[Artie Fufkin]

Hi, just caught a bit of "My Name is Earl" and saw a large puppet/man in a costume which chilled me to the bone . I had many, many years ago put this dark childhood memory to the furthest reaches of my mind and now it's back!

I remember this character from a kids[?...yeah right] programme in the 70s and it scared me to death then and now I'm crapping myself again!!

I remember it had a witch so creepy and nasty I couldn't watch. It was dark, evil, weird, freaky and should have had an 18 rating if you ask me. Thing is, I have never seen it on telly since [obviously it was banned due to it's effect on children's minds], but I can't remember it's name.

Any ideas?

[unique]

do you know what episode it was? www.tv.com you can search shows and there are episode guides etc (it's american based)

i'll move this to the tv forum as it'll probably get more answers

[Garrett]

Originally Posted by Artie Fufkin

Hi, just caught a bit of "My Name is Earl" and saw a large puppet/man in a costume which chilled me to the bone . I had many, many years ago put this dark childhood memory to the furthest reaches of my mind and now it's back!

I remember this character from a kids[?...yeah right] programme in the 70s and it scared me to death then and now I'm crapping myself again!!

I remember it had a witch so creepy and nasty I couldn't watch. It was dark, evil, weird, freaky and should have had an 18 rating if you ask me. Thing is, I have never seen it on telly since [obviously it was banned due to it's effect on children's minds], but I can't remember it's name.

Any ideas?

Was this live, animated or a puppet series?
Sugetions although not 60!
Live was it Into the Labyrinth (early 80's)
Tales of Rubovia (late 50s)
Terrahawks (80s?)

[SG-22]

after a bit of digging i have found your enemy/nightmare lol

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063907/

[Mark_a]

Originally Posted by Artie Fufkin

I remember it had a witch so creepy and nasty I couldn't watch. It was dark, evil, weird, freaky and should have had an 18 rating if you ask me.

Catherine Tate?

Regards

Mark

[Garrett]

Originally Posted by Mark_a

Catherine Tate?

Regards

Mark

Dont be silly he said "18 rating if you ask me" not totaly censored, that even makes adults hide behind the sofa.

[square-eyes-baz]

Originally Posted by SG-22

after a bit of digging i have found your enemy/nightmare lol

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063907/

That crossed my mind as well.

[Artie Fufkin]

Originally Posted by SG-22

after a bit of digging i have found your enemy/nightmare lol

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063907/

Thanks SG-22...that's the one. Freaky insane kids programming .

Going by this comment on imdb seems like I'm not the only one affected by it:

This show, and many other Krofft programs (i.e. Lidsville and Land of the Lost), scared the hell out of me. In 1979 HR was deep in syndication, but that didn't stop a 4 year old from finding it. You'd sit down and watch, allured by the surreality, the "stranger in a strange land" themes and the larger than life puppet-like characters. You'd expect a benign Sesame Street-like program full of soft freindly characters. But in the land of Krofft all things are slightly twisted, mysterious, surreal. Just look at the expressions they've sewn into the faces of the characters. Dark man, dark. You'd be a little tense for the first 15 minutes, but then Freddy the Flute would bite Witchiepoo on the finger or some hitherto inanimate object would turn around and talk and freak the hell out of you, push you right over the cliff into full throttle terror... I remember crying hysterically and trying explain to my grandmother the freaky stuff that just went down on TV. She probably thought I was crazy. This stuff permeated my dreams and nightmares for years. I deeply repressed all things Krofft and then around age 20 learned that this show actually existed. Boy was I relieved, I hadn't made it all up. Absolutely priceless program, I've got some on tape.