Plaidstallions Sid and Marty Krofft Halloween Costume Gallery

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One of the biggest influences of my childhood were the Saturday morning programs created by the famed Canadian brothers Sid and Marty Krofft. I don’t think I was alone judging by the amazing variety of Halloween costumes available almost every year of my childhood. Thanks to my pal Dave McKroffterson AKA Kroftty for sharing his […]

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[Earth 2 Chris]

I only vaguely recall the heyday of the Kroffts, with Wonder Bug the only memory that seems to have stuck. I do remember Truck Shackley from the Mandrell Sisters show, since my parents were big into Country Music. I couldn't recall his name until I read it here though.

But either way, those costumes are fantastic. The properties seemed tailor-made for the day-glow standards of the day.

Chris

[Barnabas Collins]

Awesome Krofft collection. I never saw any of these back in the day.

Barnabas Collins

[Wee67]

That was almost too much awesome to take in one sitting!!! I was definitely smack in the middle of Kroft heyday. Add in Saturday morning, those classic Halloween costumes and my head exploded!!

To this day, however, I am still puzzled by the choice to almost always place a picture of the character on the vinyl jumpsuit. Why?!? Did they really think kids who wanted to dress as the character would otherwise be unable to identify them? Even as a kid, I was happy they at least limited Batman's label to the mask.

[PNGwynne]

They made a costume of HooDoo? Oh. My. Gosh. Fond of all Krofft, but adore Lidsville.

When I showed my partner a clip on youtube, he said he felt he had just tried acid lol.

Great to see all of these.

[TrekStar]

I like the Bigfoot costume, never saw that as a kid, would have begged Mom for it.

[Wee67]

They made a costume of HooDoo? Oh. My. Gosh. Fond of all Krofft, but adore Lidsville.

When I showed my partner a clip on youtube, he said he felt he had just tried acid lol.

I'm with your partner. As much as I loved the Kroft shows, Lidsville always felt hauntingly askew, like those creatures were about to gruesomely kill that kid. It creeped me out.

[PNGwynne]

For me, the creepy characters were HRP's Freddy the Flute (mainly his voice, I guess) and Seymour spider. I really enjoyed Witchipoo, though.

[shazam7208]

I love these!

[DaniellePlaysWithToys]

Krofft stuff gives me nightmares, TBH. I do like Pink Lady and Jeff and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, though.

[PNGwynne]

I like the Bigfoot costume, never saw that as a kid, would have begged Mom for it.

I think I had that hairless mask. Mom had made me a fake fur jumpsuit to be Chewbacca one Hallowe'en, I recycled it later without the bandolier/purse (yeah...I could do a whole thread about that purse lol) to make Bigfoot.

[Mikey]

a C.N.R Halloween costume ???????

I am soooo there !!!

BTW, back in the day …

When Paul Simon was singing "Who do, Who do you think you're fooling" on "Love Me Like a Rock" thought he was singing about Hoo Doo from Lidsville ?