The Psychedelic World Of HR Pufnstuf: Facts You Didn’t Know

NBC Thought Witchiepoo Was Too Violent

Violence on a children’s show is always a fine line – even if the characters are joking. NBC actually made the Kroffts change one of their character’s defining habits because it erred on the side of being too violent.

On the show, much of H.R. Pufnstuf’s time is spent hiding from Witchiepoo, Living Island’s evil witch. Witchiepoo would often hit her minions when they failed to do what she asked. She often hit Orson on the beak with her wand and hit Stupid Bat upside the head. NBC made the Krofft brothers edit this out.