Witchcraft inspired attire has become a popular fashion trend in recent years. This style draws inspiration from the mystical, dark, and enchanting world of witchcraft. It combines elements such as dark colors, flowing fabrics, and occult symbols to create a unique and impactful look. One of the key aspects of witchcraft inspired attire is its use of color. Black is often the dominant color, symbolizing the mystery and power associated with witchcraft. Other dark shades such as deep purple, burgundy, and forest green are also commonly used.

Series / H.R. Pufnstuf

H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's TV series, and the first in a long line of surreal and sometimes disturbing offerings from Sid and Marty Krofft Productions. The show (consisting of 17 episodes) originally aired on NBC from September to December 1969.

To get an idea as to what you're in for, we turn to VH1's "I Love the '70s" show:

Greg Proops: So, the deal with H.R. Pufnstuf is, Sid and Marty Krofft did a lot of drugs back in the '70s when they were given a TV show.

For a more technical description, read on.

Jimmy (Jack Wild), a young boy with a British accent and a speech impediment, is abducted by the sinister and disturbingly Oedipal witch Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) in a gambit to snatch his magical talking golden flute. Her plan involves tricking both boy and flute into riding inside a boat that at first looks lovely and inviting, then turns sinister and violent. Yes, really.

But as the show's theme song goes, "Pufnstuf was watching, too, and knew exactly what to do. "

Jimmy is rescued by H.R. Pufnstuf (voiced by Lennie Weinrib), a large dragon muppet who serves as mayor of Living Island, a bizarre place where everything, even the trees, are "alive". (Yes, we know. Here, "living" basically means "anthropomorphic" or "sentient".)

The show follows the adventures of Jimmy, Puf and a talking flute named Freddie as they make several attempts to smuggle Jimmy off the island while staying clear of Witchiepoo and her henchmen. A film version, featuring guest stars Martha Raye and Cass Elliot, was released in 1970, a year after the show's premiere.

To say that people find H.R. Pufnstuf disturbing is like saying people find the ocean wet. Many say that there is something almost seductively creepy about the show, from Jimmy's constant prancing and the vaguely homoerotic relationship between boy, flute, and full-bodied puppet, to the bizarrely twisted maternal figure of the witch and the generally drug-induced artistic design of the costumes and sets. All in all, this is not a show to watch sober.

After the show's original 1969 run, the episode broadcasts were successful enough that NBC kept it on the network's schedule until 1972. It was rerun on ABC from 1972-1973 (also on some other markets between 1973-1974), syndicated by itself from 1974-1978, syndicated alongside six other Krofft shows under the Krofft Superstars banner from 1978-1985, rerun once more on TV Land in 1999-2004, and finally rerun again on MeTV from 2014-2016.

As a historical note, the basic design and characters of the McDonald's "McDonaldland" commercials were blatantly plagiarized from H.R. Pufnstuf in 1971 after Sid & Marty Krofft refused to license the Pufnstuf characters for use in a commercial campaign for the restaurant. The Kroffts sued in 1973, and won the case in 1977. (For more information, see this article at Cecil Adams' The Straight Dope, or this one at coolcopyright.com.) However, the Kroffts themselves were sued by the singer-songwriter Paul Simon, who argued successfully in court that the show's Theme Song sounded too much like his song, "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," and the court settlement included Simon getting a mention in the credits.

Other dark shades such as deep purple, burgundy, and forest green are also commonly used. These colors create a sense of depth and intensity, adding to the overall allure of the outfit. Another characteristic of witchcraft inspired attire is the use of flowing fabrics.

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• Aborted Arc: The gang's mission to help Jimmy get off Living Island and return home seems to have been forgotten by episode twelve. The Series Finale doesn't resolve Jimmy's desire to get back home either, and is instead presented as a Clip Show. The Movie doesn't deal with this either, instead it retells the story of how Jimmy got onto the island.
• Amazing Technicolor Population
• Animate Inanimate Object: Living Island is populated by talking books, talking buildings, talking clocks and even talking test tubes.
• Ascended Extra: Stupid Bat was the least-used of all of Witchiepoo's henchmen, only appearing in the odd episode, but in The Movie he's a fairly major character throughout.
  • Also, in the later Krofft series, Horror Hotel, Stupid Bat is also an employee of Witchiepoo's inn.
  • Both Sid and Marty seem to like mentioning Stupid Bat in their interviews and anecdotes about the series.

