I am a fan of nostalgic movies and television shows from my childhood. As I'm sure you could tell from my recent blog post about my trip to Boulder to see the Mork and Mindy house. Anyway, I took my boys to the library the other day and I was delighted to find a piece of nostalgia sitting on the DVD shelf in the children section. It was an old show by Sid and Marty Croft that I used to watch when I was very young (Gavin's age or younger) called H.R. Pufnstuf. I recently bought the entire "Land of the Lost" television series (another by Sid and Marty Croft) and my kids enjoyed watching those (even if they were pretty cheesy). So, I checked it out and watched it with them this weekend. This show is a good example of my memory being better than the real thing. It was pretty lame. While it was fun seeing all of the old characters (with guest appearances from Mama Cass, of the Mama's and the Papa's and Martha Raye). It was just bad. Cheesy, awful, lame, and difficult to watch. I'm not sure how my parents were able to stand it while I watched programs like this. But, as a young person, I was enthralled. It was the coolest thing to me. I loved every second. Looking back now as an adult, I'm not sure why. But, I loved it. I could still sing the theme song all these years later. Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed when my wife needed me to take a trip to the grocery store halfway through the full length movie to pick up a thing or two for the dinner she was making. But, my boys stuck it out and watched the entire 1 hour and 33 minutes. Afterward, I asked the boys what they thought. Garrison spelled out "L.A.M.E." Gavin said "Boring!" Gage said that it was "Good". Gage is a chip off the old block. He is just like me in so many ways. So, it didn't surprise me that he liked it. But, even I had to admit that it was pretty lame and boring watching it as an adult. With the amazing computer animation that we have now, it's pretty awkward to watch people in bad puppet outfits and bad makeup jobs hop around, smack each other with wands, and call each other "Dumb Dumbs". Oh well, perhaps I should have left this one in my memory.Monday, January 18, 2010
H.R. Pufnstuf
I am a fan of nostalgic movies and television shows from my childhood. As I'm sure you could tell from my recent blog post about my trip to Boulder to see the Mork and Mindy house. Anyway, I took my boys to the library the other day and I was delighted to find a piece of nostalgia sitting on the DVD shelf in the children section. It was an old show by Sid and Marty Croft that I used to watch when I was very young (Gavin's age or younger) called H.R. Pufnstuf. I recently bought the entire "Land of the Lost" television series (another by Sid and Marty Croft) and my kids enjoyed watching those (even if they were pretty cheesy). So, I checked it out and watched it with them this weekend. This show is a good example of my memory being better than the real thing. It was pretty lame. While it was fun seeing all of the old characters (with guest appearances from Mama Cass, of the Mama's and the Papa's and Martha Raye). It was just bad. Cheesy, awful, lame, and difficult to watch. I'm not sure how my parents were able to stand it while I watched programs like this. But, as a young person, I was enthralled. It was the coolest thing to me. I loved every second. Looking back now as an adult, I'm not sure why. But, I loved it. I could still sing the theme song all these years later. Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed when my wife needed me to take a trip to the grocery store halfway through the full length movie to pick up a thing or two for the dinner she was making. But, my boys stuck it out and watched the entire 1 hour and 33 minutes. Afterward, I asked the boys what they thought. Garrison spelled out "L.A.M.E." Gavin said "Boring!" Gage said that it was "Good". Gage is a chip off the old block. He is just like me in so many ways. So, it didn't surprise me that he liked it. But, even I had to admit that it was pretty lame and boring watching it as an adult. With the amazing computer animation that we have now, it's pretty awkward to watch people in bad puppet outfits and bad makeup jobs hop around, smack each other with wands, and call each other "Dumb Dumbs". Oh well, perhaps I should have left this one in my memory.
4 comments:
As I was working on my book and listening to the really bad sound track, I had a feeling it wasn't going to be as good as you remembered it. But, Gage liked it! At least you made one person happy!
You just broke my heart I loved that show and the Bugaloos or something like that with Phyllis Diller.
Oh...I remember when I watched an episode of Land of the Lost in recent years. I loved this show as a kid but was quite disappointed as an adult. I guess we weren't as tech savvy back then as we are now. :)
Oh, I don't know... I'll seen worse.. like The Banana Splits. I use to watch that with Dye, just so I could see the amusement park background. I think Witchie-poo was so bad that she was cool in a campy way. How do you feel about The Electric Company?
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