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Other Krofft series included ''[[The Bugaloos]]'', ''[[Land of the Lost (TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'', ''[[Lidsville]]'', ''[[Far Out Space Nuts]]'', ''[[Sigmund and The Sea Monsters]]'', ''[[Electra Woman and Dyna Girl]]'', ''[[The Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]'' and ''[[D.C. Follies]]''. Before producing series on their own, the Krofft brothers designed the costumes for Hanna-Barbera's ''[[The Banana Splits]]''.
Possibly the most interesting piece of Krofft history was their 1973-77 lawsuit against the McDonald's corporation. When it couldn't get the Kroffts to license ''H.R. Pufnstuf'' for use in McDonald's commercials, the hamburger chain blatantly plagiarized ''Pufnstuf'' to create "McDonaldLand" in 1971. For more information, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516091331/http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990827.html this article] at Cecil Adams' The Straight Dope, or [https://web.archive.org/web/20141106000415/http://www.coolcopyright.com/cases/chp5/kroftmcdonalds.htm this one] at coolcopyright.com.
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross' ''[[Mr. Show]]'' parodied the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]] nature of their productions in a sketch about Sam and Kriminy Kraffft, a pair of producers showing the unaired pilot for their show ''The Altered State of Drugachusettes''.
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