Marty Krofft

2023 - 11 - 27

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Marty Krofft, co-creator of imaginative children's TV shows, dies ... (The Guardian)

Krofft and his brother produced shows such as HR Pufnstuf and primetime hits including Donny & Marie.

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Sid Krofft on the passing of his brother Marty (Los Angeles Times)

I was almost 8 years old when Marty was born in Montreal, Canada, April 4, 1937. In 1957, while I was the opening act for Judy Garland, my assistant found a new ...

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Marty Krofft Dead: TV Producer Behind 'Donny & Marie' Dies at 86 (Billboard)

Marty and his brother Sid brought a trippy sensibility to children's TV and brought singing siblings Donny and Marie Osmond and Barbara Mandrell and her sisters ...

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Marty Krofft, co-creator of 'H.R. Pufnstuf' and other iconic children's ... (The Detroit News)

Dubbed the “King of Saturday Mornings,” Marty and his brother Sid were puppeteers-turned-producers whose kids shows changed the children's TV landscape.

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Marty Krofft integral to one of TV's most influential partnerships (Los Angeles Times)

Marty Krofft's business acumen was why the partnership with brother Sid Krofft, which produced 'H.R. Pufnstuf' and 'Land of the Lost,' still influences TV.

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R.I.P. Marty Krofft, who partnered with brother Sid to create an ... (MeTV)

They started by designing sets and costumes for Hanna-Barbera and shaped the landscape of children's TV in the Seventies. Marty Krofft was 86.

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