Members of a very specific, very passionate fandom niche descended upon a historic movie theater in Orinda, California in May this year for the first-ever Krofft Kon—a day honoring the works of 1970s TV legends Sid and Marty Krofft. Both brothers (who are 93 and 85) were on hand, as were performers notable for their work in the duo’s colorfully weird, puppet-filled, fantastically psychedelic children’s shows, including H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Lidsville, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. There were screenings, there were on-stage interviews, there was a presentation on the short-lived World of Sid and Marty Krofft theme park, there was someone in a screen-perfect H.R. Pufnstuf costume, and also some incredibly authentic Witchiepoo cosplay. It was the koo-koo-kosokiest! – Cheryl Eddy
