Psychedelic Saturday Morning SID & MARTY KROFFT "Cartoons" | COMPLETE 1970s & 80s KROFFT TV History 

There was something special about sitting on the floor with a bowl of sugary cereal, often with another tablespoon of sugar added, watching the psychdelic fever dreams that were Sid and Marty Krofft shows. I'm a litte shocked that The Paul Lynde Halloween special was not your cup of cheese. The bad jokes, nonsensical plot and 70s centric guest stars makes it a perfect time capsule of the era.

the hard part is when you quote this stuff, only people my age "get it" and ;laugh....but we are old now

No one could compete with Sid and Marty on Saturday mornings.

When I tell the whippersnappers I work with that back in the day, we'd get up for 6am to watch Saturday morning cartoons they don't believe me. One element that I loved was the 30 minute show in the fall from each one of the 3 networks that showcased their upcoming cartoon line-up. All of the Saturday morning programming now seems to be for pre-k. So sad. I think the world could use some Krofft right now.

I visited the park when it opened, I was four years old and still remember the pinball machine ride and the anamorphic talking characters.

OMG!!! THANK YOU! This video just helped me realize that some of the weird images I've had floating around in my head weren't some made up fever dream! MR. MUNCHIE! I've had a memory of him for years but could never place where it came from. Mystery solved!

I grew up watching most of the Saturday morning Sid and Marty shows. The 70's and 80's had the best shows EVER with music and clothes as well. Those were the good old days of my childhood and teen years. It's just not like it use to be now.

I watched an interview with Charles Nelson Riley. He talked about how they produced Lidsville. He said everyone was covered in latex, half the cast couldn't even see where they were going. Worst still the lights were so hot the temperature would quickly climb to dangerous levels. When they cut the lights went out and industrial air conditioning kicked on. They filmed a 1/2 season in one day. He also said that some years later, he was eating at the bar in a restaurant. A teenage girl came up to him.. He guessed she was about 17 or so. She introduced herself to him and said she grew up watching Lidsville. Then she suprised him by hunging him and saying, "I love you Hoodoo." He said that made it all worthwhile.

Magnificent and Awesome look at the 1970's when I was a kid this is totally awesome it brings back the memories.🎆🎇🎇🎆

H.R. Pufnstuf was my first favorite, especially the Banana Splits. Land of the Lost had a character named Holly and won my loyalty because there were NO Hollys around back then. Sleetacks haunted my dreams, too!!

Born in 1964.. so i am a boomer, but watched all this stuff and grew up with all of it . Only could be created at that time...😊

Land of the Lost was my favorite by far.

Now I realize where my warped sense of humor came from. Where's the 12 step program for people recovering from Sid & Marty Croft programming... I need a meeting!

The 70’s and 80’s were a magical time to grow up for entertainment media. That’s the era of the original Star Wars, tragic real life wars that inspired amazing music, hair bands, and some of the weirdest shows. Love Boat, anyone? I watched most of Sid and Marty’s work growing up, and still love watching them today. Very nice representation of their work.

I got to attend the first ever Krofft Kon in 2022 when it was held in Orinda California. I briefly met both Sid and Marty Krofft and they were very nice men! They signed some photos for me and I briefly chatted with both of them. I’m a huge fan of The Bugaloos and other Krofft shows and am probably one of their younger fans, (I got into their shows growing up in the 2000’s, thanks to the DVD releases) they really are a trip!

loved this, I remember most of these, in my 50's , god I feel old now but still love the 70's as a kid

Great memories of being a kid in the 70s on Saturday mornings. Getting up early eating pop-tarts and HoneyComb cereal with my blanket next to the wall heater and my momma sipping coffee looking at the TV Guide right next to me, were great times. Those special memories that touch your soul and stay with you forever.

I was one of the ‘fortunate’ few that visited the Omni Center during my bored summer of ‘76 and went to the Kroft Amusement Park. My memories are sketchy, but what I remember most was that the pinball ride was surprisingly slow, and watching a typical Kroftian-costumed giant gator thing doing a combination magic show and sword swallowing act. As he swallowed a sword, he pulled it out and attached at the end of the blade was some sort of internal organ, like a stomach or liver. Classic.

I remember all of these shows! Great memories! I did go to the Krofft amusement park in Atlanta. The escalator ride was cool, but I remember being disappointed because one of the main rides was broken.

Three Kroft Brothers shows were my favorites. Sigmund and The Seamonsters, Land Of The Lost and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.

SIgmund the Seamonsters and Land of the Lost were the 2 shows from them I remember best. I have vague memories of Dr. Shrinker but thats about it!

