I am 60 years old and remember Lidsville with great fondness. But I will tell you... The theme song is a total earworm for me. I hear it for real and then I constantly hear it in my head for at least a week. I also remember sitting in the theater watching Disney's The Black Cauldron and when I heard Ms. Hayes's voice from one of the witches I shouted out, "That's Witchiepoo!!!" Then I heard someone from down my row yell. "OMG, it IS!" LOL
Thanks for all the great Saturday mornings Billie. A big ol 'bowl of Apple Jacks and some quality time with those classic Sid and Marty Kroft shows was a great way to get a weekend off to a good start.
I remember seeing her on a Paul Lynde Halloween special back around 1974 - Billie was in character as Witchie-Poo, and with her was Margaret Hamilton as (yes!) the Wicked Witch of the West, green makeup and all! My 8 year old mind ---> blown
Such a beautiful woman and an awesome actress. I remember all those Saturday morning shows Lidsville HR puffin stuff to this day. I still watch it we miss you and we love you.
Loved her . Saturday mornings were a huge part of my childhood. HR pufnstuf was my favorite Saturday morning show !! I own both HR PUFNSTUF and LIDSVILLE on DVD. My kds and grandkids love them too. ❤️
Billie Hayes was truly a treat to watch. She always portrayed her characters in kids' shows with just the right amount of cheekiness, that you knew it was going to be a fun show. I loved the way she broke the fourth wall, too. It was always so natural!
Her acting talent is really shown between the two characters. I remember my brother telling me they were the same actress and I just couldn't believe it. Even knowing it now, she just does two very different characters that it's really hard to remember they are played by the same person. Yes, the shows are kiddie shows and cheezy to the point of heart attack, but that doesn't mean the talent on the shows wasn't hitting out of the ball park.
I purchased them as soon as they were available too...I loved pufnstuf and was so glad my own children could experience it too...both of them loved it as well ❤❤
She reminds me of my grandmother ( who I called Nanna ) in both appearance & character. I miss my Nanna (& Poppa too). I miss them so much & the good times I had on holidays at their house up on the NSW Sapphire Coast. I miss Billie Hayes too as Witchie Poo. I Knew it was purely all fantasy, because the sets & puppets in it were so surreal, but I miss those years in the 1970s growing up as a child. They were very fond childhood memories indeed 👀👍❗
I, as a child, watching your performance and digging it so much. I LOVED when you played the genie because we wanted you to be the goodie. Because, you were so good as the baddie.
Yo era un niño cuando veía está serie y me parecía un mundo muy hostil del cual siempre quería que terminara, pero no veía salida. Es sorprendente que hoy en mi país tengamos en el gobierno a dos tipos llamados Atria y Jackson que son iguales físicamente al maligno mago y que han transformado a mi país en LIDSVILLE😢
GOSH I LOVEWITCHYPOO I LOVED HER CACLE LAUGH AND HER PERSONALITY AS THE WITCH AND UM SO SORRY SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US SHE IS SADLY MISSED I LOVE U BILLY HAYES. I REMEMBER SEEING HER ON HILLBILLY HONEYMOON ON THE MONKEES SHE MADE THAT EPISODE FOR ME LOVW YOU BILL HAYES RIP I really got a ick out if seeing her on bewitched With Elisabeth Montgomery in that Hansel and Gretel Ginger bread house loved that clip big time WITCHYPOO WAS A BIG PART OF MY CHILDHOOD ORANGES MORNGES I LOVE YOU WITCHYPOO ua-cam.com/video/gDoSl-M5tmM/v-deo.html
'60s, '70s & '80s children's entertainment was so good, innocent & wholesome to grow up with. no politics, no indoctrination. they just wanted to entertain kids. you don't see anything like it today.
The 80s were filled with indoctrination - buy these toys, buy these toys, then late 80s that continued but there was also Captain Planet and other mind control shows. However, there plenty of shows that weren't filled with any of that and I watched those (too).
Seems like a very sweet lady. Not sure why she's cosplaying as Doctor Who...? Interesting to hear how much thought she'd put into these silly little shows and treated it very seriously. Nice to see
She's so beautiful. I'm really going to miss her. I was around 8 watching her in the early 1970s. Rip
I am 60 years old and remember Lidsville with great fondness. But I will tell you... The theme song is a total earworm for me. I hear it for real and then I constantly hear it in my head for at least a week.