  Jimmy: See you next week!
  Pufnstuf: Keep those cards and letters comin'! note In later broadcasts after the show’s original run, Pufnstuf instead says "I sure hope so!"

  • Pufnstuf himself arguably counts too. Word of God has said he's a dragon, but if so, he sure doesn't look like any traditional one.
  • Witchiepoo once appeared on Lidsville as HooDoo's date. At the episode's end, due to having been tricked, HooDoo brushes Witchiepoo off by sending her on her date with Pufnstuf instead!
  • Pufnstuf himself once appeared on Sigmund and the Sea Monsters after being accidentally conjured up by the local genie. He was nearly eaten by Sigmund's mother and her women's club.
  • The 1973 live stage show H.R. Pufnstuf & The Brady Kids Live at the Hollywood Bowl. While the Brady Kids themselves are little more than a glorified opening act, there's a lot of crossover between Pufnstuf and Lidsville during the main show.
  • The 2015 Krofft series Mutt & Stuff became a surprise hit, leading to the commissioning of a Mutt & Stuff/Pufnstuf special in 2016. The Living Island characters looked pretty much exactly like they did in 1969. though puppetry techniques had of course evolved greatly since then, so Pufnstuf's lip sync was notably better.

  Witchiepoo: [singing] Ain't they never heard of oranges — smoranges — poranges — coranges — a kumquat?

  • Short-Runner: The series only had seventeen episodes in total. The only reason most people believe it to be longer was because it had been rerun for so long.
  • Significant Monogram: Pufnstuf's "H.R" title stands for "Highness Royal". Why? Because Living Island folk don't do things in a typical order. It also implies that the status of "Mayor" on the island is akin to being Head of State.
  • The Smurfette Principle: And it's a fascinating case indeed given that the only named female character who has a major speaking role in every episode is the villain!
  • Spinoff: The Krofft Supershow featured a segment called "Horror Hotel", with Witchiepoo running the titular hotel along with Seymour, Orson, and Stupid Bat, although for some reason, Dr. Blinky (was originally one of the good guys), and Hoodoo (the lead villain from Lidsville) appeared as well.
  • Stock Footage: The movie features a rather obvious example during the "Living Island" number, where the "world" insert is just the Universal logo cut off just before any text appears.
  • Stop Trick
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Witchiepoo's bungling henchmen: Orson, Seymour, and Stupid Bat.
  • Talent Show: Occurs in "Show Biz Witch", when Pufnstuf and Jimmy use it to raise money for a new pogo stick.
  • Those Wacky Nazis: Benita Bizarre (from The Bugaloos) Expy Boss Witch's (she's even played by the same actress in Martha Raye) rat henchman, Heinrich (actually Funky Rat, also from The Bugaloos), who wears a Gestapo-type uniform.
  • Trojan Horse: In "The Wheely Bird", Freddie gives himself up to Witchiepoo, hoping she'll let Jimmy go home. Jimmy, Pufnstuf, Cling, and Clang use Dr. Blinky's latest invention, a hollow bird on wheels, to get into the castle and rescue Freddie.
  • Undercrank
  • Vanilla Edition: The Big Damn Movie of the series has had only one DVD release in 2009 (in succession with the Kroffts' Land of the Lostmovie), and contains nothing other than the feature itself and one theatrical trailer.
  • Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: Witchiepoo had her comical moments to be sure, but she was conniving, greedy, and did wield powerful and dangerous magic. But she also had a minion named, we kid you not, "Stupid Bat".
  • Witch Classic: Witchiepoo certainly styles herself this way, with her pointed black hat.
  • Wicked Witch: Witchiepoo, who would take it as a compliment.
  • Wig, Dress, Accent: Everyone at some point, but especially Witchiepoo and company as the singing groups "The Three Oranges" and "The Three Lemons".

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