Lidsville

Lidsville was Sid and Marty Krofft's third television show following H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos. Its seventeen episodes aired on Saturday mornings for two seasons, 1971–1973. The show involved a boy named Mark (played by Butch Patrick) who falls into the hat of Merlo the Magician and arrives in Lidsville, a land of living hats. The hats on the show are depicted as having the same occupations as the humans who would normally wear them. For example, a cowboy hat would act like a cowboy. The character's houses were also hat-shaped.

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Sid and Marty Krofft - Television show - H.R. Pufnstuf - The Bugaloos - Saturday - 1971 - 1973 - Butch Patrick - Magician - Hat - Occupation - Human - Cowboy - House

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The villain of the show, Hoo-Doo was played by Charles Nelson Reilly. Among other notable characters were Raunchy Rabbit (Sharon Baird), Weenie the Genie (Billie Hayes), and Rah-Rah the football helmet (Jerry Maren).

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Charles Nelson Reilly - Sharon Baird - Genie - Billie Hayes - Football - Jerry Maren

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Lidsville may have been based on an earlier British series, Hattytown Tales, which used an almost identical concept but different characters and was produced in claymation.

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British - Hattytown Tales - Claymation

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A DVD set of the 17 episodes was released in the United States in January 2005.

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United States - January 2005

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