Wonderbug Saturday Morning TV Series Facts and Goofs

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  • @theafroalien3169
    @theafroalien3169 4 місяці тому +7

    Wonderbug, Speedbuggy, Herbie the Lovebug were all favorites of mine back in the late 70s

  • @nnaw
    @nnaw Рік тому +11

    Thank you so much this is my favorite Krofft show I chatted with David Levy online for many years and got his autograph and Carol Anne Seflinger’s I found out where she was and he set up a lunch date for them it was all my doing!!!

    • @brentcanfield8883
      @brentcanfield8883 7 місяців тому +1

      That is freaking EPIC! How was the lunch, and was there anything especially noteworthy about the conversation?

  • @alex6261971
    @alex6261971 10 місяців тому +4

    i love this show because of the car.. it was a special effect of its kind in my time and i bought into it as a child..

  • @EuskadiJoloMas
    @EuskadiJoloMas 6 місяців тому +4

    I watched this show religiously as a 5 - 7 yr old and I still think Manx dune buggies are one of the coolest looking cars I've seen!

  • @worldfamousvman
    @worldfamousvman Рік тому +13

    THANK GOD! I've been trying to describe this show to people to see if they remember it (they don't). And you touched on one of the points I remember so well...how Barry always used to steal Susan's ideas 😂:
    Susan: "Why don't we just (some great plan)
    Barry (dismissively): "There's no time for that Susan..."
    (After a beat Barry suddenly has an epiphany and snaps his fingers)
    Barry: "Hey! Why don't we (Susan's exact plan)"
    CC: "Another great plan, Barry!"
    (Susan rolls her eyes)

  • @kevinmiller6380
    @kevinmiller6380 Рік тому +10

    Casey Kasem also did the voice of Alexander Cabot the 3rd in the Josie And The Pussycats cartoons from the 70s.

    • @queenglamazona8789
      @queenglamazona8789 Рік тому +2

      He was also Mark, The Leader of G-Force in Battle of the Planets.

  • @outsider238
    @outsider238 Рік тому +11

    I loved this show when I was a kid! That flying version of Wonderbug went up for auction a couple of years ago. Billie Hayes was also Witchiepoo in H.R Puffinstuf. Loved all the Sid and Marty Krofft shows!

    • @rome79735
      @rome79735 Рік тому +4

      Agree, as a kid in the 70's I too enjoyed these shows. Too bad there is nothing remotely close showing today.

    • @NeluThat70sKid
      @NeluThat70sKid 7 місяців тому +1

      Billie also played an old lady prospector on one episode.

    • @outsider238
      @outsider238 7 місяців тому

      ​@NeluThat70sKid Oh that's right! I forgot about that!

  • @earlsmith2524
    @earlsmith2524 Рік тому +9

    Wonderbug had an
    episode with a shrinking ray and Kroft also had a show called Dr. Shrinker about a villian with a shrink way

  • @freedomthroughspirit
    @freedomthroughspirit 3 місяці тому +4

    The "kids" are full blown adults. hahah I definitely remember this show along with Sigmund the Sea Monster and Dr. Shrinker.

  • @tvcrazyman
    @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +7

    Wonderbug was a favorite of mine back in the day. It was pretty much a live acton Speed Buggy.

    • @AndrewHeller-jn7dx
      @AndrewHeller-jn7dx Рік тому

      Please Note: ->live *action;...

    • @only257
      @only257 2 місяці тому +1

      @@AndrewHeller-jn7dx loved electra woman and dyna girl and dr shrinker huge sid and marty krofft fan

    • @AndrewHeller-jn7dx
      @AndrewHeller-jn7dx 2 місяці тому

      @@only257
      *Loved;...
      *"Electra Woman and Dyna Girl";...
      *"Dr. Shrinker";...
      *Huge;...
      *Sid; and, Marty Kroft";...
      *fan.

  • @fdeadlycommasir
    @fdeadlycommasir Рік тому +6

    Another great video!
    The puppet version of Wonderbug scared the crap out of me as a kid.

