The Krofft Supershow

The Krofft Supershow
The Krofft Supershow
Format Children's television series
Starring Jay Robinson
Billy Barty
Michael Lembeck
Deidre Hall
Lennie Weinrib
Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 32
Production
Producer(s) Sid and Marty Krofft
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 11, 1976 – September 2, 1978
Chronology
Followed by The Krofft Superstar Hour

The Krofft Supershow is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It aired for two seasons from September 11, 1976 to September 2, 1978 on ABC.

Contents

Background

The show was composed of several live action segments, hosted by "Kaptain Kool and the Kongs", a rock band created for the series. The season one (1976–1977) segments were "Dr. Shrinker", "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" and "Wonderbug", plus re-runs of The Lost Saucer for the first half of the season (they were dropped when the show was cut from 90 minutes to one hour). For season two (1977–1978), "Dr. Shrinker" and "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" were dropped and replaced with "Bigfoot and Wildboy" and "Magic Mongo." Each live action section was approximately 15 minutes in length.

Instead of a third season, the show was massively revamped (and moved to NBC) in order to feature the then-popular Bay City Rollers. Now retitled The Krofft Superstar Hour, Kaptain Kool and the Kongs were replaced by the Rollers, and new live action segments "Horror Hotel" and "The Lost Island" replaced the older live action segments.

Show segments

Kaptain Kool and the Kongs

The cover of Kool and the Kong's self-titled album. Left to right: Nashville, Turkey, Superchick (front) Kaptain Kool

For the first season, Kaptain Kool and the Kongs were portrayed as a wacky glam rock band, the segments were filmed at the short-lived World of Sid and Marty Krofft indoor amusement park in Atlanta. For season two, their image was toned down somewhat, and they were downsized from a five to a four-person band and their segments were now filmed in a studio with an audience of children. In either incarnation, the band would introduce the other live action segments, as well as perform skits and songs. Most of the songs were written by the Osmonds.[1] After they were replaced by the Bay City Rollers, the group made appearances on other Sid and Marty Krofft productions, including Donny & Marie, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour and The Krofft Komedy Hour. They also made an appearance on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and they starred in two primetime TV specials featuring previews of ABC's Saturday morning lineup.

Cast:

Two albums were released featuring Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, both in 1978: the self-titled Kaptain Kool and the Kongs featured the band singing, and Stories From the Krofft TV Supershow includes several comedy skits. In addition, they released one single, "And I Never Dreamed" b/w "Sing Me a Song."[2]

Dr. Shrinker

Main article: Dr. Shrinker

Dr. Shrinker is an evil scientist with a lab on an uncharted island. When teenagers Brad, B.J. and Gordie are stranded on the island, Dr. Shrinker subjects them to his shrinker machine. They manage to escape the lab in miniature form; the series follows their adventures as they try to evade the clutches of the mad scientist.
Cast:

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

Main article: Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

Lori and Judy, reporters for Newsmaker magazine, are secretly Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, crime fighting superheroines. Assisted by their friend Frank Heflin, they fought such supervillains as the Pharaoh, the Sorcerer, Glitter Rock, Ali Baba, Spider Lady, and the Empress of Evil.
Cast:

Wonderbug

Main article: Wonderbug

Barry, C.C. and Susan are three teenage friends who fixed up an old dune buggy (which they dubbed "Schlepcar"). When they attached a magic horn to the car, Schlepcar comes to life as Wonderbug. Wonderbug could fly, and would help the teens fight crime.
Cast:

Magic Mongo

When teenagers Donald, Lorraine, and Kristy find an old bottle, they discover it is the home of Mongo, a genie. Mongo's magical attempts to help his young masters lead to many wacky misadventures.

Cast:

Bigfoot and Wildboy

Main article: Bigfoot and Wildboy

After Wildboy was orphaned in the Pacific Northwest, he was found and raised by Bigfoot, the legendary man-beast of the forest. The two work together to fight those who would harm the forest. They were aided in the first season by Suzie, 12-year-old daughter of Ranger Lucas; in the second season, Suzie was replaced by Cindy, a young archeology student.