I fondly remember the park, and though it was not there for long, I went five or six times. I loved the pinball ride and would ride it again and again. The puffnstuff ride in the bottom was fun, but was not as fun as the pinball ride. I was nine and loved pinball machines. One thing that fascinated me were these Rube Goldberg machines made out of cardboard. I watched one being built, and then watched as the ball was placed at the top and went around the track releasing different banners. I only rode the crystal carousel once as it was broken on all my other trips. I don't have a strong memory of the ride.

Sid & Marty were definitely puffin' stuff.

I loved HR Pufnstuff as a kid!!

Funny thing about land before time, I saw the original as a rerun on Saturday morning in the early 90s, the week after, the remake was released and I was watching that. I enjoyed it.

Loved the Bugaloos!!!

Sleestak trivia time - Bill Laimbeer NBA legend and center for the Detroit Pistons ,, was a Sleestak ! Loved Land of the Lost , HR Puffinstuff. At one point in the mid 80s the Monkees did a tour with a couple of other bands we saw them live , it was awesome. Never got into Bugaloos but Lost Saucer I sure did. Fantastic as always my friend , you bring back the greatest memories. Thank you.

Joy from the bugaloos was my first self-pleasuring fantasy at the young age of 6 years old.

Just shows how memory works: I still remember half of these shows, and some of them seem familiar. Even though I watched them "live" and they were never rerun in my lifetime. Yet I can still remember Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Wonderbug, Bigfoot and Wildboy, and the Bugaloos. I think I was three when HR Pufnstuff was on, but I remember the witch was terrifying (along with that flute). Thanks for the trip to the seventies, this was a magical time to be a child.

Thank you for this look back to my 70s childhood, My most beloved shows were The Bugaloos (Joy being my first love) Pufnstuff, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters and most of all Land of the Lost.

Growing up in a small market in the Bible Belt the only show that came on Saturday mornings was Land of the Lost. I had never heard of any of the others, H. R. Pufnstuf, re-branded with a different name (don't remember it), did begin to play during weekday mornings before school but I never got into it as it came on right about the time I had to leave for the bus stop.

My whole kitchen is decorated in nothing but Sid and Marty krofft !!!!!!

They came on before cartoons at like 6am on Saturday mornings where I live. I’m 44 so this was early to mid 80’s. It really was a fine line between fun and horrifying. Land of the lost especially

This was my Saturday morning...kroft superstars...bugs bunny...😊

I loved this video. It brings back great memories of a simpler time. I remember getting up early every Saturday to watch these shows.

They scared the shit out of me on Land of the lost. Especially when waking up from a hibernation sleep.😂 Great show!!!

Bigfoot and Wildboy was my fave, played it out all the time outside. Dr. Shrinker and Land of the Lost were probably next.

great videos they were sadly mostly before my time so l love to catch up historicly with your videos the narration is soothing.l listen to the sences of our world it increases my 42o sences in my world lol😊

They are just as great on Sunday morning!!

Its so difficult to describe the beeping sound effect used whenever Witchiepoo's VroomBroom would begin to fail and crash to anyone who never saw the Puff n Stuff show. That was our family's joke sound whenever anything stopped working or was about konk out. And my sisters and I loved DC Follies. I loved how they characterized the Presidents and the running gag of Ford being such a klutz.

Man I feel old as hell now, sure do miss these shows, the early stuff anyway, a lot of the later stuff I never saw

The Bugaloos!! Joy was a living dream….

Dr. Shrinker was AWESOME !

Summer of 76 was awesome for a 7 year old. We had our country's Bicentennial and the opening of World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Omni. The pinball ride was fun, especially by a 7 year old's standards. But what I unfortunately remember most vividly is the HR Pufnstuff Island Adventure being shut down, which made for a long sad journey back to Augusta.

Congratulations on a retrospective well-done indeed. As I type this, it's Saturday morning, and I'm a fellow in his mid-50s lying in a comfy bed with tellevision nearby (Music Choice, Light Classical) and remembering...how intensely fond I was half a century ago of the programming then, and how I sometimes tried (and always gave up) to imagine what life as a grown-up would be like without it. Well, it's bearable - the new generation of celephones helps a great deal - but I could wish the 70's had never ended...and in point of fact, I do. _Quite_ often. (It's only the memories of grade school that keep me from wishing as hard as I might.) Well, Sir Victor, and what next? Hopefully, a similarly outstanding retrospective on the history of the Filmation studios - but I'd gladly settle for one about Hanna-Barbera or DePatie-Freleng as well. And here is a "Like" - and a subscription - to give you incentive! Happy Saturdays to you, sir, now and always. 📺 😊

I really enjoyed that look at all of those crazy characters. Mr. Munchy is a bit scary, though!

