The adventures of a boy trapped in a fantastic land with a dragon friend and a witch enemy. It was the second krofft liveaction, lifesizedpuppet program. Pufinstuf 1970s childhood my childhood memories hr puff n stuff netflix instant saturday morning cartoons skateboard art 90s nostalgia we are young kids tv. With jack wild, billie hayes, martha raye, cass elliot. Not least, perhaps, between witchiepoo and witch hazel cass elliot in the movie love to hate. Not rude or arrogant but she just didnt mingle which most people were surprised about. Pufnstuf is a family comedy filled with mirth, magic and music for all ages and now for. Album cover from the sound track of the pufnstuf movie featuring mama cass. Pufnstuf sometimes referred to as pufnstuf zaps the world is a 1970 american musical fantasy adventure film based on the childrens television series h.
In the late 1960s, television had a completely ridiculous saturday morning kid show called h. The magic path pilot episode after jimmy washes ashore on living island, and is taken in by mayor pufnstuf, puf decides to take him and freddie to see dr. Young jimmy is being pursued by the evil wilhemina w. Once upon a summertime just a dream from yesterday a boy and his magic golden flute.
Meanwhile, witchiepoo is determined to get the magic flute in time for the big witch convention, which will be attended by the boss witch martha raye and her rival, witch hazel mama cass elliott. 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. Pufnstuf 19691970 complete series 19691970 the series was filmed at paramount studios, and was broadcasted on nbcs saturday morning programming in 1969. The pufnstuf feature film coproduced by kelloggs however, was a little less wellknown.
Details about hr pufnstuff 1970 movie poster zaps world mama cass. Which was barely touched on in the tv series and mostly told through the opening song of the show. In the story, a young lad with a magical flute travels to a. A boy jack wild enters a dragons magic land, hounded by a witch who wants to steal his golden, diamondstudded. Hr pufnstuff 1970 movie poster zaps world mama cass. Which was nice and good as we see that jimmy was hated and pretty much despised in his school. Sid krofft cast his next door neighbor, singer cass elliot, as witchiepoos frenemy and bitter rival witch hazel.
Mama cass as witch hazel in the pufnstuf movie, 1970. Unable to capture freddy, witchiepoo manages to shrink down pufnstuf and his buddies and take them back to her castle, planning to steal the flute. It featured live actors coupled with giant puppets and hopelessly insipid jokes. An outspoken supporter of the troops which was uncool during the vietnam war, raye was ostracized by hollywood. Search, discover and share your favorite hr pufnstuf gifs. The pufnstuf tv series was followed by a feature film in 1970, called pufnstuf zaps the world. Shirley pufnstuf joy campbell orsonclingvarious characters roberto gamonet h. Pufnstuf is a childrens television series produced by sid and marty krofft in the united states. Though somewhat rooted in the late sixties cultural references, kids today will enjoy the story of friends helping friends and the adventures of jimmy jack wild and his new pal, pufnstuf. Pufnstuf, which combined giant puppets and liveaction players. Pufnstuff cant do a little cause he cant do enough. An outspoken supporter of the troops which was uncool during the vietnam war, raye was ostracized. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from september 6, 1969, to december 27, 1969. Pufnstuf remains one of the duos most beloved properties, having been the first treated to a complete series dvd release from old video partner rhino back in 2004 and now becoming the first to.
Now pufnstuf and his friends have to get jimmy safely off the island before witchiepoo snags the flute to impress boss witch martha raye and her friend witch hazel mama cass. According to actress joy campbell mckenzie, cass elliot was very distant. Read the pufnstuf movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. I was trying to find the song different by mama cass when i located this cd.
Forget the forced nostalgia hr pufnstuf was really bad tv. The timing of the release of pufnstuf, the motion picture adaptation made in 1970 of the popular tv series, was no coincidence. This childrens fantasy is based on the popular 1960s kiddy show h. The film features a pretty good cameo by mama cass, who of course sings but oddly you dont mind the wait because shes pretty. Like most krofft series, the villain witchipoo and her quirky miniboss squad of assistants is the real draw of the.
Pufnstuf cant do a little cause he cant do enough once upon a summertime just a dream from yesterday a. More specifically, witchiepoo is after jimmys small friend, a small solid gold diamond encrusted talking flute named freddy. In addition to mama cass, hollywood legend martha raye and regular krofft live show player billy barty costarred in the pufnstuf movie. Traditionally, when a tv series makes a move to the big screen, the opportunity to expand on the familiar format of the 2030 minute show is rarely taken advantage of even more so when its a childrens tv show, and in the case of h. Jack wild, billie hayes, martha raye, mama cass elliot. Produced during the shows brief production run in 1969, the film featured martha raye and mama cass elliott as witches and a new character, nazis limo driver heinrich rat. 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. Mayor pufnstuf was voiced by someone else which some find offputting but the the same setscostumes were used and the majority of the castcrew returned along with mama cass elliot creator sid kroffts thenneighbor and martha raye whod go on to star in the next krofft show, the bugaloos as witches. Pufnstuf original motion picture soundtrack original. The film was a minor hit, and included a cameo role by mama cass elliott of the mamas and the papas. What the series lacked you can find here in the movie version, bigger production values, bigger stars and outstanding songs. Gems of comedy with billy hayes as witchiepoo, martha rae and mama cass elliot making appearances. Jack wild was perfectly cast as jimmy as was hayes as witchiepoo with martha raye as boss witch and mama cass as witch hazel belting out a great tune, different. Witchiepoo knows that if she has freddy in her possession, she will definitely be named witch of the year at the.
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