s peanut butter came in 16 oz glass jars generally- later on you’d see different sizes, but early on a jar of peanut butter was a standard size- a lid was a peanut butter lid packed with marijuana- generally that was enough for a party- while to this day I’ve never done any drugs (growing up in the early 70s seeing kids get burnt out on pot cured me of that), I knew all the lingo from the era But lid always meant hat and “don’t flip your lid” - meaning “don’t get uptight” was an interesting double meaning with the marijuana lid

@@dontgd That would be a rather small 'lid'.

​​@@dontgdBurnt out on Marijuana? The Mexican Marijuana back then was so low in THC that it would have been impossible to get "burnt out." Not saying you should have been getting high in High School or getting high now; but please don't go around thinking like a 1970's anti drug commercial. BTW I was an IT Consultant and ended my career as an Director of IT for a community Bank with 6 branches. A lid meant an ounce. Where the slang came from I am sure no one knows for sure, especially someone who never partook. 😂😂

Sounds like he didn’t rehearse at all before reading the script. Just mumbled through it.

If he's stoned, then he fits the theme of the video

Sorry, that wasn’t typed right. I didn’t mean to say Jack Wild STARTED in Pufnstuf. His previous claim to fame had been playing the Artful Dodger in the famous musical Oliver. I had meant to say Jack had STARRED in Pufnstuf.

Maybe if you could find a certain hat...