  • @edlopez5k
    @edlopez5k 4 місяці тому +2

    Wow..i haven't seen this in about 48 years. Thanks for the trip diwn memory lane!

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  4 місяці тому

      Wow, has it been that long since the show was new? I know it has, but it sure doesn't feel like the show is that old.

  • @leecordell7418
    @leecordell7418 Рік тому +4

    I love the way your bringing so much of our childhood back to us! You do a Great Job! Thank You Sir!

  • @barryallenflash1
    @barryallenflash1 Рік тому +3

    Ah, the good ole days! Sid and Marty Kroft, the geniuses behind the majority of our kids shows. When I talk about this show, most people are like "..hmmm, I don't remember that show." So, now I can just tell them to go to your channel and they'll know EXACTLY what I'm talking about! Thanks!

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому

      Cool! 😀😀

    • @only257
      @only257 2 місяці тому

      @@tvcrazyman a lot of krofft shows are on tubi land of the lost from 1974 lidsville from 1971 and hr pufnstuff are my favorites

  • @13thwho
    @13thwho Рік тому +3

    Billie Hayes also played Mammy Yokum in the 1959 film version of “L’il Abner”.

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 11 місяців тому +2

    My favorite SFX on this show is when Wonderbug would turn back into Schlepcar and you would hear that "Charge" horn call played backwards!

  • @RetroGamingNook
    @RetroGamingNook Рік тому +3

    Oh yeah, I was 5-7, and this was premium Saturday morning content.

  • @Malcontent-
    @Malcontent- Рік тому +3

    I was born in 1970 and I and got see all of these cartoons. I remember Wonderbug til this day. I clearly remember that horn. I also remember Electro Woman and Dyna Girl. I think I had a little crush on Dyna Girl. The actress that played Electro Woman went on to star in the day time soap Days of Our Lives for many years. HR Puffnstuff and Witchie Poo were great. Very fun.
    Anyone remember the cartoon 'Hong Kong Phooey'? The main character was voiced by Scatman Crothers. I think I caught it when it ran in syndication in the late 70's or very early 80's.
    Good times.....

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +1

      I did a video on Hong Kong Phooey a while back you might like - ua-cam.com/video/FkZ2ODQkxSY/v-deo.html

  • @jeffreysg
    @jeffreysg Рік тому +3

    Loved this show as a kid. I remember thinking to myself, “why don’t they just keep it as the Wonderbug”. Though watching the jalop lose parts consistently was always funny.

  • @colonelkurtz2269
    @colonelkurtz2269 Рік тому +2

    70s memories. ❤

  • @bradparnell614
    @bradparnell614 Рік тому +4

    I loved the Krofft Super Show though I think Wonderbug would have been my least favorite of its shorts. Dr. Shrinker was probably my favorite. Fascinating that you'd catch they had two different license plates. I never would have noticed that. Billie Hayes was probably more well known for Krofft role of Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf.

  • @alexanders562
    @alexanders562 Рік тому +3

    Since I was a child I called peoples beat up cars a Schlep car. Always a great way to jab a buddy, "Let's take your schlep car to the club, we can park in on the street no problem"

  • @candacecherry2846
    @candacecherry2846 Місяць тому +1

    I remember this loved him

  • @ElectraAlan
    @ElectraAlan Рік тому +3

    Very nice, and now on to Electra Woman.

  • @dakotanorth1640
    @dakotanorth1640 5 місяців тому +3

    Wonderbug and Scooby Doo had a lot in common because they were created by the same guys!

  • @seanryan3020
    @seanryan3020 Рік тому +3

    OK, now we need a Kroft Supershow movie!

