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Sid and Marty Krofft Thrive After MySpace Transplant [Sid And Marty Krofft]
io9 —
... What I find really interesting about these cut-down MySpace episodes is that they actually work in their new, shrunken, share-this-video-online format. Some 70s culture does seem to survive the upgrade to the web, even if it has to become even more short-attention-span to do it. Really, I don't mind losing the boring parts of these episodes. Now I've got the very best stuff, and I'm actually going to visit MySpace to check out future mini-episodes as they become available. Sid and Marty Krofft on MySpace [via MySpace]
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The World of Sid & Marty Krofft
Oh No They Didn't! —
Sid and Marty Krofft welcome you to Krofft's new home on MySpace. Enjoy Krofft Kwikies of their classic shows including Land of the Lost, HR Pufnstuf and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. ...
The Kroffts are on MySpace
TV Squad —
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Celebrities, Reality-FreeIt looks like the Krofft brothers Sid and Marty will soon be on MySpace. The 70's icons will soon be putting their programming on MySpaceTV. This will include their classic shows such as H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos and Land of the Lost and will be exclusively shown on the social-networking platform. V.P. of Marketing at MySpace Josh Brooks sees the collaboration as an example of how the site will mine pop-culture nostalgia to build audiences. The license includes full ...
H.R. PufnSpace
Tuned In —
... ?) The World of Sid and Marty Krofft is intended to be the only place online that you can—legally, anyway—watch the Kroffts' '70s vintage product, cut down here to "Krofft Kwikies" of several minutes. And why would you do that, exactly? The Kroffts may never go down in TV history in the ranks of the Bochcos or Lears, but in their own way they were pioneers, creating some of the most surreally trippy low-tech entertainment that small children's chemically sensitive brains were ever exposed to. (Please do yourself a favor and watch the minisode of Lidsville , above, the epic ...
The Kroffts konquer MySpace
PopWatch —
... three weeks ago, and the new issue includes a Diablo Cody column in which she visits the set of the Will Ferrell big-screen version of Land of the Lost and talks to the Brothers K themselves. One further instance of the Kroffts' sudden ubiquity: their new MySpace page, where they've posted mini webisodes condensing some of their Saturday morning classics into four-minute highlight reels. (About half the running time of which is eaten up by their shows' absurdly lengthy, backstory-heavy theme songs.) Still, four minutes of Krofftiana is about as much as any sober adult ...
Summer 2008 TCA Press Tour: Fox, Day 1; Happy Days Duo Reunite for Possible New Series; MySpace Adds Krofft Classics
SitcomsOnline.com News Blog —
... . Sid and Marty Krofft's classic '70s shows are now on MySpaceTV ! H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, Lidsville, Sigmund & the Sea Monsters, Dr. Shrinker and The Bugaloos , will make their exclusive global home on the social-networking platform. The license extends to put condensed versions of Krofft-produced TV episodes as well as taped messages from the Kroffts themselves. In addition to the condensed episodes, which they are calling "Kwikies," which run 3-5 minutes, the Kroffts are also making available highlight clips. MySpace subscribers will ...
