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H.R. Pufnstuf

1969-1972 - H.R. Pufnstuf was the first live-action, life-size puppet program broadcasting 17 episodes beginning September 6, 1969 until August 1972. This fairy tale series is about an 11 year old boy named Jimmy (Jack Wild) and his magic golden flute named Freddie, who climb into an abandoned boat as a trick only to be captured by Witchipoo (Billie Hayes) and taken to her castle on Living Island. Jimmie and Freddie are rescued by a lovable dragon named H.R. Pufnstuf who is the mayor of Living Island, and together they avoid Whitchipoo's attempts to steal Freddie.

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The Bugaloos

1970-1972 - The Bugaloos is about a rock band of four British teenagers who live in Tranquility Forest and dress as bugs with antennas and wings which allow them to fly. Joy, a butterfly (Caroline Ellis), Harmony, a bumblebee (Wayne Laryea), Courage, a ladybug (John Philpott), and I.Q., a grasshopper (John McIndoe) are constantly being tormented by an evil, jealous woman named Benita Bizarre (Martha Raye), who is furious about the popularity of the Bugaloos and continually plans unsuccessful schemes to destroy them along with her two bumbling sidekicks, Woofer and Tweeter (Joy Campbell and Van Snowden).

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Lidsville

1971-1973 - This Saturday morning kid show is about a teenager named Mark (Butch Patrick) who sneaks backstage at a magician's show while at an amusement park to find out how he does his tricks. While looking into the magician's hat, it begins to grow, and as Mark climbs on top to get a better look, he falls in and is transported to another dimension... Lidsville - a land of living hats ruled by an evil, green skinned magician named Horatio Hoodoo (Charles Nelson Riley). Hoodoo captures Mark, but he is able to escape and takes Hoodoo's genie named Weenie (Billie Hayes) with him. While he and Weenie try to find their way back to the real world, Mark tries to help the good hats gain independence from Hoodoo and his bad hats.

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Sigmund and the Seamonsters

1973-1975 - This Saturday morning series is about two brothers, Johnny (Johnny Whitaker) and Scott Stuart (Scott Kolden), who discover a friendly young sea monster named Sigmund (Billy Barty), who had been thrown out by his dysfunctional undersea family because he refused to frighten people. Johnny and Scott hide Sigmund in their clubhouse to prevent him from being kidnapped by Sigmund's brothers, Burp and Slurp while keeping him a secret from their housekeeper Zelda, their elderly neighbor Mrs. Eldels, and Sheriff Chuck Bevans.

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Land of the Lost

1974 - The storyline of Land of the Lost involves the Marshall Family – a forest ranger named Rick (Spencer Milligan), his son Will (Wesley Eure) and daughter Holly (Kathy Coleman), who falls through a time vortex into another universe. In an effort to try to return home they are constantly endangered by dinosaurs and seven-foot tall lizard people called "Sleestaks" They also become friends the ‘Pakuni’, a small tribe of ape-like creatures.

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Lost Saucer

1975 - Lost Saucer is about two time-travelling robots named Fi (Ruth Buzzi) and Fum (Jim Nabors) who land their flying saucer into Chicago. After inviting a young boy named Jerry (Jerrod Johnson) and his babysitter Alice (Alice Playten) to check out the craft, the robots become panicked by the crowd and take off with Jerry and Alice still aboard. The series involves the adventures of the robots in their effort to return Jerry and Alice home.

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Dr. Shrinker

1976 - This kid show is about three young adults named Brad Fulton (Ted Eccles), B.J. Masterson (Susan Lawrence) and her brother Gordie Masterson (Jeff Mackay) who crash their small plan on an uncharted island owned by a mad scientist named Dr. Shrinker (Jay Robinson). I an effort to prove his shrink ray works, he shrinks the three people down to six inches tall. The series are different efforts by the 'Shrinkies' to get unshrunk, while Dr. Shrinker tries to catch them for proof that his ray works and then sell it to whoever wants to buy it.

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Electrawoman & Dynagirl

1976 - This series that only lasted one season was about two magazine reporters, Lori (Diedre Hall) and her teen sidekick Judy (Judy Strangis) who lead double lives fighting crime as Electrawoman and Dynagirl. The duo are alerted by their 'Crimescope' when there is trouble and dressed in skintight spandex, they hop into their Electracar to match their wits and powers against evil forces that threaten them and the citizens of their metropolis.

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Far Out Space Nuts

1976 - Running for only one season, Far Out Space Nuts is about two dim-witted, yet clever NASA food specialists and maintenance workers named Junior (Bob Denver) and Barney (Chuck McCann), who while loading food into a spacecraft in preparation for a mission, mistakenly hit the launch button rather than the LUNCH button. The plot involves their adventures to some strange planet or being taken away by strange creatures.

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Bigfoot & Wildboy

1976 - This Saturday morning kid show began as 15 minute episodes with cliffhanger endings which were resolved the following week. The storyline is about a baby human known as "Wildboy," (Joseph Butcher) who is raised by Bigfoot (Ray Young) and work together to keep the Pacific Northwest wilderness safe. In 1979 it became its own series with twelve 30-minute episodes.