  • @brianphillips1374
    @brianphillips1374 Рік тому +2

    Regarding the "flat" tires in the goofs, what I believe we are seeing is a matte square that was incorrectly cropped at the base of the tires, hence the appearance of the tire's flat edges.
    In one of the rare times I could thank an actor I had seen on TV, John-Anthony Bailey (as he was billed on the show, NOT as Jack Baker, that name was used later) came into the bank I worked in at the time. He said, "I'm an actor. I played Sticks on Happy Days." I said, (never having watched Happy Days) "I remember you, "C.C.!" He smiled, and said, "I was always doing this" and he did the "C.C. Arms"! He was pleasant but, sadly, even then you could tell he was not well. This was in Southern California and he was wearing a quilted winter jacket on a temperate day, which led me to believe that he was probably not filling out the bulk of the jacket as he once did.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому

      When I was researching it didn't hit me that he had used more than one name. I started with imdb. I should have started with the credits on the show. I had saw the episodes that he was on Happy Days a million times in reruns, but I either forgot or never realized until my research Sticks was also CC from Wonderbug. I think my memories are starting to get faded just a bit here and there. Definitely, sad that he's not around anymore. It would have been cool to see a Wonderbug TV reunion movie.

  • @ivane5110
    @ivane5110 Рік тому

    I loved this and Dr. Shrinker as a kid. Really use to hope they'd end up on Shrinker's island. I remember also wishing they'd either have Herbie and Wonder Bug team up or have it show up in Speed Buggy. Fun times.

  • @mysticwolf75
    @mysticwolf75 Рік тому +3

    Funny story - when I was a kid, I was afraid of Wonderbug! When my brother and sister would watch it on Sunday morning, I'd hide in my grandparent's basement. Watching it now, it's so cheesy, I don't know what I was afraid of, but I guess the idea of a sentient, talking dune buggy with moving headlight eyes, which could also fly, might be kind of frightening to a small child.

  • @srstriker6420
    @srstriker6420 Рік тому +2

    This reminds me of the speed buggy when they teamed up with Scooby Doo

  • @tanmaz8006
    @tanmaz8006 Рік тому +2

    ... Thanks for the memory's 👌 ...

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +1

      You're welcome. I appreciate it.

  • @only257
    @only257 2 місяці тому +1

    krofft super show it's a great wonderbug is one of my favroite segments

  • @jeffs7915
    @jeffs7915 Рік тому +2

    Dune Buggies were so popular in the 70's in large part to the prevalence of the Volkswagen Beetle.

  • @juniorrhinox
    @juniorrhinox Рік тому +2

    Thank you Thank you thank you so much for this. I use to watch this show as a smaller kid (I'm still a kid now at 50 just bigger lol). For the past 30 years plus I've been trying to remember the name of this show cause at one one point it was my life! I've typed everything possible in Google to find it. But I eventually gave up... and along came you. Thank you for this... I think I'm gonna watch some Speed Buggy 🤭🙃

  • @leonardvicari2857
    @leonardvicari2857 Рік тому +2

    I watched Wonderbug On a Saturday morning with Scooby Doo and the Shazam Isis hour I miss Saturday morning cartoons

  • @thefantasticretroreviewer3941
    @thefantasticretroreviewer3941 Рік тому +3

    EAT YOUR HEART OUT, SPEED-BUGGY!

  • @kevinmiller6380
    @kevinmiller6380 Рік тому +2

    Wonderbug reminds me of Herbie from the Herbie movies, minus ➖ turning himself into a super car.

  • @haljordan777
    @haljordan777 Рік тому +2

    I never saw this show, but it reminds me of the CBS animated series Speed Buggy.

  • @artytoons
    @artytoons Рік тому +1

    I was a Krofft Supershow fan. Wonderbug was amusing. I liked Dr. Shrinker with the Shrinkees trying to survive being small and Dr Shrinker and Hugo chasing them...love to see that show remade. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl were great looking with good campy villains. Great memories.

    • @seanryan3020
      @seanryan3020 Рік тому

      I noticed that TVcrazyman didn't mention "Dr. Shrinker" in the Supershow lineup, but that "Bigfoot & Wild Boy" were! I could have sworn "Bigfoot..." was in a different show, albeit the same network a couple years later. Did I miss something?

