well i must have had a really messed up american childhood because i do not remember any of those shows. i was raised by macrobiotic sharecroppers in the suburbs of NYC, and all i remember watching on television as a kid was Romper Room (the use of the word ROMP was dedicated to Tag.) oh and i remember the magic garden because i think sylvester the squirrell was an old favorite. OOOOOH and ZOOM, i can still sing the theme song to this day (zoom zoom zoom zoom ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM zoom zoom zoom zoom) and i have stripey shirt memories...
on to more modern things though, speaking of Pufinstuff and the Sid and Marty Kroft shows of seventies america has anyone seen a show on HBO titled appropriately Mr. Show with bob and david? it rules and is totally worth staying home on a friday night to watch. anywho...last year they did a wickedly funny take off on HR pufinstuf and it was *shock shock horror horror* all drug take offs...i remember loads of those old shows my favorite being *THE BUGALOOS* because all the bug characters had british accents...and they sang and they flew and they battled the evil forces of phyllis diller (something which most of hollywood did for most of the sixties) and did i mention that they sang and flew...at the same time!!!! and the other one i remember is the one where the boy fell through the hat and wound up in some strange land where all the inhabitants are midgets dressed up as hats? well its all true.
seriously though i think my favorite thing about those shows had to be the second chance it gave to adolescent former child actors, remember poor Jody from *a family affair* when he hit say, 14...the poor dear couldn't act with anyone except for a foam octopus with rags for arms. if only mrs beasly could have done some more acting. i think that had gary coleman and his *Different Strokes* brothers and sisters had gotten some jobs on those television shows they would not be in jail right now!
ah well...hope this clears things up.
*I LOVE YOU ALL*
rachel.
The hat one was called Lidsville..the boy was Butch Patrick. :) beth ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------