TV producer Marty Krofft, creator of HR Pufnstuf, dies at 86 By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Marty Krofft (C) speaks as he and brother Sid settle for a Pop Tradition award throughout their tribute on the taping of the seventh annual TV Land Awards in Los Angeles, California April 19, 2009. REUTERS/ Fred Prouser

(Reuters) – Marty Krofft, who created widespread kids’s tv reveals corresponding to HR Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, has died of kidney failure on the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll stated on Saturday.

Known as the “King of Saturday Mornings,” Krofft rose to prominence for his work on The Banana Splits Journey Hour earlier than beginning Sid and Marty Photos along with his brother Sid Krofft in 1969.

The 2 brothers produced vibrant, fantasy-themed kids’s reveals that additionally included Lidsville, Land Of The Misplaced, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, in addition to primetime reveals such because the D.C. Follies collection, the Donny and Marie Present and The Brady Bunch Hour.

The Krofft brothers’ honours included a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 2018 and a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in 2020.