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The [[Planet of Hats]] taken to its logical extreme: Most of the characters are anthropomorphic talking hats.
The [[Planet of Hats]] taken to its logical extreme: Most of the characters are anthropomorphic talking hats.


Extremely similar to ''[[H.R. Pufnstuf (TV)|H.R. Pufnstuf]]'', '''''Lidsville''''' featured a boy, Mark (Butch Patrick), who falls into a stage magician's top-hat into the eponymous hat community. Having gained control of a ring-dwelling (non-hat) Genie (played by a [[Gender Flip|gender-flipped]] Billie Hayes, who also played Witchiepoo on ''Pufnstuf''), he is pursued by the magician's Lidsvillian evil counterpart, HooDoo, played by a pre-''[[Match Game]]'' Charles Nelson Reilly — not a hat himself, but living in a giant topper and flying around in a giant opera hat. Produced by [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]] back in 1971, obviously while still tripping on acid. The concept bears a suspicious resemblance to an earlier British stop motion cartoon called ''Hattytown Tales''... though it was only two years earlier, and had none of the overarching plot (such as it is) of the classic Sid and Marty Krofft Productions "human lost in a strange land" story, and lacked any "human" characters.
Extremely similar to ''[[H.R. Pufnstuf]]'', '''''Lidsville''''' featured a boy, Mark (Butch Patrick), who falls into a stage magician's top-hat into the eponymous hat community. Having gained control of a ring-dwelling (non-hat) Genie (played by a [[Gender Flip|gender-flipped]] Billie Hayes, who also played Witchiepoo on ''Pufnstuf''), he is pursued by the magician's Lidsvillian evil counterpart, HooDoo, played by a pre-''[[Match Game]]'' Charles Nelson Reilly — not a hat himself, but living in a giant topper and flying around in a giant opera hat. Produced by [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]] back in 1971, obviously while still tripping on acid. The concept bears a suspicious resemblance to an earlier British stop motion cartoon called ''Hattytown Tales''... though it was only two years earlier, and had none of the overarching plot (such as it is) of the classic Sid and Marty Krofft Productions "human lost in a strange land" story, and lacked any "human" characters.


Brilliantly parodied on ''[[Mr. Show]]'' in the sketch "The Altered State of Druggachusetts."
Brilliantly parodied on ''[[Mr. Show]]'' in the sketch "The Altered State of Druggachusetts."
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* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Mother Wheels.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Mother Wheels.
* [[Crossover]]: In one episode, HooDoo meets [[Wicked Witch|Witchiepoo]] through a dating service, and it is up to the heroes to break them up.
* [[Crossover]]: In one episode, HooDoo meets [[Wicked Witch|Witchiepoo]] through a dating service, and it is up to the heroes to break them up.
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangster!|Damn, It Feels Good To Be A Gangster]]: Mr. Big
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!|Damn, It Feels Good To Be A Gangster]]: Mr. Big
* [[Don't Go in The Woods|Don't Go Into The Woods]]: The Forest of Hair, crossing over with [[When Trees Attack]].
* [[Don't Go in The Woods|Don't Go Into The Woods]]: The Forest of Hair, crossing over with [[When Trees Attack]].
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Rah-Rah the football helmet
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Rah-Rah the football helmet
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* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Horatio J. HooDoo
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Horatio J. HooDoo
* [[Evil Twin]]: Actually, HooDoo has a ''good'' twin.
* [[Evil Twin]]: Actually, HooDoo has a ''good'' twin.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The nurse is named Nursie.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The nurse is named Nursie.
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: Would also count as a [[Disney Acid Sequence]]...if the ''whole damn show'' wasn't one.
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: Would also count as a [[Disney Acid Sequence]]...if the ''whole damn show'' wasn't one.
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Mark never did get home.
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Mark never did get home.
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** Actually, it was more of a [[Furry Fandom|female rabbit fursuit]].
** Actually, it was more of a [[Furry Fandom|female rabbit fursuit]].
* [[Pirate]]: Captain Hooknose
* [[Pirate]]: Captain Hooknose
* [[Prop Recycling]]: Some of the costumes are reused from [[H.R. Pufnstuf (TV)|H.R. Pufnstuf]].
* [[Prop Recycling]]: Some of the costumes are reused from [[H.R. Pufnstuf]].
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The Bad Hats
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The Bad Hats
* [[Saturday Morning Kids Show]]
* [[Saturday Morning Kids Show]]
* [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]]
* [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]]
* [[Simpleton Voice]]: Raunchy Rabbit and Rah-Rah
* [[Simpleton Voice]]: Raunchy Rabbit and Rah-Rah
* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]: HooDoo's bumbling Bad Hats and other henchmen
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: HooDoo's bumbling Bad Hats and other henchmen
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: HooDoo has his own band living with him who will burst into song [[Incredibly Lame Pun|at the drop of a hat]].
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: HooDoo has his own band living with him who will burst into song [[Incredibly Lame Pun|at the drop of a hat]].
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Weenie the Genie
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Weenie the Genie

Revision as of 08:57, 9 April 2014

It's the kick-kick-kickiest...

 "He was stunned and he was fascinated, still he had to see

There was something deep inside the hat, What could that something be?

Then cautiously each step he took, he climbed up on the brim to look,

And all at once the hat began to shake, and rock, look out!"

(The point of no return for poor Mark.)

The Planet of Hats taken to its logical extreme: Most of the characters are anthropomorphic talking hats.

Extremely similar to H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville featured a boy, Mark (Butch Patrick), who falls into a stage magician's top-hat into the eponymous hat community. Having gained control of a ring-dwelling (non-hat) Genie (played by a gender-flipped Billie Hayes, who also played Witchiepoo on Pufnstuf), he is pursued by the magician's Lidsvillian evil counterpart, HooDoo, played by a pre-Match Game Charles Nelson Reilly — not a hat himself, but living in a giant topper and flying around in a giant opera hat. Produced by Sid and Marty Krofft Productions back in 1971, obviously while still tripping on acid. The concept bears a suspicious resemblance to an earlier British stop motion cartoon called Hattytown Tales... though it was only two years earlier, and had none of the overarching plot (such as it is) of the classic Sid and Marty Krofft Productions "human lost in a strange land" story, and lacked any "human" characters.

Brilliantly parodied on Mr. Show in the sketch "The Altered State of Druggachusetts."

Lidsville provides examples of:

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