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The Krofft Supershow

1976-1978 - The Krofft Supershow was a Saturday morning variety show composed of several live action segments hosted by "Kaptain Kool and the Kongs", a rock band created for the series. The first season featured segments from Krofft shows such as "Dr. Shrinker", "Electra Woman & Dyna Girl" and "Wonderbug". The second season the shows were replaced with "Bigfoot and Wildboy" and "Magic Mongo." The third season was completely revamped in order to feature the popular Bay City Rollers.

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Wonderbug

1977 - Wonderbug, also known as "Schlepcar" was a beat up dune-buggy-like car that could drive itself and talk. He was found in a junkyard by three teenagers Barry Buntrock (David Levy), C.C. McNamara (John-Anthony Bailey) and Susan Talbot (Carol Anne Seflinger), and when Schlepcar's horn was sounded he turned into a shiny metal-flake orange Wonderbug that had the power of flight and was able to help the teens capture crooks and prevent wrongdoing.

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The Krofft Superstar Hour

1978-1979 - The Krofft Superstar Hour was a reworking of The Krofft Supershow, which replaced the fictitious band "Kaptain Kool and the Kongs" with the real life Bay City Rollers. The Rollers would perform comedy skits and musical numbers as well as introducing live action segments called "Horror Hotel" which featured Witchipoo of H.R. Pufnstuf and "The Lost Island". These skits generally featured cameos by other Krofft characters such as Erin and the Sleestak from Land of the Lost, characters from H.R. Pufnstuf, and Dr. Shrinker.

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Magic Mongo

1976-1978 - Magic Mongo is about three teens Donald (Patrick Hinckley), Lorraine (Helaine Lembeck), and Kristy (Robin Dearden) who, while hanging out at the beach, find a magic bottle containing Mongo (Lennie Weinrib). Their adventures revolved around Mongo's powers to get the gang out of trouble and can occasionally (unintentionally) in trouble!

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Hanna-Barbera

Scooby Doo, Where Are You!

1969 - Scooby Doo, Where Are You! Saturday morning cartoon series features four teenagers - Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, along with their Great Dane named Scooby Doo - who solve mysteries through a series of antics. The show was cancelled in 1986 and presented spin-offs of the series such as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, from 1988-1991 and Scooby Doo's Great Mysteries from 1998-2001.

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Fat Albert

1972 - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was created, produced and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who was also the voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert. The show was based on a childhood gang, with Fat Albert as the main character whose catchphrase was "Hey, hey, hey!". There was always an educational lesson to be learned and at the end of the show. The gang would gather in a junkyard in their North Philadelphia neighborhood to play a rock song.

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The Archies

1968-1972 - This Saturday morning cartoon was based on the Archies comic book which featured a garage band of five teenagers including the lead singer and lead guitar player Archie, rhythm and bass guitar player Reggie, drummer Jughead, tambourine, percussion and guitar player Betty, and organ/keyboard player Veronica. Along with their mascot dog/conductor Hot Dog. Typical episodes started with the first Archie story, followed by a "dance of the week" segment, then after a commercial break Archie introduced the dance followed by the song of the week performed by The Archies.

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Josie and the Pussycats

1970 - Josie and the Pussycats featured an all-girl pop music band dressed in leopard-print leotards that toured the world getting mixed up in strange adventures and mysteries. The group consisted of level-headed lead singer and guitarist Josie, intelligent tambourinist Valerie, and air-headed blonde drummer Melody. Other characters included their manager Alexander Cabot III, his annoying sister Alexandra, and her cat Sebastian, and a muscular roadie named Alan M.

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The Harlem Globetrotters

1970-1972 - This cartoon version of Globetrotters George "Meadowlark" Lemon, Freddie "Curly" Neal, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Pablo Robinson is about the basketball team traveling with their bus driver and manager Granny and Dribbles, their dog mascot somewhere and getting into some sort of conflict where solving the issue involved playing a basketball game. Usually the villains rig the contest to ensure the Globetrotters will lose, but before the second half, the team always finds a way to win the game.

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Superfriends

1973-1986 - As part of the Saturday morning lineup from 1973-1986, Superfriends is about a team of DC superheros including Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. Each episode began with the superheros responding to an emergency by the TroubAlert computer in the Hall of Justice, which was the team's headquarters. Other guest star superheroes included the Flash, Plastic Man, and Green Arrow.

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Rankin/Bass

The Jackson 5ive

1971 - The Jackson 5ive was a Saturday morning cartoon which portrayed of the careers of the Motown recording group The Jackson 5. Featuring the actual brothers themselves – Jackie, Tido, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, the premise of the show are adventures of the Jackson 5 and their manager, Barry Gordy coming up with ideas for publicity for the band, such as having them do farm work or play a concert for the President of the United States.

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The Osmonds

1972 - The Osmonds cartoon series of seventeen episodes featured family members Allen, Jay, Jimmy, Donny, Merrill and Wayne Osmond, as well as their dog, Fugi. The musical group toured the world as goodwill ambassadors visiting a new country each week and did their brand of Osmond fun and magic.

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