When I was maybe 4-6 years old I had a dune buggy that to me looked a lot like both Speed Buggy and Wonderbug and it was my favorite toy. It was probably 4x the size of a matchbox car. Land of the Lost was my favorite. Many of the rest Sid & Marty stuff I recognized as very weird, and loved that weirdness.

I can remember having a nightmare when I was four years old about a creature that looked like something out of a Sid and Marty Kroft show chasing me around wanting to eat me. This would have been back in 81, but a couple of Sid and Marty Kroft shows still came on in reruns. Namely, HR Puffnstuff, which the creature in the nightmare resembled.

I wish the 90s reboot of Land of the Lost was available on DVD . Watched it with the kids and liked it as much as the original

And if you really want to revisit a lot of the wonder and love of Sid and Mardi Croft, a good chunk of it is on Tubi right now

I always liked the design for Sigmund. If it were made today with some facial mechanics, I think he'd still be a legend!

Land of the Lost was my favorite. Uganza bisasa! Wonderbug was awesome too!

Yep I remember Land of the Lost and all those great shows from the 70s

Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane! I cant wait to show this to my big sis! She was born in 67 and I was born in 68. She made fun of me for loving the Bay City Rollers! Bugaloos and Lidsville were my favorites!

I was born in 1975, so it was mostly smurfs, Snorks, and Baby Pacman, thankfully. But I do have faint memories of all these creepy characters from when I was a baby.

...and now I have the Banana Splits theme stuck in my head

Sid&Marty's shows always gave me the creeps😵‍💫

Wow the 70's was trippy

This explains my familiarity with the Bay City Rollers. Their show slipped my memory. I can still sing so many of these theme songs but can't remember what I walked into a room for.

Despite being a sucker for all sorts of superhero media, I've never watched Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Truth is, I don't think I ever heard of it until the 2001 reboot attempt with Markie Post. TBH I haven't seen that either, but that's what put the original on my radar.

Man I forgot about Bigfoot and Wild boy. Nice job my friend

OK, a Kroft theme park was maybe a step too far, but OMG, I wanna ride that pinball machine.

I had totally forgotten about Wonderbug!

I had a nightmare when I was five or so about being abducted by a horrifying pirate ship. Decades later, HR Puffenstuff came out on DVD. I always thought that was a Sid and Marty Kroft show I never saw (that, and the Bugaloos), as it went off the air shortly before I was really conscious. But there, in the opening credits was the ship that had abducted me in my childhood nightmares. The child stealer from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and the Gargoyles from a low budget Gargoyle movie from the 70s were the only other film/TV horrors that traumatized me.

I collect metal lunchboxes. I have over 150. I have H.R. Puffensutff, Bagaloos, and Sigmond and the Monsters! ❤ I just realized I also have a Lidsville and Krofft super show! I need land of the lost!

My family lived in Kennesaw, GA in the early and mid-70's. My mom and grandmother took me to the Omni to the S&M Krofft park. I was quite young, 5 or 6 yrs, but remember the feeling of awe and fun - I can recall the HR Pufnstuff part of the show, as well as the pinball ride. Was there a giant automated calliope with the internal mechanisms exposed? Or am I confusing this with another experience at such a young age... I tried ice skating afterwards but ended up on my butt every time I tried to stand on my own. That was the extent of my ice skating hobby. Man, what a wave of memories this doc triggered:)

I am the victim of a massive stroke which had mostly cognitive damage as the main effect, and I still vividly remember all the Kroft shows and find it really odd that so many people I talk to have no clue what these shows are!

The buggaloos were my fav !!!

In the Late 70s, they ran these on weekday afternoons in syndication. It was Far Out Space Nuts, Puff n Stuff, Lost Saucer, the Buggaloos and (I believe) Lidsville in rotation. It was under some sort of Kroftt banner and you did not know which show would pop up on any particular day.

They weren't doing drugs? Not buying it. How else do you create a name like H.R. Pufnstuf without puffin' stuff. Great list - kids today really miss out not having Saturday morning cartoons.

At 15:15 ...I remember Pink lady when it aired....I loved it so much, I bought the DVD set with the unaired episode!!!!!

not one of these we watched was land of the lost...wouldn't mind watching it again

8:08 Wait, was that... (Rewind, pause) Yep. Man, I remember that scene freaking me out.

I used to see Re-runs of the Banna Splits and HR Puff n Stuff on tv in the 90s as a kid. It honestly scared me with how bizarre the creature designs were. lol

LOVED Land of the Lost, saw it in reruns I guess, born in 78

As a teenager, I had a SERIOUS crush on Wild Boy

Omg l miss these Saturday morning cartoons and kid shows.🥞🧇🥛🍳🍞📺

Sigmond the sea monster and johnny and Scott are friends.

