Tags
70s, Freddy the Flute, HR Pufnstuf, Jack Wild, Jimmy, Sid & Marty Krofft, TV
HR Pufnstuf, who’s your friend when things get rough.. HR Pufnstuf, can’t do a little coz he can’t do enough…….
Was there a girl my age in the early 70’s who didn’t have a bit of a crush on Jack Wild who played the Artful Dodger in Oliver and went on to play Jimmy in HR Pufnstuf. He was so adorable with his funny accent, turned up nose and cute boyish voice. Sigh… This, along with last week’s flash back friday, Milton the Monster, was one of my all time favorites. The story line, the colour, the music, the canned laughter. It all added up to a huge hit that is still loved by so many today.
It had the imagination of Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree characters with the bizarre craziness of the Banana Splits, all set to a brilliant soundtrack with lots of laughs. There was always a moral to the story.. good always triumphed over evil and as wonderful as Living Island was, Jimmy just wanted to go home to his family.
To give you a brief summary of the storyline….
Just a dream from yesterday
A boy and his magic golden flute
Heard a boat from off the bay
“Come and play with me, Jimmy
Come and play with me.
And I will take you on a trip
Far across the sea.”But the boat belonged to a kooky old witch
Who had in mind the flute to snitch
From her broom broom in the sky
She watched her plans materialize
She waved her wand
The beautiful boat was gone
The skies grew dark
The sea grew rough
And the boat sailed on and on and on and on and on and on.But Pufnstuf was watching too
And knew exactly what to do
He saw the witch’s boat attack
And as the boy was fighting back
He called his rescue racer crew
As often they’d rehearsed
And off to save the boy they flew
But who would get there first?But now the boy had washed ashore
Puf arrived to save the day
Which made the witch so mad and sore
She shook her first and screamed away.
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.
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.
What’s scary is I remember the show!
I loved it… I remember it all 🙂
I still like Witchy Poo lol
you would lol