tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post1846587539527182111..comments2024-02-22T04:21:52.003-06:00Comments on The Brad Carlson blog: Separated at Birth: Helen Thomas & WitchiepooBrad Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443466836095058736noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-75450295991738848352010-06-08T10:29:00.608-05:002010-06-08T10:29:00.608-05:00I was more a Banana Splits Bunch guy. Sa-a-a-ay, d...I was more a Banana Splits Bunch guy. Sa-a-a-ay, do you think that Snorky the elephant was using his trunk to, you know, <i>snork</i> something? Is that why he could only "talk" in funny noises?Night Writerhttp://thenightwriterblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-80158853932068087392010-06-08T10:22:27.138-05:002010-06-08T10:22:27.138-05:00I thought Pufnstuf made a crossover appearance on ...I thought Pufnstuf made a crossover appearance on "Sigmund and the Sea Monster."<br /><br />I know the diminutive Billy Barty was in practically every Kroft show.Brad Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443466836095058736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-25974422680920181332010-06-08T09:52:49.767-05:002010-06-08T09:52:49.767-05:00"Drugs must have been a real problem in the 7...<i>"Drugs must have been a real problem in the 70s."</i> <br /><br />I think Krofft puppets were a real problem in the '70s.<br /><br />The antagonist on the Bugaloos was Benita Bizarre, played by Martha Raye. (Her credits, as once noted in a commercial: "Actress, denture wearer.") BTW, I think dragons were "puffin stuff" long before the '60s.StarBittrunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089468633067212559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-35553976443509412112010-06-08T07:25:21.973-05:002010-06-08T07:25:21.973-05:00I am surprised that none of you guys mentioned the...I am surprised that none of you guys mentioned the Bugaloos. Didn't witchipoo do some cross over episodes with them? I remember some teenaged girl running around in a fairy/bug costume with a diaphanous miniskirt with antennae on her head.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504204916698763787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-40338218066166450502010-06-07T18:55:02.247-05:002010-06-07T18:55:02.247-05:00"Drugs must have been a real problem in the 7...<i>"Drugs must have been a real problem in the 70s."</i><br /><br />Hence the title Pufnstuf.<br /><br />"Puffing Stuff." Get it?!?!Brad Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443466836095058736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-52950151014029020752010-06-07T16:59:23.048-05:002010-06-07T16:59:23.048-05:00A few years ago the young Mall Diva and I were cha...A few years ago the young Mall Diva and I were channel surfing when we came across an old HR Pufnstuff episode. I told her the show had been quite popular for a time in the 70s. We watched for about 10 minutes and then she turned to me and said, "Drugs must have been a real problem in the 70s."Night Writerhttp://thenightwriterblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-31038665200364652872010-06-07T12:49:27.441-05:002010-06-07T12:49:27.441-05:00Good comparison. Even their voices are similarly g...Good comparison. Even their voices are similarly grating. For some reason, I was thinking of that old show this weekend. I had a <a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/protectedimage.php?image=NoelMegahey/hrpufnstuf1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Jack Wild</a> haircut in fourth grade. <a href="http://marciainger.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/pufnstuf.jpg" rel="nofollow">Pufnstuf</a> and <a href="http://www.trolocsis.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/barney-731895.jpg" rel="nofollow">Barney</a> may not qualify as "separated at birth," but there's gotta be some common lineage there.StarBittrunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089468633067212559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-58828486516163792082010-06-07T12:37:55.156-05:002010-06-07T12:37:55.156-05:00News flash: Thomas retires.News flash: <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/gibbs-helen-thomas-remarks-off.html" rel="nofollow">Thomas retires</a>.StarBittrunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089468633067212559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916319.post-38542793068684441892010-06-06T20:04:06.396-05:002010-06-06T20:04:06.396-05:00Helen Thomas is a dead ringer for a kitchen witch ...Helen Thomas is a dead ringer for a kitchen witch doll my mom had hanging up in the kitchen in the house I grew up in.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504204916698763787noreply@blogger.com