IO9 Tackles Krofft in Sci-Fi

Over at IO9.com there is a pretty good discussion of Krofft shows that touch the realm of Sci-Fi (and honestly, don’t they all). Read more

SFGate Remembers “The Krofft Supershow”

Over at SFGate.com, “The Krofft Supershow” is remembered the article “Gone But Not Forgotten: The Krofft Supershow”:

This video comes from a different time, when they still let packs of supervised kids march unsupervised next to the freeway (and down train tracks) in the name of marketing. It was promoting the beginning of the Krofft Supershow — and while it’s quite possible I was the only one watching, I’m going to write about it any way.

The Krofft Supershow started in 1976, a full year before “Star Wars” came out, and special effects were still in the let’s-stick-a-piece-of-cardboard-on-the-back-of-a-lizard-and-call-it-a-dinosaur era. I’ll be honest, I don’t remember Kaptain Kool and the Kongs — or maybe I’m just supressing the memory. They were later replaced with the Bay City Rollers, but I don’t remember them on this show either.

It’s great to see our beloved shows discussed throughout the mainstream web. Besides “Lidsville”, the Supershow was my favorite Krofft Show. My dad’s favorite was “Bigfoot and Wildboy”, and I loved “Doctor Shrinker”.

What was your favorite part of the Supershow?

Electrawoman part of heroine “Ten Great”

The site AfterElton has a list of 10 great TV superheroines. We here at KROFFT.NET put her at #1, but AfterElton has this to say:

For one glorious season in 1976, Sid & Marty Krofft answered the prayers of kids who believed that the 60’s Batman series just wasn’t gay enough. This would be Deidre Hall’s finest hour until that nasty Succubus possessed her in Salem years later. Speaking of soap opera stars, Jane Elliot guest starred as “Princess Cleopatra”, and then went on to create the all time greatest soap villainess, Tracy Quartermaine. In this clip, you get to see the mid 70’s Krofft production values in all their glory, plus an appearance from Sid Haig, in a performance that rivals his work as “Capt. Spaulding” in The Devil’s Rejects for sheer awesomeness. He plays “The Genie”, and our heroines are after him for kidnapping “Professor Nobokov”. ELECTRA-FREUDIAN!



In 2001, a pilot for a new version of Electra Woman and Dyna Girl was shot, starring Markie Post. In this travesty, Electra Woman was a drunken trailer park floozy whose husband had run off with the original Dyna Girl. You can watch the first part here, but be prepared to see a classic sullied.

The 2001 attempted revival was amazingly bad. I remember when I first heard of the new series, I was extremely excited. But, the resulting pilot is too difficult to even think about. This is where the Kroffts blew it. They had a great opportunity to bring back Electra Woman this century. Comic book themes have become widely accepted, and EW & DG would have been perfect.

Land of the Lost Script Review

Over at CC2K there is a review of the early draft of the script for the “Land of the Lost” movie. Beware that there are spoilers there…so tread lightly. Interesting in the review is this quote:

Let’s hope that the filmmakers can make the second half of this movie work, because if they don’t, they’ll be responsible for one of the worst movies of 2009.

I didn’t read the review as I don’t want to be too spoiled for the film. I hope that the film doesn’t turn out to be “one of the worst movies of 2009″. I’m not looking for best…but I don’t want worst.

What do you think?

Anna Friel not playing Ferrell love interest?

A while back, we reported via SciFi Wire that Anna Friel would be playing Will Ferrell’s love interest in upcoming “The Land Of The Lost” movie. Read more

Thoughts on Ferrell’s Land of the Lost

I have to admit that although I am a life-long fan of Sid and Marty Krofft, “Land of the Lost” is my least favorite of their shows. So many of my friends only knew LOTL while I was in love with Lidsville, Sigmund and others. I’ve had mixed feelings about the upcoming movie Read more

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