H.R. Pufnstuf

H.R. Pufnstuf is an American live-action series, which originally aired on NBC from September 6 to December 27, 1969, with reruns lasting until August 1972 due to its successful ratings. Reruns of the show started airing on ABC Saturday morning from September 2, 1972, to September 8, 1973, and on Sunday mornings in some markets from September 16, 1973 up to September 8, 1974, later moving to syndication from September 1974 to June 1978 and in a package with six other Krofft series under the banner Krofft Superstars from 1978 to 1985. More reruns began many years after on TV Land and MeTV.

The series centered on a boy named Jimmy, who alongside his talking flute Freddy, take a ride on a mysterious boat. The boat was actually owned by a wicked witch named Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo, who used the boat to lure Jimmy and Freddy to her castle on Living Island, where she was going to take Jimmy prisoner and steal Freddy for her own purposes. Despite this, they were both rescued and protected by the titular character H.R. Pufnstuf, the king of Living Island, as his cave was the only place where her magic had no effect.

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