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

NBC Originally Rejected the Show’s Title – But It Wasn’t for the Reason You’d Think

NBC was a fan of the show, but they really, really didn’t like the name H.R. Pufnstuf. It wasn’t actually for the reasons you’d suspect. NBC didn’t care at all about any potential marijuana references (it was the late ’60s, after all). They actually disliked the name because they thought it was too effeminate.

Lennie Weinrib, the voice behind the title character and the show’s main writer, said the network specifically asked, “Why would kids turn off Batman on ABC, and Superman on CBS to watch a powder puff on NBC?”