    • @artytoons
      @artytoons Рік тому +2

      @@seanryan3020 Bigfoot and Wildboy was in the second season of the Krofft Supershow. That segment and Magic Mongo had replaced Dr. Shrinker and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl for season 2 with Wonderbug continuing in season 2.

  • @mitzithompson6585
    @mitzithompson6585 Рік тому

    I was born in 1969 and I remember this show watching it on Saturday morning

  • @adny02
    @adny02 2 місяці тому +1

    Great Video. I was so sure a teenage John Ritter was part of this show.

  • @aaronj.brooks1977
    @aaronj.brooks1977 Рік тому +2

    Watching Wonderbug as a kid was awesome

  • @htgaines
    @htgaines Рік тому +1

    Great trip down memory lane, as always, but at 6:40 you mentioned the wonderful Billie Hayes, but you didn't mention her star turn in Krofft's HR Puffnstuff, as the ridiculously energetic Witchie Poo! I also think she played Mammy Yokum in a production of Dogpatch USA, a musical based on the Lil Abner comic strip.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @jons.6216
    @jons.6216 Рік тому +3

    Casey Kasem sure was a powerhouse of multiple talents for his career! Gordon Jump and Avery Schreiber made the tv rounds in many shows!

    • @kevinmiller6380
      @kevinmiller6380 Рік тому

      jons-Both Gordon Jump and Avery Schreiber made guest appearances on Get Smart; Jump playing CONTROL agent Hobson, the (temporary) successor to Hodgkins (can't remember the actor's name), and the predecessor to the dimwitted Larrabee (played by Don Adams real life cousin Robert Karvelas), and Schreiber played a KAOS agent who kidnapped Hymie the robot 🤖 (played by the late Dick Gautier), and planted a bomb in his gear box to blow up Max's bachelor party.

    • @kevinmiller6380
      @kevinmiller6380 Рік тому

      jons-Now I remember the actor's name-Bryan O'Byrne was Hodgkins, the predecessor to Larrabee.

  • @Kagaines
    @Kagaines 11 місяців тому +1

    I have a pedal car Wonderbug from the seventies and a Duncan toy car.
    Barry was the leader cause he was the only one who could drive a standard shift. Barry said schlep ran good but Wonderbug was so modified that it was broke down a lot. WB was also a back seat driver. The driver hid under the box in back and drove the car. He don’t know what happened to them but I wonder if they aren’t in the Krofft storage. They sold the toy used for flying scenes on eBay once. I loved Vws so I was a huge fan.

  • @kadeschs
    @kadeschs Рік тому +2

    Was never a big fan of the Krofft part but liked Wonderbug and Bigfoot skits. Wonderbug was one of my favorites but didn’t like the puppet. Didn’t think it looked real enough I guess. Always liked to hear the charge tune and see Schlep change into Wonderbug. The charge tune was noticeably missing from the intro. Grew up watching Herby movies too.

    • @seanryan3020
      @seanryan3020 Рік тому

      I thought Bigfoot was part of a different show a couple years later. Did I miss something, or am I going through my own Mandela Effect? 🤔

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +1

      Bigfoot and Wildboy got their own separate show later on that lasted a few episodes, but originally they were part of the Krofft Supershow.

  • @dakotanorth1640
    @dakotanorth1640 5 місяців тому +1

    A few years ago I emailed David Levy. He wrote back!

  • @yosephyisrael37
    @yosephyisrael37 Рік тому +2

    All seen and good. But only one show I'm waiting patiently on for you to do. WHEELIE AND THE CROPPER BUNCH

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +1

      Ok, I'm starting to make a list of the requests I get. I'll put that one in my need to watch list. Haven't seen that one in years since I was a kid I don't think. Recently, found the comic book from years ago.

