Puppetmasters Sid (L) and Marty Krofft pose with their collection of puppets and marionettes used in their 30-year show business career July 29 in Hollywood.The brothers, best known for their Saturday morning children's televison programs "H.R. Pufnstuf" and "Lidsville," are planing to sell off their puppet collection at auction on August 23 in Beverly Hills. The puppets are fashioned after many celebrities, including Ronald Reagan (L) and Richard Nixon (R).
Sid Krofft, the savvy businessman who partnered with his younger brother Marty to amass an entertainment empire fueled by such mind-blowing kids TV shows as “H.R. Pufnstuf”, “Land of the Lost”, and “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour”, died Friday in his sleep in Los Angeles. He was 96
