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OH, HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN.
applegrove
(118,006 posts)onlyadream
(2,159 posts)I remember thinking the boy was so old, lol.
applegrove
(118,006 posts)like a hamburger with legs. I must have been 3 or 4. Was there also a cave?
onlyadream
(2,159 posts)Was there a witchie poo? Or was that another show?
I was born in 66...when were u born?
applegrove
(118,006 posts)the witch is there.
Comatose Sphagetti
(836 posts)nt.
onlyadream
(2,159 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)"Where you go when things get rough."
"Can't do a little, 'cause you can't do enough."
Every kid back in 1970 knew that these were all blatant references to marijuana.
But there's no doubt in my mind that the Krofft Brothers were also tripping balls on LSD.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)This was a great old show when the sat morning childrens line up would have 5 or 6 new shows every school season. The Tv Guide would roll out the scheduling, and it made going back to school a little easier to take.
Others being
Scooby Doo
Land of the Lost
and a long list of others that escape me now. Good Tv for kids. Better days.
bdtrppr6
(796 posts)rolling out the new season, showing the added shows and which ones were coming back. It was right when school would go back.
I watched saturday mornings up through Pee Wee's Playhouse, which was truly at the end of saturday AM shows that weren't just commercials. At least until Nikelodeon upped the game in the 90's. Rugrats was one of the best shows ever. And I was approaching 30.
The other good Krofft shows were Lidsville and the Bugaloos. Lidsville was truly bizarre and starred Charles Nelson Reilly, so you know it was quality!
onlyadream
(2,159 posts)Did they ever have an episode where they get back home?
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)But they discovered that they were in a time loop, so just as they left the Land, a duplicate version of the Marshalls came in on the same waterfall.
That show, despite the ridiculously low budget, was actually quite good. I seem to recall that Dorothy Fontana (of Star Trek fame) was one of the story editors.
onlyadream
(2,159 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)The futility of trying to "escape the system".
Sort of like the '60s show The Prisoner, except punctuated by ads for toys and sugary cereals.
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)said that someone stole the magic flute from their warehouse and it's been lost ever since.
Their old studio in Burbank is now a bakery. (Across the street from where I sometimes get lunch.)
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)I always hated the theme song. Ear worm stuff. Ugh.
jpak
(41,741 posts)LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)I quit cartoons in third grade and by 8th grade, I was sleeping until noon most Saturdays. But I had three younger siblings...I remember the theme song to that show. I never watched it. Had no idea when it was on. I just remember them singing that theme song.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)that I had heard, but had never seen....
edbermac
(15,919 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)Didn't he go to prison for lying to Congress during Watergate?
Wolf
hunter
(38,263 posts)...if we were still around when that came on.
I don't recall seeing an entire episode, but I do remember the song.