I also remember sitting in the theater watching Disney's The Black Cauldron and when I heard Ms. Hayes's voice from one of the witches I shouted out, "That's Witchiepoo!!!" Then I heard someone from down my row yell. "OMG, it IS!" LOL
Thanks for all the great Saturday mornings Billie. A big ol 'bowl of Apple Jacks and some quality time with those classic Sid and Marty Kroft shows was a great way to get a weekend off to a good start.
No one can do a witch like
Billie Hayes..
first watched pufnstuf in
The 70s and still watching
In 2022..
That's how good it was..
RIP Billie Hayes..!!
I still remember seeing the original movie in the theater. I'm pushing 60, and have the entire series of Pufnstuf.
I remember seeing her on a Paul Lynde Halloween special back around 1974 - Billie was in character as Witchie-Poo, and with her was Margaret Hamilton as (yes!) the Wicked Witch of the West, green makeup and all! My 8 year old mind ---> blown
❤❤❤
I remember that as well. I'm 56 now. Time flies.
R.I.P Billie..You we're a amazing actress and funny and I know for a FACT you are Entertaining Everyone in heaven..
No you DONT you Dont. KNOW that as FACT.
Such a beautiful woman and an awesome actress. I remember all those Saturday morning shows Lidsville HR puffin stuff to this day. I still watch it we miss you and we love you.
Thank you for the smiles you put on my face as a child , Rest In Peace Dear sister 🙏🏼🕊️🌹
I LOVED her as Witchypoo and Weenie. I wish I could get an mp3 of her witch cackle!😕
This woman was talented.
I was a newborn for Pufnstuf. I grew watching all the Krofft shows.
Billie Hayse was a very talented woman l am going to miss her alot.
What a magnificent woman and an actress. I truly wish I would have had the chance to meet her to tell her how much I admired her.
Billie Hayes is also on The Monkees Hillbilly Honeymoon episode
❤Yes indeed! Would we not all have wished to have wanted to meet her!
Loved her . Saturday mornings were a huge part of my childhood. HR pufnstuf was my favorite Saturday morning show !!
I own both HR PUFNSTUF and LIDSVILLE on DVD. My kds and grandkids love them too. ❤️
Billie Hayes was truly a treat to watch. She always portrayed her characters in kids' shows with just the right amount of cheekiness, that you knew it was going to be a fun show. I loved the way she broke the fourth wall, too. It was always so natural!
Billie Hayes was also on The Monkees, Hillbilly Honeymoon episode on UA-cam
What a wonderful spirit thank you being for A part of my childhood you definitely will be missed💯💕☺️
We would wait till the show came on and we’re glued to the tv just enough to scare you but not enough to make you cry lol loved witchiepooo
me to i get my bowl of cereal and i go set in front of my tv on saturday and watch it oh i miss those days
Thank you for making my 70s childhood so special.
R.I.P. Billie Hayers (1924-2021) 😢😢😢😢
love her
My goodness my Lady! What countless hours of joy you gave us!!!! Thank you so much!!!
I love her! She was who I looked forward to watching on Saturday mornings.
i love you billie hayes and i miss you your where my childhood rock on billie
Her acting talent is really shown between the two characters. I remember my brother telling me they were the same actress and I just couldn't believe it. Even knowing it now, she just does two very different characters that it's really hard to remember they are played by the same person. Yes, the shows are kiddie shows and cheezy to the point of heart attack, but that doesn't mean the talent on the shows wasn't hitting out of the ball park.
I LOVE this woman.
Awesome interview 👏 ❤️
I loved Lidsville as a kid. 📺
Class
I'm 61 and bought the DVDs for myself because I enjoyed puff n stuff so much and if I'm blessed with grandchildren they will watch with me
I purchased them as soon as they were available too...I loved pufnstuf and was so glad my own children could experience it too...both of them loved it as well ❤❤
Billie Hayes was a complete joy to watch . She taught imagination
She was delightful.
She lived to a ripe old age unlike Jack Wild!
It was very sad how Jack spent his final years.
