I'm only 19, so I wasn't around when this show was new, but TVLand showed an episode last night and I watched it with my dad. Did they have like no money to make this show, or was it purposely cheap looking? Was that Sid and Marty's trademark? My dad loved this show when he was a kid, and I was like, why on earth would you choose to watch this? Oh well.
shareI watched it as a kid, and watched it last night with MY kid. One thing you can surely say ....it was the only thing on like it! I dont think it was made on a cheapy budget...for the 70s they probably put a lot of work into the sets.
shareI'm 27, so I don't remember this the first time around (though my parents have told me I used to watch it when I was a kid). That aside, I remember far cheaper looking sets on other popular kids shows when I was little (Banana Splits, Today's Special, Mr. Rogers, The Muppet Show, etc., etc., etc...). For the time when this was released ('69, right?) the sets were probably fantastic. My long-time lover got me into these shows, and if for no other reason, all the Krofft shows have kitsch values which abound throughout all their series. Some of their other series (Land of the Lost '74, ElectraWoman & DynaGirl, Bugaloos, Magic Mondo, Far Out Space Nuts, Lost Saucer, Dr. Shrinker) had far cheaper production values. Not to say that each of their shows weren't pure gold -- I prefer any Sid and Marty Krofft show to today's kids shows (Wiggles, Barney, etc.), as does my two-year old nephew. Kudos to TVLand for resurrecting these treasures! Now, if only the Pufnstuf movie would get a DVD release...
shareI agree, there were some good Krofft outings (Land Of The Lost, Sigmund, Pufnstuf) and then there were some bad ones (ElectroWoman and Dyno Girl). Your also right that if you hold it up to similar live-action shows of the time it holds up pretty decent looking. You gotta love these shows on some sort of kitschy nostalgic level. thats why it has more 30-ish fans than todays youth.
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