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News & Current Events Apr 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM

Sid Krofft, 'H.R. Pufnstuf' creator and children's TV visionary, dies at 96

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Sid Krofft, 'H.R. Pufnstuf' creator and children's TV visionary, dies at 96
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Sid Krofft, 'H.R. Pufnstuf' creator and children's TV visionary, dies at 96
Sid Krofft has died at age 96
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DarkIllusionsMasks Apr 13, 2026 +99
Still fondly remember Land of the Lost. And didn't he do the show where Bob Denver plays a janitor who gets blasted into space on a rocket by hitting the launch button instead of lunch?
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RepulsiveLoquat418 Apr 13, 2026 +35
still have sleestak nightmares from land of the lost.
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DarkIllusionsMasks Apr 13, 2026 +27
I used to teach mask making to a group of adults with traumatic brain injuries. One of them made a Sleestak mask.
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rjross0623 Apr 14, 2026 +12
Sleestaks were the scariest thing to my six year old self.
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shwarma_heaven Apr 14, 2026 +1
In Boston? I made one of those... (masks, not Sleestaks!)
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ahazred8vt Apr 14, 2026 +9
They got a PhD linguist to construct the Pakuni ape-man language. *Omu wesa.* https://www.frathwiki.com/Pakuni
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RainSurname Apr 14, 2026 +6
I didn't continue to have nightmares about the Sleestak, but I certainly did as a kid. I was intensely fascinated by the intelligent one who could talk, who introduced me to the concept of evolution when I was in first grade. I actually asked my teacher about it.
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mbrc-137 Apr 14, 2026 +2
Never trust someone who wears a tunic.
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Chairman_of_the_Pool Apr 14, 2026 +3
true story: the budget for land of the lost was so tight, they only had 3 sleestak costumes.
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02K30C1 Apr 14, 2026 +17
Far Out Space Nuts!
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Zolo49 Apr 15, 2026 +1
Oh man, I've had this vague memory for many years of seeing the "launch, not lunch" bit on TV as a little kid but not having any context for it. I think I thought at the time that it was just a really weird episode of Gilligan's Island. It didn't help my confusion that Denver's co-star looked vaguely like The Skipper.
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Ukiah Apr 14, 2026 +11
Yes, ["Far Out Space Nuts"](https://youtu.be/L1dgb3lfzpo?si=L8Vt8rgqI1WriP60). Land of the Lost was a formative memory for me.
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NeilZod Apr 14, 2026 +2
I said Lunch, not Launch
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NorCalFightShop Apr 14, 2026 +1
Far Out Space Nuts!
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CFCYYZ Apr 13, 2026 +44
Thank you Sid. Your legacy is a life of laughter and love.
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shadrap Apr 14, 2026 +18
And nightmares. So, so many childhood nightmares. Sleestacks and the haunted forest with the living, evil, reaching trees from Puff N Stuff.
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PaMudpuddle Apr 14, 2026 +15
And the witch. And the talking flute. That whole show was a preschool acid trip.
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Gnorris Apr 14, 2026 +3
And the Altered States of Drugachussets
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MineAllMineNow Apr 14, 2026 +32
Sigmund the Sea Monster, The Banana Splits (a Hanna Barbera show, but the Kroffts designed the characters and sets) and Land of the Lost were my companions on Saturdays. I had The Banana Splits album. RIP Sid and Marty (2023). ❤ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WknzOHXtsco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WknzOHXtsco)
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blackdarrren Apr 14, 2026 +2
Flipping like a pancake, popping like a cork Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork
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Para_Regal Apr 13, 2026 +44
A Gen X legend. God, that show was such a trip as a little kid. I think it still haunts my nightmares.
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Chastity_Sissy_in_PA Apr 13, 2026 +11
It always sucks when a legit creator passes.
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frustrating2020 Apr 13, 2026 +19
[Obligatory link to Drugachusetts skit from Mr Show](https://youtu.be/eOXQ2kRJ0wQ)
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NapalmWeed Apr 14, 2026 +1
Why do you hate me?
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MasterK999 Apr 14, 2026 +16
I find it so funny that so many people love his stuff. For me it is just nightmare fuel of my youth.
