 
Often referred to as the King of Saturday Mornings, he dominated children’s television with programs
including H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Sigmund & The Sea Monsters,
Land of the Lost, and Mutt & Stuff - started in 1969 and running
through 2015 – plus primetime variety shows, starting with Donny &
Marie, which rocketed to #1 on Friday-nights on ABC, followed by D.C. Follies,
The Brady Bunch Hour, and Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell
Sisters. Multiple generations of fans have grown up with the popular shows
of Sid & Marty Krofft. They made memories for millions to
enjoy and will continue to do so through their recently announced
"World Of Sid & Marty Krofft Channel" global streaming deal
with Cineverse.

ABOUT MARTY KROFFT - Marty Krofft has
been producing quality family entertainment for more than 50 years. Sid
& Marty Pictures first became a household name in the 70s with
quite a list of TV Shows. “H.R. Pufnstuf”, “The Bugaloos,”
“Lidsville”, “Land Of The Lost”, “Sigmund & the Sea
Monsters,” “Pryor’s Place” (starring Richard Pryor), “Far Out Space
Nuts,” “Lost Saucer,” “The Krofft Supershow,” “Wonderbug and Bigfoot,”
“Electra Woman & Dyna Girl,” and “Bigfoot & Wildboy.” For
primetime, Krofft created the satirical and funny “D.C. Follies”
series, produced and created the “Donny & Marie Show” “The Brady
Hour,” and “Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters”, all of which
were audience favorites and remained in the top 10. Marty opened the
World of Sid & Marty Krofft amusement park in downtown Atlanta in
1976, now the former CNN headquarters. He was the creative director for
Six Flags and produced live shows in parks across America before
they embarked on their television career. Marty had been working
puppets off and on with his brother for years while gaining experience
in the business of shows and creating a company of their own. His
vision was to take puppets out of the realm of strictly children’s
entertainment and build a slightly risqué adult-oriented puppet
show called “Les Poupees De Paris”, loosely based on the cabarets of
Paris. It was a success! The show traveled throughout the United
States — from the Seattle World’s Fair to New York Worlds Fair playing to
millions of people across the country. Having already created the
“Banana Splits” for Hanna Barbara in 1969, Marty was approached by
NBC to create his own Krofft Saturday Morning Children’s Series. They
picked HR Pufnstuf, by far the fans’ favorite character from
their live shows. Its success spawned a feature film produced with Universal Pictures as
a partner and distributor. In the late 80s, the Kroffts created and
produced D.C. Follies, featuring a cast of life-size puppets ranging
from ‘Richard Nixon’ to ‘Arnold Schwarzenegger’, with outrageous
political and current events satire. D.C. Follies ran for two seasons,
prematurely ending with a writer’s strike. Krofft produced a
series of live shows entitled “Comedy Kings” for the Sands Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas. In 2018, Marty received the Lifetime Achievement
Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences, and in 2020, he received his star on the world-famous Hollywood Walk
of Fame. Now, having celebrated their "Golden
Anniversary", along with H.R. Pufnstuf, they are still going strong.
Marty Krofft recently returned to
Atlanta to receive The Julie Award at Dragon Con. Considered the highest
honor from Dragon Con, the annual Julie Award was established in 1998 in
honor of Julius “Julie” Schwartz and is given by a panel of industry
professionals in honor of “universal achievement spanning multiple
genres.”
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