Fortunately jimmy is rescued by the islands mayor, a six foot dragon named h. This classic series begins with jimmy, a young english boy, playing near the edge of a river with his magical talking gold flute, freddie. The amazing thing about pufnstuf the movie is how quickly things can go from sunny and happy, to dark and menacing. Pufnstuf and his comical companions, cling and clang, to come to the rescue in an adventure beyond anyones wildest. Pufnstuf found his way back into the mainstream consciousness. Oct 12, 2014 hr pufnstuf season 1 episode the magic path. For nearly a quarter of a century, the movie stayed locked up in the vaults, but then in late 95 nick at nite renewed interest in pufnstuf by running a marathon of krofft shows dubbed pufapalooza. In the end, jimmy may have to save pufnstuf and all the good guys, as another of. Pufnstuf is a childrens television series produced by sid and marty krofft in the united states. Even 30 something years after i saw it the first time, that witchie poo is still one scary lady. Pufnstuf was full of nods to the prevailing stoner counterculture, and included many sly pot and drug references which most of us likely missed as children. In the end, jimmy may have to save pufnstuf and all the good guys, as another of witchiepoos plans is to serve spitroasted dragon at the.
However, good always triumphs over evil and mayor pufnstuf is there to save the day. The complete series 1969 starring jack wild and billie hayes on dvd and bluray. Released 1970, pufnstuf stars jack wild, billie hayes, martha raye, cass elliot the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which collated. Even more so when you contrast her to the happy and hapless, dim yet goodhearted pufnstuf. After designing sets and costumes for 1968s the banana splits adventure hour, they sold nbc on their first independently designed and produced tv show, and thus was born one of the weirdest, most psychedelic.
A boy jack wild enters a dragons magic land, hounded by a witch who wants to steal his golden, diamondstudded. Pufnstuf is a 1970 american adventure comedy fantasy musical film produced by sid and marty krofft enterprises and released by universal pictures. Pufnstufs sister stars in a movie to raise money for living islands. Follow the words and sing along with friends and family to this popular karaoke song h. Pufnstuf is a story of conflict between jimmy and the wicked witch and her never ending quest to steal the boys magic flute. Pufnstuf 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was the second krofft liveaction, lifesizedpuppet program. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Hr pufnstuf dvd complete collection by the choice voice.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing h. Pufnstuf s sister stars in a movie to raise money for living islands. The amazing thing about pufnstuf the movie is how quickly things can go from. After a bad day at school, jimmy runs to the shore to play his flute, but he cant believe his eyes when his ordinary flute comes to life. If i could with lyric subtitles from pufnstuf the movie. Pufnstuf found his way back into the mainstream consciousness and a year or two later the film debuted on the disney channel. Her vulture and spider henchmen sorry names escape me add to the craziness of the quest for jimmys magic flute, freddy. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show h. Watch pufnstuf movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The titular pufnstuf is a friendly dragon who rules an island where everything is alive and sapient. Directors sid and marty krofft bring us a terrible movie even jontron wouldnt believe. After jimmy is rescued by pufnstuf and his two deputies, kling and klang, his adventures begin as well as his attempts to get back home. Read the pufnstuf plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at.
Like the series, it combines live actors with puppets. Pufnstuf 1969 starring jack wild and billy barty on dvd and bluray. The complete series, featuring all 17 episodes on three discs. The witch and her ghouls roastin pufnstuf on a spit over a fire at night is an image id remember even decades later, after seeing this movie first time as a 3 or 4yearold.
When a magical talking boat appears, he boards the ship only to discover that it has been sent by an evil witch named witchiepoo to keep him. In the story, a young lad with a magical flute travels to a. Pufnstuf and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. The rest of the movie has the witch trying to get the magic flute in order to impress boss witch and her friend witch hazel mama cass elliot, while pufnstuf and friends are attempting to find ways to get jimmy off of the island. Jack wild i found a friend in you living island pufnstuf the movie 1970. Pufnstuf sometimes referred to as pufnstuf zaps the world is a 1970 american adventure comedy fantasy musical film produced by sid and marty krofft enterprises and released by universal pictures. This childrens fantasy is based on the popular 1960s kiddy show h. The little mermaid under the sea from the little mermaid official video duration. Pufnstuf pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released pufnstuf pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive.
May 27, 2003 readers who were watching kids tv during the early 1970s will remember a psychedelically strange show called h. Pufnstuf was the next logical step in the arc of a puppeteering career that began in vaudeville, continued to the stage, and ultimately moved to television. After discussions, my dad was elected to take me to the. So may want to avoid showing this to very small childen. Pufnstuf and his friends do whatever they need to to protect jimmy and freddy from witchiepoos evil grip. All harry potter movies ranked worst to best by tomatometer. Forget the forced nostalgia hr pufnstuf was really bad tv.
It was the second krofft liveaction, lifesizedpuppe. Pufnstuf and his friends have to get jimmy and freddy off the island to their ultimate safety. Pufnstuf is performed with live action on the set using actors in costumes rather than animation. Dec 08, 2009 the little mermaid under the sea from the little mermaid official video duration. Hr pufnstuf season 1 episode the magic path youtube. Pufnstuf, which combined giant puppets and liveaction players. I loved the kroffts when i was little, and my threeyearold twin daughters are already hooked on h. Oct 21, 2015 hr pufnstuf revolved around costumed characters with huge heads including star hr pufnstuf, who was supposed to be a dragon couldve fooled me and a human kid named jimmy. Hr pufnstuf looks a little long in the tooth these days, his tail is dragging, but this television series still features the droll villainry of witchiepoo to keep things going. I may not have even finished the movie the first time i saw it. Hr pufnstuf record songs from tv show by cartoonists. Pufnstuf proper, the lessons he learned from 2009s land of. Pufnstuf tv series 19691970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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