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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.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /H._R._ Pufnstu f
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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 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.
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.
He died from oral cancer aged 53 it seems ... http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Jack_W ild
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.
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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