She reminds me of my grandmother ( who I called Nanna ) in both appearance & character. I miss my Nanna (& Poppa too). I miss them so much & the good times I had on holidays at their house up on the NSW Sapphire Coast. I miss Billie Hayes too as Witchie Poo. I Knew it was purely all fantasy, because the sets & puppets in it were so surreal, but I miss those years in the 1970s growing up as a child. They were very fond childhood memories indeed 👀👍❗
Wonderful, memorable performances! Witchipoo was over the top! 😅 👍🎩
Yep, I introduced my kids to HR Pufnstuf in the 90’s ❤️
Always wondered if she realized how many millions of kiddies like us adored her as Witcheepoo ❤❤❤
Loved you as Witchie-poo xx❤❤
I, as a child, watching your performance and digging it so much. I LOVED when you played the genie because we wanted you to be the goodie. Because, you were so good as the baddie.
I still like watching those shows at 60! Yes I'm immature too!
there nothing wrong with you your like me we like good tv shows
She's so cool
Witchypoo was one of my favorite characters.
She was amazing! It's so great to see her as a normal person. :D
Loved Mamie Yoakum and Witchie Poo.
Loved her in the episode on Bewitched. "Ate away half my roof, you glutton."😅😂
I liked her role in the Monkees episode, Hillybilly honeymoon, maybe she was how hate and vengenance makes you live longer. RIP Billie.
"When you get mad, find someone you hate. It clears your bloodstream."
Loved Witchypoo
Oh I can hear that cackle there
Yo era un niño cuando veía está serie y me parecía un mundo muy hostil del cual siempre quería que terminara, pero no veía salida. Es sorprendente que hoy en mi país tengamos en el gobierno a dos tipos llamados Atria y Jackson que son iguales físicamente al maligno mago y que han transformado a mi país en LIDSVILLE😢
Lidsville filled me with terror. I think it was Hoodoo's unblinking eyes. I ran from the room when the intro music came on.
GOSH I LOVEWITCHYPOO I LOVED HER CACLE LAUGH
AND HER PERSONALITY AS THE WITCH AND UM SO SORRY SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US SHE IS SADLY MISSED I LOVE U BILLY HAYES.
I REMEMBER SEEING HER ON HILLBILLY HONEYMOON
ON THE MONKEES SHE MADE THAT EPISODE FOR ME
LOVW YOU BILL HAYES RIP
I really got a ick out if seeing her on bewitched
With Elisabeth Montgomery in that Hansel and Gretel
Ginger bread house loved that clip big time
WITCHYPOO WAS A BIG PART OF MY CHILDHOOD
ORANGES MORNGES I LOVE YOU WITCHYPOO
ua-cam.com/video/gDoSl-M5tmM/v-deo.html
Relatively speaking, she has amazing skin!
She looked great but I would say she’d had work done.
I saw Billie Hayes on an episode of "The Monkees." It was in the episode "Hillbilly Honeymoon."
Hayes discussed that appearance in an "Easter Egg" on the original Pufnstuf DVD (it's on UA-cam).
'60s, '70s & '80s children's entertainment was so good, innocent & wholesome to grow up with. no politics, no indoctrination. they just wanted to entertain kids. you don't see anything like it today.
The 80s were filled with indoctrination - buy these toys, buy these toys, then late 80s that continued but there was also Captain Planet and other mind control shows. However, there plenty of shows that weren't filled with any of that and I watched those (too).
I loved WITCHYPOO
Why me all the time that CACLE was the limit
Seems like a very sweet lady.
Not sure why she's cosplaying as Doctor Who...?
Interesting to hear how much thought she'd put into these silly little shows and treated it very seriously.
Nice to see
I loved Witchiepoo
I miss you old friend.
Witchiepoo forever!
WitchiePoo made the show
Tell me Sid and Marty didn't smoke the chronic.
She acted the same really and it destroyed the dynamics. It was too easy to say...Oh that's her again.
Nice point. I got the exact same impression
I agree that when I saw the genie in lidsville as a kid I knew it was witchipooh straight away… she didn’t play it different enough
I appreciate what you thought you were doing. But it was Drug themes presented to children. Really, how can you be proud of that.........
Horrible acting
Tool
The genie didn't sing about oranges...
I was a newborn for Pufnstuf. I grew watching all the Krofft shows.