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Elina | 06:44 Fri 12th Dec 2014 | Film, Media & TV
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Anyone remember watching this? I'm watching 'Cash Cab' & one of the questions was ... "Which psychedelic children's series in the 70s made veiled references to drugs?" Apparently this series did. I watched this in the 7os.hese years down the line I find that out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Pufnstuf
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John Ryan, the creator of Captain Pugwash, successfully sued a newspaper for the list of supposed names of Pugwash's pirates. For the record, the pirates names have always been Pirate Barnabas, Pirate William (sometimes called Willy - which is the nearest you get to innuendo) and Master Mate (which I imagine got miss-heard on many an occasion). Tom is, and...
12:11 Mon 15th Dec 2014
I remember watching that Elina.
You have just got me singing the theme song to myself.
Not sure if that is a good thing though ;-)
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Hi 1ozzy ... did you know about the drug references?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-eTRn5MRBM
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I Have to go, thought that was interesting though!
I had no idea Elina, but I was young and innocent back then ;-)

I'll watch the clip later when I get access to a decent computor, kids rule in this household..
I have the entire series on DVD and there is no reference to drugs. The title could be seen to mean "puffing stuff". As so often with vaguely remembered series, a lot is read into it that simply isn't there.
I think the character of Pufnstuf was inspired by the 1960s song 'Puff the Magic Dragon' which is where the drug reference connection may have come from.
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Veiled references Tony. Funny how some programmes stick in a childs memory, was quite brilliant.
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Me too 1ozzy ;0)
When I was little I loved the show Elina.
Still think it is harmless when compared to lots of the shows on offer these days.
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Oh it was 1ozzy. Very strange to hear Jack Wilds accent against the American accents. I wonder how much he made from that? I think he suffered bad health as he got older.
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He died from oral cancer aged 53 it seems ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Wild
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Alcoholism too, how sad, great actor!
There was all that hoo hah about Captain Pugwash too several years ago. I never watched the programme but I'm told (rightly or wrongly) the characters were Seaman Staines, Master Bates, Roger the Cabin Boy and Pugwash is a euphemism for , well I dare not say on a family site. As I say, I never saw the show so don't know whether any of this is true or just a story.
That is an urban myth unfortunately.

Dylan in the Magic Roundabout was supposed to be permanently stoned.
Blackie, shame eh? I much prefer the naughty version of the story.
John Ryan, the creator of Captain Pugwash, successfully sued a newspaper for the list of supposed names of Pugwash's pirates. For the record, the pirates names have always been Pirate Barnabas, Pirate William (sometimes called Willy - which is the nearest you get to innuendo) and Master Mate (which I imagine got miss-heard on many an occasion). Tom is, and always has been, the Cabin Boy.

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