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The Kroffts began production right away, but already there were complications that set in in the first part, CBS had budgetted the show for $54,000 an episode, which barely covered the costs to make the series - a lot of what ate up their budget were the puppets that had to be built, and the sets that were built on a soundstage at Paramount Studios, as well as the fact the Kroffts wanted the show to be on film rather than video tape. Pufnstuf Episodes Production Notes Īfter seeing the work the Kroffts had done with the costumed characters for The Banana Splits, and seeing their puppet workshop, the head of children's programming of CBS, Fred Silverman, and his assistant, Bud Grant, asked the Kroffts to do their own show for their Saturday morning lineup after Marty delivered a presentation to Silverman to look over on a train trip, the series was picked up for the fall 1969 lineup, and seventeen episodes were ordered. Unlike the Kroffts' other shows, this show was shot on 35mm film, rather than video tape, which was standard for most television shows in the 70s. Pufnstuf was produced for seventeen episodes for the 1969-1971 season for Saturday mornings on CBS because the show was so popular, reruns of the seventeen episodes continued to be broadcasted for the new seasons until 1973. Blinky, Seymour Spider, East Wind, North Wind, Ludicrous Lion, Grandfather Clock, Hippie Tree Joan Gerber - Freddy the Flute, Judy the Frog, Lady Boyd, South Wind, Shirley Pufnstuf, Madame Willow.Pufnstuf, Orson Vulture, Stupid Bat, West Wind, Horsey, Indian Tree, Bela Lugosi Tree Angelo Rossitto - Clang, Seymour Spider.Sharon Baird - Judy the Frog, Lady Boyd, Stupid Bat, Shirley Pufnstuf.Pufnstuf's cave is the only spot on the island where her magic has no effect, coincidentally. Witchiepoo always relied on some kind of lame-brain scheme to sneak into Living Island and find a way to swipe Freddy, from dressing herself and Orson and Seymour as a rock band of singing fruits, to passing herself off as a kindly old lady selling tainted candy if things didn't go as planned for her, she would take to her Vroom-Broom (a high-tech broom she would fly on), zapping at the citizens of Living Island with her magic wand, which would sometimes limp in exhaustion if she used it too much.
The Witch also had talking trees of her own, who were always on the look-out for whenever someone would trespass in her garden, as did her tribe of talking mushrooms another of Witchiepoo's flunkies was Stupid Bat, who proved himself to be just that. Blinky, who lived in a living house that was ill due to being subjected to the fireplace's excessive smoking Judy the Frog, Judy Garland's frog doppelganger The Four Winds, which consisted of a cowboy face for The West Wind, an Asian face for The East Wind, a country girl for The South Wind, and a frozen Jack Frost-like face for The North Wind and the legion of talking trees. Helping in protecting Jimmy were the wise old owl Dr. Pufnstuf was a talking dragon, who takes it upon himself to protect his new friends Jimmy and Freddy from Witchiepoo, who will stop at nothing to steal Freddy, and is aided by her two bumbling flunkies Orson and Seymour (a talking vulture, and spider, respectively). These points come from categories not normally associated with this player's position (e.g., a kicker who throws a touchdown pass, a running back who blocks a kick, etc.A young English boy named Jimmy had gone out to play with his magical golden talking flute, Freddy, the only magical talking flute in the world but when Jimmy accepts a ride in a beautiful talking boat, he falls into a trap set up by a kooky old witch named Witchiepoo, who wants Freddy for herself Jimmy washes up on the shores of Living Island, a magical island where everything is alive, and is rescued by Mayor Pufnstuf and his Rescue Racer crew, Cling and Clang. This player's Fantasy Point total includes points not displayed on your roster page. Click to view notes and other information. Player's ranking based on stat filter selected. Projection data provided by Yahoo Sports. Week 17 stats may change if stat corrections are applied by Sunday, Jan 9.