Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

bkoganbing I find it hard to believe that H.R. Pufnstuf only had a 17 episode run. It seemed like it was in syndication for years on Saturday morning.Sid and Marty Kroft were geniuses and Pufnstuf was a great creation, maybe their greatest. The premise was young Jack Wild got into a boat with his talking magic flute Freddie. It was all part of a nefarious scheme by the resident villain Witchiepoo to gain the flute. And after Pufnstuf rescues Wild and gives him sanctuary every week we were treated to Witchiepoo's latest schemes to obtain Freddie and how Pufnstuf and Wild foiled them each week. Witchiepoo and Hamilton Burger had a lot in common.For adults I found it interesting that the various characters on Living Island seemed to resemble TV and film personalities. Billie Hayes was hilarious as Witchiepoo and she followed in the great tradition of Margaret Hamilton. Dr. Blinky sounded like Ed Wynn, who else would play the West Wind but a John Wayne imitator, and Ludicrous Lion sounded like WC Fields.As for Pufnstuf, his was the familiar television voice of an Andy Griffith soundalike. Made it a bit fun for an older generation who knew who these folks were.Great children's entertainment

verbusen This show rates a solid 10 because I watched this when it first aired and I remember the impression that flute had in my brain at the age of 5. This was possibly my favorite show at that time, Captain Kangaroo was great also, as where Kookla, Fran, and Ollie when they did their foreign film show on CBS. HR Pufnstuf I cant believe was only a 17 episode long show, I guess thats all you really needed as the stories are pretty much all the same, bad witch wants to steal the flute, HR gets captured and it's up to Jimmy to save the day or vice versa. Hey, its a show for 5 year olds so if your an adult watching this for the first time take that into account. You've got to admit that compared to what todays kids have there is nothing like the stuff Sid and Marty put out. After HR went away, I would watch Sigmond and the Sea Monsters where the kids were surprisingly now my age (a pre teen), it's like Sid and Marty made TV shows specifically for my age whenever they first aired, you gotta like that. I also caught Liddsville on Nick at Night and you want to talk about a strange cool show, that was right up there with HR, just no magic talking flutes (but a funny Charles Nelson Reilly). I never had nightmares watching this show as a 5 year old, I thought it rocked! I did try to play the flute though (my mom forced me into music), man did I suck at that (piano too!)! I never caught the Pufnstuf name suggestion till today, you'll have to excuse me, I'm usually the last one to catch on. 10 of 10 for HR, Jimmy and his talking flute!

ertai_wizard632000 as children we grew up on this program. the music and themes were great but hey what did we know we were children. i can still sing the h r puffenstuff song 35 years later. all i remember is that we waited every for every Saturday morning to see this program. i never understood the drug reference til i got a lot older. The show followed a little boy with a magic flute that could talk. witchiepoo was always trying to trap the little boy and steal his flute and she actually did capture him a couple of times but hr puffenstuf saved the day. h r puffenstuff looked like mayor mc cheese and looked like something out of the muppets rather then Saturday morning animation. this guy could have easily done a cameo on the muppets. The show was cheesy however most of the shows for that time period were pretty cheesy but it was junk food for the brain. we simply have to say thanks to Sid and Marty kroft for a great show because it did keep us occupied on those cold Saturday mornings

Brian Washington This had to be one of the trippiest shows ever. This, of course, was the Krofft brothers first series since leaving Hanna-Barbera and it is definitely their most enduring. The Kroffts had a very vivid imagination. In fact it was so vivid that many people through the years accused them of being on drugs when coming up with many of their early shows. This show definitely should be shown in reruns.