The episodes of "Bigfoot and Wildboy" that aired on The Krofft Supershow were 15 minutes in length. In 1979, ABC brought back the show as a stand-alone series by editing the 15 minutes segments into 30 minute episodes. New episodes were also filmed and aired in the summer of 1979.

Cast:

  • Bigfoot: Ray Young
  • Wildboy: Joseph Butcher
  • Suzie: Monika Ramirez
  • Ranger Lucas: Ned Romero
  • Cindy: Yvonne Regalado
  • Cindy's father: Al Wyatt, Jr.

Notes

  1. ^ Trivia entry at the Internet Movie Database. Last accessed 27 February 2007.
  2. ^ Entry at Rate Your Music. Last accessed 27 February 2007.

External links

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Television shows

H.R. Pufnstuf (1969) · The Bugaloos (1970) · Lidsville (1971) · Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973) · Land of the Lost (1974) · Far Out Space Nuts (1975) · The Lost Saucer (1975) · Donny & Marie (1976) · The Krofft Supershow (1976) · The Brady Bunch Hour (1977) · The Krofft Superstar Hour (1978) · Pink Lady and Jeff (1980) · Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1980) · Pryor's Place (1984) · D.C. Follies (1987) · Land of the Lost (1991) · Family Affair (2002)
Krofft Supershow Segments
Krofft Puppets appeared in
Pilots and TV specials

Here's Irving (1957) · Fol-de-Rol (1972) · The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl (1973) · Really Raquel (1974) · Jimmy Osmond Presents ABC's Saturday Sneak Peek (1976) · The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) · The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976) · Kaptain Kool and the Kongs Present ABC All-Star Saturday (1977) · The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars (1978) · The Krofft Komedy Hour (1978) · Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n' Rollers (1978) · Anson & Lorrie (1981) · Saturday's the Place (1984) · The Cracker Brothers (1985) · Rock 'n' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular (1985) · The Patti LaBelle Show (1985) · Sid & Marty Krofft's Red Eye Express (1988) · Krofft Late Night (1991) · Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001)
Films

Pufnstuf (1970) · Harry Tracy, Desperado (1980) · Middle Age Crazy (1980) · Side Show (1981) · Land of the Lost (2009)
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Live shows

Howdy, Mr. Ice of 1950 (1949) · Les Poupées de Paris (1961) · Circus (1966) · Funny World (1966) · Kaleidescope (1968) · Fol-de-Rol (1968) · Comedy Kings (1988)
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First-run animated series
The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963-1970) • The Smokey the Bear Show • The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969-1971) • Hot Wheels (1969-1971) • The Hardy Boys (1969-1971) • Skyhawks (1969-1971) • The Adventures of Gulliver (1968-1970) • Fantastic Voyage (1968-1970) • Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970-1972) • The Road Runner Show • The Funky Phantom (1971–1973) • The Jackson 5ive (1971–1973) • The Osmonds (1972-1974) • The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972-1974) • The Brady Kids (1972–1974) • Kid Power (1972-1974) • Yogi's Gang (1973-1975) • Super Friends • Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973-1975) • Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973) • Mission: Magic! (1973-1974) • Hong Kong Phooey (1974-1976) • The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974-1977) • Devlin (1974-1976) • These Are the Days (1974-1976) • The Tom and Jerry Show (1975-1977) • The Great Grape Ape Show (1975-1976) • The Oddball Couple (1975-1977) • Jabberjaw (1976-1978) • The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour • The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976-1977) • The All-New Super Friends Hour • Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show • Laff-A-Lympics • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) • Fangface (1978-1979) • Challenge of the Super Friends • The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978-1979) • The World's Greatest Super Friends • The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk • Rickety Rocket) (1979-1981) • Spider-Woman (1979-1980) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
First-run live-action series
American Bandstand (1957-1987) • Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp • Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–1972) • Lidsville (1971–1973) • Curiosity Shop • Korg: 70,000 B.C. • The Lost Saucer • Uncle Croc's Block (1975-1976) • The Krofft Supershow (1976-1978) • Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976-1978) • ABC Weekend Special (1977-1997)
Rebroadcasts
George of the Jungle (1967-1970) • Bewitched • Jonny Quest (1970–1972) • H.R. Pufnstuf • The Monkees (1972–1973) • Speed Buggy • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Schedules
1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80
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