Patrick, 72, also credited Krofft for convincing him to return to acting after a failed movie. “Very sad today,” the actor wrote. “My dear buddy Sid Krofft passed away peacefully at his home this morning. What a great life he had.“
In addition to his memories of the Saturday morning TV hit, Patrick recalled the 2022 Krofft Kon at the Orinda Theater, which honored the legendary producing duo Sid and Marty Krofft just one year before Marty’s death.
“Sid was loved by all,” Patrick wrote. “Thanks again, my friend, for a lunch that changed my life.”
Butch Patrick, Sid Krofft, H.R. Pufnstuf and Marty Krofft.Photo by Donato Sardella on Getty Images
Character actor Charles Nelson Reilly played Merlin the magician and his alter ego Horatio J. HooDoo, while Billie Hayes played a genie named Weenie.
Sid Krofft once explained the inspiration for Lidsville in an interview with The Television Academy Foundation. "I do a lot of my creating running down the beach. I run nine miles every day,” he shared. “And I had all these running hats in my van. Each day I had another hat, and I always felt that hats had a personality depending on how you felt, and it gave you a personality. And so that's where that idea came from, the land of hats.”
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Another Krofft kid paid tribute
Whitaker, who played a teen who befriended a friendly sea monster on the series, posted to Facebook to pay tribute to his “mentor, co-worker and most important, forever friend.”
“I was a non-credited producer on Sigmund and the Sea Monsters but was given 5% of the NET profits as a Producer,” Whitaker shared. "Sid had that much faith in me and my experience as an actor and young producer and I got to make decisions very few 13-year-old actors get. …Sid, you will be missed, my mentor & forever friend.”
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