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sleeplessinreno Apr 14, 2026 +6
You mean you didn’t develop a weird attraction to people that looked like witchypoo?
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dick_treacherous Apr 14, 2026 +11
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Bigfoot and Wild Boy, Land of the Lost, all part of my childhood 🖤
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blofly Apr 14, 2026 +6
Wonder Bug!
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littlehound Apr 14, 2026 +10
In about 1976, I went to Atlanta to the world of Sid and Marty Krofft with my mother and grandmother. We rode what was allegedly the world‘s longest escalator. I still have an ashtray as a souvenir.
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avasparxxxfan Apr 14, 2026 +6
The guy was a huge influence on a lot of people. Few lived as full of life as he did and did it until the very end. He will be missed.
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SparklyShinyMagpie Apr 14, 2026 +6
Liddsville was slightly before my time, but I like looked forward to The Krofft Super Show every Saturday!
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sandysanBAR Apr 14, 2026 +8
HR puffallstuff. That shit scarred me when I was young.
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vibe4it Apr 14, 2026 +4
Lidsville still gives me flashbacks to acid trips I never took
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youre_soaking_in_it Apr 14, 2026 +2
My sister was legit terrified of Witchypoo.
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shadrap Apr 14, 2026 +1
So, so many childhood nightmares. The haunted forest with the living, evil, reaching trees from Puff N Stuff still haunts my dreams.
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SirDale Apr 14, 2026 +1
Hated that show with a passion. Waaaay too surreal for me as a kid.
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Zypher31 Apr 14, 2026 +8
First time I ever heard the opening tune to this show was from an amazing album back in the day. It was a collection of artists performing a bunch of songs from cartoons. One of my fondest memories. "H.R. Pufnstuf, who's your friend when things get rough. H.R. Pufnstuf, he can never do a little 'cause he can't do enough." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday\_Morning:\_Cartoons%27\_Greatest\_Hits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Morning:_Cartoons%27_Greatest_Hits)
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themaxx8717 Apr 14, 2026 +6
Damn I did get to catch a panel of his at sdcc a few years back. Rip
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flodnak Apr 14, 2026 +7
I am so happy reading these comments and seeing that I was not the only one who found Sid and Marty Krofft's work to be pure unadulterated nightmare fuel.
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Additional_Rich_5249 Apr 14, 2026 +5
No. Oh the memories.
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funny_bunny_mel Apr 14, 2026 +2
Read this as, “Oh, no! The memories!”
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BluDragn77 Apr 14, 2026 +4
We lost a truly great creative mind.
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MountainDewm Apr 14, 2026 +4
My earliest memory is a nightmare where H.R. Puffnstuff chased me around my house with a knife. Needless to say I feel a little conflicted right now.
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tyuiopguyt Apr 14, 2026 +8
One of the first and boldest pioneers in mass-market kids media. Without him, we'd still probably be stuck with.... *variety shows* *shudder*
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FlutterbyTG Apr 14, 2026 +5
What about "The Carol Burnett Show" and the iconic guests?
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Glum_Helicopter6743 Apr 14, 2026 +4
RIP. He will be missed 
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SeaWitch1031 Apr 14, 2026 +4
Aw, I loved that show when I was a kid. RIP. H.R. Pufnstuf Who's your friend when things get rough? H.R. Pufnstuf Can't do a little 'cause he can't do enough
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bognostrocleetus Apr 14, 2026 +3
RIP We need more creators like the Kroffts in the world.
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jana-meares Apr 14, 2026 +2
I am Witchypoo. I tried to play flute, even.
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Splunge- Apr 14, 2026 +2
Formative stuff for me as a kid in the 1970s. I absolutely loved HR Puff n Stuff.
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TransCanAngel Apr 15, 2026 +2
I loved that show. And Land of the Lost and the Banana Splits!
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savvy-misanthrope Apr 15, 2026 +2
He lived a long, good life.
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A_Nonny_Muse Apr 14, 2026 +2
My mother used to plop my in front of the TV to watch H.R. Puffinstuff. Later, as an adult, I tried to watch the show. I almost died of cringe.
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