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Summary: Favorite show--go get it--10 Brilliant Stars ***********
Review: This show was one of the best shows on Saturday morning. I grew up watching all of Sid & Marty Kroffts shows. They were very funny & entertaining to watch. I just can't wait until they release the other shows in a series set as well. Best shows in the 70's. I wish they made more shows like this one. Most of us who watched the shows way back when know what I am talking about. That was the best time in television. Great shows & better kids shows & comedies. Too much television is edited out these days. Your kids will love to watch Sid & Marty Kroffts television series. They are for the kid at heart. I am glad that they finally released a complete series set. I will be waiting for more in the near future.
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Summary: HISTORY REPEATING!!!!!
Review: This was my favorite shows as a child and now I'm watching it with my sisters grandchild who loves it just as much as I did.
God, how time flys! I feel like such a geezer!! Did you see the interview with Jimmy who was 16 when the show was filmed and just a couple years older than me at the time? Well, it didn't do much for my self confidence. These shows are just as funny as I remember. Real fake and cheesey but it is supposed to be a fantasy world totally detached from reality. 420 all the way!!!!
Have fun with it.
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Summary: Beware: The Incomplete "Complete" Series
Review: Unless you are too young to remember, TV shows in the 80's, 70's, 60's, and 50's were NOT 21 minutes long! They ranged anywhere from 23 minutes in the early 80's to 25+ minutes in the 50's and 60's. These shows (clocking in at just over 21 minutes are *obviously* a surreptitious packaging of the syndicated series as re-released by Nick At Night. Beware. They did this with Alf and without ANY warning about it. I don't know what's missing from these shows: it's been too long. But Alf lost some of its funniest lines thanks to the re-editing. Very sad. :(
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Summary: Brings back the whacky part of our childhood!!!
Review: You had to be there!!!! Anyone who didn't grow up in the 70's who sees this show just sits there in stunned amazement. But, if you saw this show back in its heyday, you probably loved it. The Kroft shows were a surreal breed. They were puppeteers, but the puppets in these shows were, generally, people in elaborate costumes. The colors were bright and psychedelic. The names were a mixture of puns and silly jokes. There were plenty of songs and hijinxs galore. The stories were silly and lame, but they had a spirit and warmth to them. Loyalty and honesty were always at the heart of the characters and good values always triumphed. Jack Wild made a name for himself in Oliver and stared as Jimmy. He is marooned on the Living Island by Witchipoo, who covets his Magic Flute. Jimmy is rescued by the mayor of Living Island, H.R. Pufnstuf. Each week, Witchiepoo would concoct another wild scheme to steal Magic Flute; and, each week, her scheme would backfire, thanks to her inept henchmen and her own stupidity. The one thing that cemented a love of this show, for me, was Billie Hayes as Witchiepoo. Billie was a great comedian and gave her all to Witchiepoo. I was easily scared as a kid, but she was never frightening. Witchiepoo was too much of a screw-up to pose a real threat. She had a charm that made you want to come back. Plus, she had a cool, souped-up broom! And, from all accounts, she was a heck of a nice lady. I've heard the drug jokes about this and other shows (i.e. H.R. Pufnstuf Hand Rolled Pufnstuf) from the Krofts. Yeah, they're weird and look like the product of a demented or medicated mind, but the writers weren't that young and were pretty straight-laced. Maybe it was just something in the air back then.
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