  • @earlsmith2524
    @earlsmith2524 Рік тому +4

    billie Hayes also played the Witc in HR Puff N Stuff

    • @queenglamazona8789
      @queenglamazona8789 Рік тому +1

      Loved Witchiepoo, She was the Funniest Villian on Saturday Morning TV.
      She also Guest Starred on an episode of Bewitched where Tabitha takes the place of Hansel and Gretel in a Storybook, and winds up getting Captured by the Evil Witch(Hayes) in a Gingerbread House.

  • @jrag1000
    @jrag1000 Рік тому

    The noises he made were hilarious

  • @martinboyle9163
    @martinboyle9163 Рік тому +1

    Yes, I loved Wonderbug.
    Only topped by The Land Of The Lost.
    Love to hear about other Krofft Supershow hits!
    Best to you-

  • @wb3381
    @wb3381 Рік тому +4

    I always thought he acted like JJ from good times

  • @haroldworthington8952
    @haroldworthington8952 Рік тому +3

    I remember Speedbuggy from Scooby Doo but I don't remember ever getting to watch Wonderbug. It looks like it would've been a fun show. I miss the era of the 70s and early 80s but it's great to have someone like you giving us a chance to relive these shows. Hey, do you by chance remember a early morning kids show called The Great Space Coaster? That might make another fun subject for a future video. Anyways, thanks for another interesting video.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +2

      Sounds kind of familiar, but I'm not sure. I'll have to look that one up and see if I can jog my memory. Appreciate it.

  • @kali3665
    @kali3665 Рік тому +1

    The memory I always have of this series was Avery Schrieber using a pocket watch to hypnotize Wonderbug. Yes, they had an episode where the bad guy hypnotizes a freaking car!
    Even as a kid, I realized that the puppet didn't look a dang thing like the actual car (or that silly model used for flying scenes), and spirits, the male protagonists were SO stupid!! Heck, Shaggy and Scooby were Rhodes geniuses next to THESE guys!! I was so waiting for Susan to slap those male chauvinists unconscious (not really far to go), take the dang car, and head off to greater pastures.

  • @Pratman
    @Pratman Рік тому +1

    Never remembered this show but looks a brilliant one thanks for sharing bud 😀

  • @mrradz72
    @mrradz72 Рік тому +1

    Gordon Jump, from WKRP, also played the bike shop predator on Different Strokes.

  • @RAZVIELRAMOS
    @RAZVIELRAMOS Рік тому +1

    Nice facts

  • @docsavage-8616
    @docsavage-8616 Рік тому +3

    This Show was probably Inspired by Herbie The Love Bug from the Walt Disney Films.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +2

      It definitely had a lot of similarities to that one as well as Speed Buggy. Herbie was another favorite of mine.

  • @CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525
    @CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Рік тому +1

    Interesting

  • @stillaboveground2470
    @stillaboveground2470 Рік тому

    In some of the aerial shots, Wonderbug was a toy, and the cast were dolls.
    I always thought Carol Anne Seflinger was doll to begin with.

  • @cadeevans4623
    @cadeevans4623 Рік тому +1

    Never watched wonder bug need to looks very interesting though

  • @popi2971
    @popi2971 Рік тому +8

    😂 the slow running crook, 6 year old me use to watch this show like it was the best thing invented, 70's were wild.

  • @colintinabowers9499
    @colintinabowers9499 2 дні тому

    Why didn’t I think of that?!!

  • @richardtracy8242
    @richardtracy8242 Рік тому +1

    Disappointing to find out what became of John Bailey(Also known as Jack Backer).

  • @Renshen1957
    @Renshen1957 Рік тому +1

    Billie Hayes was Mammy Yokum in the film Lil’ Abner

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc Рік тому

    Avery playing a similar character on another show is COINCIDENTAL not ironic.

  • @jeatig
    @jeatig Рік тому +1

    Did Whammo sell the Super Slippery Sliding Stuff??

  • @NeluThat70sKid
    @NeluThat70sKid 7 місяців тому

    Actress Carol Anne Seflinger (Susan) looks so much like fellow actress Beverly D'Angelo who played Ellen Griswold from the National Lampoon Vacation movies.

