H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's
television series produced by
Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-sized-puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from September 6, 1969, to December 27, 1969. The broadcasts were successful enough that
NBC kept it on the
Saturday morning schedule until August 1972. The show was shot in
Paramount Studios and its opening was shot in
Big Bear Lake, California. Reruns of the show aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 2, 1972, to September 8, 1973, and on Sunday mornings in some markets from September 16, 1973, to September 8, 1974. It was syndicated by itself from 1974 to 1978 and in a package with six other Krofft series under the banner
Krofft Superstars from 1978 to 1985. The show currently runs on
Me-TV at 7am every Saturday Morning and online anytime on MeTV's website.