LOVE sleestak Krofft bros #1

Land of the Lost was definitely a favorite. The Sleestak were definitely creepy, but I recall there was another sort of bad guy who had a humanoid form and could be injured by emotional speech.

Everyone always talks about what a big hit this show was - but it only ran one season.

Bert dude, I love this. I saw the exorcist when I was six, It's never creepy to see what your parents are watching. I guess it could have been a lot worse

Clearly, you didn't look into Sid, who's freely admitted in recent years that he's a pothead (Sid dreamed up the shows, Marty brought them to life). And weird that The Brady Bunch Variety Hour wasn't mentioned. Otherwise, this is an excellent overview of the Krofft shows.

The Lost Saucer was always my fave; Fi and Fum were a hoot! 🛸

Land of the Lost was the best. Dinosaurs ruled Saturday morning. I also cherish Sigmund, Bigfoot and Wild Boy, and wished I had more rides on the Lost Saucer.

You forgot one of their big successes in the variety format: Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters

Our parents took my little brother & I to Sid & Marty Kroft World @ the Omni. Pretty cool. As I remember, all the rides worked. tavi.

Victor, Thanks for a great ride down memory lane! Lidsville was my absolute favorite! I even owned the Lidsville lunchbox that you featured at the end of your video. As I was watching your video, I was checking out all these shows on the IMdB, and I see many of them are available on Tubi TV. I may get my "Krofft" back on, and wham, it'll be 1971 all over again! Get out of the way...I'm gonna get myself a bowl of Sir Grapefellow! And to all you viewers: Like, Comment & especially Subscribe! It helps Victor out! Best, Paul

I liked Sigmund and the Seamonsters but Land of the Lost was my absolute favorite. It was very upsetting for me that the show ended and Will and Holly never got home. Especially since their dad did get home!

The tallest Sleestack was 17 year old Bill Laimbeer.

Wow! I am familiar with SO many of these shows and characters, but only from a kid's perspective. You showed the many links between the Krofft Brothers' creations and mainstream adult celebrities at the time. I had NO idea... (list is long)... I will have to watch this again and get back to you. Thanks! Something to consider though. The "psychedelic" content, and some obvious glam rock and "hippie" imagery went right over my head as a child. It was just there, fun, and entertaining. I made no connection to mainstream culture at that time. My dad had sideburns and my mom wore bellbottoms, and I didn't notice or care. Flash forward to many 1990s and 2000s children's shows, when everything had to somehow be "hip hop" and cringe rapper styles. In my teens/20s by then, I rolled my eyes and hated it, but all that says more about the adult creators of children's entertainment than it does about their target audience. Remember the Poochy the Dog episode on The Simpsons? Sideways baseball cap, skateboard, horrible catchphrases? Ugh. Satire, or course, but still Ugh, remembering how real adult creators pander to what they think is cool at the time. I love the 70s cheese though. Sorry, I don't want to seem like Debbie Downer. (But Debbie from Speedbuggy? Meow!) It's all perspective. I really enjoy your content. P.S. I commented on one of your action figures videos not long ago. Did you check out the Women's Day Magazine toy homemade space station plans from the 70s? I tried to post a link. Let me know, I can try to post it again. 🙂

I have to say that NONE of these were my favorites but I did like the Land of the Lost theme song and the fact that Will was also Mike Horton on Days of Our Lives (I was a very young Soap fan thanks to my great aunt😃)! I also got a kick out of seeing Marlena as Electra Woman!

I was grade school age and terrified of them all!

Another Kroft terror was the Skull tribe on the Danger Island serial aired as part of the banana Splits show. Skull faced cannibal head hunters, Pretty creepy stuff.

The Sleestaks were the first thing i remember being afaid of. I was 4.

Lolol! Yes!!! that is what I referred to the younger generation as. The Slee stacks.

Having been born in 1971 my experience with the Kroft Brothers was more weekday afternoons when each of the "big" series had entered syndication and a different series was show each day. To me Saturday morning was the Kroft Supershow/Captain Kool and Kongs and so forth. Though not with the Bay City Rollers. I pretty much stuck to ABC Saturday Mornings and The Bay City Rollers incarnation was on NBC. As for a favorite I don't have one, but have preferences for Land of the Lost, Sigmund ... , Big Foot and Wild Boy and The Far Out Space Nuts.

HR Puff and Stuff had the best intro by far. In my opinion the their best shows were shot on film not cheesy video like the later ones. But if I had to choose my favorite of the video ones it would be "Land of the Lost".

Unlocked memory. Yay, more trauma.

The Sleestaks used to creep me out--until that Saturday morning I noticed the zipper on one of the costumes. Hard to take them seriously after that.