Can it be? Is it real? Could it finally be happening? Yes, my friends, it appears
the day has come. The Krofft Video Collection is presently being released in the
United States by
Rhino Home Video!!
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want to enter in Rhino's Krofft Trivia Contest. :-)
In May 1999, Rhino released "The World of Sid & Marty Krofft", a three-tape, six-hour
collection of Krofft's most memorable programs!!
Programs/Episodes included in the May release are as follows:
- H.R. Pufnstuf - "Book, Flute, & Candle"
- The Bugaloos - "Benita's Double Trouble" (Ep #14)
- Lidsville - "Take Me To Your Rabbit"
- Sigmund And The Sea Monsters - "Trick Or Treat"
Tape #2
- Land Of The Lost - "Skylons"
- Far Out Space Nuts - "Birds Of A Feather"
- The Lost Saucer - "Return To The Valley Of The Chickaphants"
- Electra Woman And DynaGirl - "The Pharaoh"
Tape #3
- Dr. Shrinker - "Slowly I Turn"
- Wonderbug - "Maltese Gooneybird"
- Magic Mongo - "Huli's Vacation"
- Bigfoot And Wildboy - "Return Of The Vampire"
- Pryor's Place - "Voyage To The Planet Of The Dumb"
On July 20th, the first set of the individual collections will be released.
They are:
- The Bugaloos -- Vol. 1 (Cover Art)
- "The Love Bugaloos" (Ep #5)
- "If I Had the Wings of a Bugaloo" (Ep #6)
- Far Out Space Nuts -- Vol. 1
- "Tower of Tagot"
- "Secrets Of Hexagon"
- H.R. Pufnstuf -- Vol. 1
- "The Stand-In"
- "The Golden Key"
- H.R. Pufnstuf -- Vol. 2
- "The Birthday Party"
- "The Box Kite Kaper"
- Land of the Lost -- Vol. 1
- "The Stranger"
- "Tag Team"
- Land of the Lost -- Vol. 2
- "The Search"
- "The Paku Who Came to Dinner"
- Lidsville -- Vol. 1
- "Let's Hear It for Whizzo"
- "Is There a Mayor in the House?"
- Sigmund & the Sea Monsters -- Vol. 1
- "Happy Birthdaze"
- "The Nasty Nephew"
- Sigmund & the Sea Monsters -- Vol. 2
- "Monster Rock Festival"
- "Ghoul School Days"
Rhino Update: 10/29/1999
Hi folks, we just heard that Rhino will be releasing another set of Krofft tapes
in January 2000, including a second Bugaloos volume; and that all the new tapes
will come with a special collectible beanie toy. :-)
We're told that the Bugaloos tape will feature the following episodes:
In addition, we have some artwork and beanie pics from the other Krofft tapes:
That's all I know for now ... however, if they keep this up, that means the next
video should contain "Help Wanted - Firefly" (Ep #10), which has "Castles in the Air"
on it. :-)
Rhino Update: 03/26/2000
Although no new Bugaloos tapes have been scheduled for release, other Krofft shows have
made their way to new mediums. Sigmund & the Sea Monsters have been released
on DVD, with their first volume containing four episodes:
1. Happy Birthdaze
2. The Nasty Nephew
3. Monster Rock Festival
4. Ghoul School Days
In addition to the four episodes, the disc also includes "interviews", "rare photos" and a
"slide show" (at least, according to the description given by
Amazon.com.
Next, we are told that H.R. Pufnstuf will be released on DVD in April as a boxed set
containing All 17 Episodes!!
That said, I was unable to locate any such information about this release on the
Rhino website ... so
maybe it really is just a rumor.
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