Marty Krofft
Producer
About This Interview
Sid and Marty Krofft were interviewed for three-and-a-half hours in Sherman Oaks, CA. The brothers recounted their early years in a puppeteering family and spoke about working with Judy Garland and appearing on The Dean Martin Show. After success in designing the live-action costumes for Banana Splits, they created their first television series, H.R. Pufnstuf, which launched them into childrens’ television. During the interview, they also talked about the origin of their other cult-favorite programs including: L idsville, The Bugaloos, Lost Saucer, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, and Land of the Lost. The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on July 27, 2000.
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Sid and Marty Krofft on the development of H.R. Pufnstuf
Sid Krofft on the conception of Land of the Lost and how the dinosaurs were shot stop-motion on film while the actors were shot on tape
Sid and Marty Krofft on their favorite episodes of H.R. Pufnstuf (01m 16s)- Sid and Marty Krofft on their children's show The Bugaloos about kids who could fly
brothers being brothers!!!.........they probably fought as kids at the dinner table over who would get the last piece of cake!!
Is it just me, or is Marty pretty much annoyed with Sid? He looks up, off to the side, and deadpan at the camera as Sid rambles on about what he remembers, often correcting him on the details or contradicting him. Makes me a bit uncomfortable to watch it.
These guys remind me of the folks I worked with in the toy industry
Dear Kellogg,"Far Out Space Nuts"is my favorite tv fantasy sit com..too.
@doobiesmoke15 smoked, partied and got drunk in his house and plus marty had 2 young daughters there which didn't make jack look like a good example.
cool:)
u can honestly tell who did all the deal makin' in these two
I wonder when Vivendi Entertainment will release the rest of the Krofft shows such as, Sigmund & the Sea Monsters, Bugaloos, Lidsvillve, D.C. Follies and many others.
So what did Jack Wild do that was so bad?
@brw9284 I think marty has very limited patience period. Looks like he really doesn't want to be there, which is sad. I mean this is their opportunity to tell us all the FACTS for posterity and they just don't seems very thrilled about it. I can see Sid's child like quality when he talks but Marty likes using the word "disaster" throughout this interview.
Barbara Mandrell's voice had deteriorated to a hoarse whisper in later episodes of the variety show. She was also suffering from exhaustion as well. She decided to walk away from the show to save her voice.
I'd love to see a new Dr Shrinker tv show.
The world needs some more Shrinkees!
Watching this interview is interesting. I'm struck by how much contempt Marty seems to have for Sid.
@poluza9
you're thinking of QUARK with richard benjemin
In an interview with Si Rose, he said when Marty called him in for assistance, the scripts were so big, they were more suited for feature-length movies rather than half hour episodes, so he rewrote them to condense them to a half hour format.
My favorite was Far Out Space Nuts. 5:44
@k5thbeatle they may have been safe to lie about sending tapes to George Martin. Sid did reveal they lied in 2009 while promoting the movie Land of the Lost. They Lied about their Father and roots in puppetry also. Can you see Sid visibly squirm as Marty tells the story about the Beatles?
you can tell marty is worried about lawsuits as sid is going on about All in the Family, his look is like "Sid, enough already, we created the shit we didn't steal it".
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