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish Рік тому +2

    You didn't mention Witchie Poo.

  • @IsaiahWatts-js2ks
    @IsaiahWatts-js2ks Рік тому +1

    You should do jabberjaw Goofs

  • @collingalanos1783
    @collingalanos1783 Рік тому +1

    Was Wonderbug inspired by SHAZAM? Ordinary boy, Billy Batson transforms into Muscular red-clad Superhero with thunderbolt symbol on his chest. Piece-of-junk Schlep car magically changes into a robust red supermobile, a thunderbolt symbol is visible during transformation. Those are some similarities I've noticed.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +1

      I didn't think about that, but they never said where the magic horn came from. Maybe, it came from the Wizard Shazam. They did pull together various ideas from as many places as possible and mashed it together and Shazam was popular at the time.

  • @omegasupreme1970
    @omegasupreme1970 Рік тому

    hated this show as a kid but a lot of my friends liked it. I never watched The Supershow.. thought it was dumb LOL though I liked Speed Buggie so what do I know

  • @williammitchell4417
    @williammitchell4417 Рік тому +1

    I'd still like to know what happened to the cars. Both schlep and Wonderbug.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому +2

      I didn't find anything on that particular question, but surely Wonderbug is sitting in a garage somewhere. Someday we'll hear about some multi-million dollar auction.

    • @dakotanorth1640
      @dakotanorth1640 5 місяців тому

      :Both"??? BLASPHEMY!

  • @omegasupreme1970
    @omegasupreme1970 Рік тому

    Welker is better known for his work on The Transformers.. Optimus Prime anyone?

  • @constancecherry3996
    @constancecherry3996 Рік тому

    I knew it

  • @Merylstreep1949
    @Merylstreep1949 Рік тому

    Carol/Susan was my first crush
    Hot and smart ❤

  • @cbl1984
    @cbl1984 3 місяці тому

    You forgot Dr. Shrinker.

  • @lisaknox7722
    @lisaknox7722 Рік тому +1

    Wonderbug?🤔

  • @docbrown6550
    @docbrown6550 Рік тому

    They should have made SpeedBuggy instead

  • @wb3381
    @wb3381 Рік тому

    What do you think of Dr Shrinker?

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  Рік тому

      I haven't seen that one in a lot of years. i guess I need to see if I can get that one on DVD.

  • @constancecherry3996
    @constancecherry3996 Рік тому

    Bring backe the memereys

  • @shazamice
    @shazamice 5 місяців тому

    Nice job. However you're statement that "Wonderbug is the live action version of speed buggy." and was inspired by the animated show of speed buggy is misleading and inaccurate. Wonderbug came before speed buggy so a more accurate statement would be "Speed buggy is the animated version of Wonderbug. with that being said. I'm not so sure that you can really say that they are the same car. I personally never found in concreate conclusive evidence that they are the same car. There is information the people that Worked on the show of Wonderbug also worked on Speed buggy, but there are a lot of holes to be filled if they are suppsed to be the same car. They are not the same color they are not the same style of buggy out side of schlep car. Speed is missing the horn. Speed doesn't fly. The kids they work with are different. It would be nice to have some answers to these questions. please do some deeper research and provide an update. Overall great presentation. Thanks!

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, but Wonderbug did come out in 76 and Speed buggy came out in 73 as far as which came first. I personally, think Speed Buggy isn't necessarily the same car, but likely gave some inspiration to creators of Wonder Bug. Maybe, I'll revisit Wonderbug and do a Speed Buggy video later on. I loved both shows growing up.

  • @funkyfreshbboy
    @funkyfreshbboy Рік тому +1

    Yes jack baker did lots of porn in the eighties

  • @iwasanangryyoungman
    @iwasanangryyoungman Рік тому

    Ruby and Spears would run the same formula when they spun off by themselves in Fangface…mystery solvin’ meddling kids, bad guys with spook schemes and Scooby Doo doors galore