New Electra Woman Collectable

With the popularity of Sid and Marty Krofft starting to gain steam, it was just a matter of time before new collectables started showing up. Read more

The Banana Splits are Back!

The Brothers Krofft’s first famous puppets, “The Banana Splits”, are coming back to the Cartoon Network. Variety gives us the information:

Hanna-Barbera’s 1960s phenom is returning in a multiplatform effort starting Sept. 2, with shorts and musicvideos airing on Cartoon Network and its website. Future efforts will include DVD and audio CD releases, as well as live performances.

Once in awhile we are treated to repeats of “The Banana Splits”, and my kids have really enjoyed it. The type of humor and style that was in “The Banana Splits” and the Krofft Shows have been missing from Saturday Morning. The manga-style entertainment is getting tiresome, and I think kids are ready for some old-school stuff.

I’m really looking forward to this, and I know my children are also. What do you think? Is the world ready for the splits to return?

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.

The Osmonds 50th Anniversary Reunion on PBS

The Donny and Marie show from the 1970s was one of the first Krofft creations. The Osmond family has put together an 50th Anniversary celebration that is airing on PBS. Read more

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