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

Marty Krofft Didn’t Use LSD as Inspiration Because It Scared Him

In the ’60s and ’70s, it seemed like every good hippie was using LSD. Just look at what happened to The Beatles. This wasn’t the case for Marty Krofft, despite the fact that his show H.R. Pufnstuf was like an acid trip in real life.

Referring to alleged LSD use, Marty admitted that he just was into that whole psychedelic look. In fact, hard drugs kind of scared him. “That was our look,” he admitted. “Those were the colors, everything we did had vivid colors, but there was no acid involved. That [expletive] scared me. I’m no goody two-shoes, but you can’t create this stuff stoned.”