Where did Sid and Marty Krofft get their start? How did two puppeteers end up shaping an entire generation of children’s television? Which rising stars first appeared on their shows? Why were their early products so fantastical and psychedelic? What surprising connections did their series have with Star Trek? Why did Land of the Lost become their most popular and longest‑running show—and what is the deeper tragedy of Enik that still resonates with fans today? Why were so many of their series left without true finales? And what do the Osmonds have to do with the Krofft productions? Join Mark Baumgarten, Vicky Jakubowski, Juan Sanmiguel, and special guest Paul Weimer as we dive into the wild, colorful, and wonderfully bizarre world of Growing Up with Sid & Marty Krofft.
You can find Paul Weimer @Princejvstin on Facebook, X, Threads, & Instagram. His work on “nerds of a feather, flock together”, a Hugo-award winning fanzine, can be found at http://www.nerds-feather.com/search/label/paul%20weimer
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MarkWHO42
Mark Baumgarten is an old school Whovian who hosts and runs the award-winning online science fiction radio show and podcast The MarkWHO42's Universe Podcast. He became a fan of Doctor Who in 1978 and worked on several of the Omnicon Conventions in South Florida back in the 1980's. With an accumulated knowledge of Who-lore as well as Science Fiction in general, he needed to share it with the world. In 2010 he started markwho42 Books selling Doctor Who books online and at conventions and in 2012 started the show MarkWHO42 and has been invited as a guest panelist at conventions around the country. He definitely puts the "Mark" in MarkWHO42!
