Here is a signed photograph from Billie Hayes, who played “Witchiepoo” from the beloved, yet very trippy & psychedelic TV series for kids, “H.R. Pufnstuf” (produced by Sid & Marty Krofft in 1969-1971), which happened to be my all time favorite as a kid.
“Witchiepoo” Signed Photograph (H.R. Pufnstuf)
Submitted by christine z.
July 11th, 2010
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Allee Willis
I actually never watched H.R. Pufnstuf until after it was off the air as I was too busy being a young adult in Manhattan and working at a record company. It really wasn’t until I went to a sale of tons of Sid & Marty Krofft’s puppets and props at the Beverly Hills Hotel a decade ago that I saw how nuts everything was and started digging up the episodes.
I love that Witchipoo signed her signature in matching red, her predominant color. I’m incapable of signing a Color Purple poster unless I have my purple Sharpie with me so I totally relate.
kookykitsch
This is fantastic. I loved the show and didn’t even know how campy it really was. The theme song still sticks with me.
windupkitty
This show is something I will never quite get over…The only thing that bums me out about it, is that I didn’t create all those characters…..It’s sad that Barney the dinosaur was one of the last famous gigantic “puppets”…
Man, these shows were amazing: The New Zoo Revue, The Great Space Coaster, The Banana Splits, even Bananas in Pajamas and Teletubbies were pretty cool…Of course, The Muppets sere in a category all their own (the music an vaudeville acts were beyond compare)…..BUt H R Pufnstuf is just insane…The theme song will never be out of my head….
christine z.
What was really great too, was that Mama Cass was one of the witches, friends with Witchiepoo!! take a look at these clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOH2RYiiZQs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA0Egmkmisc
Iamfluff
Oh my, I was doing a google image search and this came up! I must ask if this is the whole photograph or if it was cropped this way (actually it’s brilliantly cropped) I need a good resource image of the Vroom Broom for a painting I am currently working on (No, not Fluffart – and I may use brushes and pigments and canvass – Oh my!) All the images I have found of the Vroom Broom are tragically pixelated. If there is more to this one I would be forever in gratitude if I could get a full scan.
In Fluffitude,
Susan
Allee Willis
Awaiting final results here at AWMOK!
christine z.
Thanks!! I don’t own a scanners, so I just took a photo of this, and cropped it ever so slightly to even it out. I was a HUGE fan of
“H.R. Pufnstuf” as a kid, and especially loved Witchiepoo’s evil snicker!!!!
Iamfluff
I watched them film the opening credits when I was a kid!