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

H.R. Pufnstuf Was Named for Puff the Magic Dragon

Most of us still don’t believe that the name “H.R. Pufnstuf” has nothing to do with drugs, but Sid swears the name actually came from another popular children’s show. The year H.R. Pufnstuf came out, Puff the Magic Dragon was a really big song. The Krofft brothers decided to play on that success with their character.

The Krofft brothers also wanted Pufnstuf to be powerful. He was the mayor of Living Island, but they didn’t want to call him Mayor Pufnstuf because it wasn’t as catchy. Instead, they chose “Royal Highness,” but instead of using “RH” they used “HR.”