Culture on My Mind
Honoring The Psychedelic Worlds of Sid & Marty Krofft
July 30, 2026

Sid and Marty Krofft were titans of 1970s children’s television. These Canadian brothers revolutionized variety programming with their “Willy Wonkas of psychedelic television” approach to writing and puppetry. Their colorful universes were filled with large-headed puppets, high-concept plots, and low-budget special effects. If you’ve ever seen H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, or Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, you know of their magic.

On April 29th, Joe Crowe, Gary Mitchel, and Kevin Eldridge hosted a lively discussion of these wild worlds.

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These Classic Track Quarantine Panels are hosted by Gary Mitchel and Joe Crowe, the diabolical masterminds behind the Dragon Con American Sci-Fi Classics Track. If you want to play along at home, grab your internet-capable device of choice and navigate the world wide webs to the track’s YouTube channel and/or the group on Facebook. If you join in live, you can also leave comments and participate in the discussion using StreamYard connected through Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.

Gary can also be found on A Podcask of Amontillado, a horror-themed podcast that he co-hosts with Erin McGourn.

If you want to connect with the track, Joe, and/or Gary on the socials, you can find them on Twitter (ClassicTrack, JoeCroweShow, and sneezythesquid) and Instagram (SciFiClassicTrack, JoeCroweShow, and Gary_Mitchel). And, of course, to celebrate more pop culture awesomeness, you can find Dragon Con all year round on the internet, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

You can find those discussions and more every other Thursday as the American Sci-Fi Classics Track explores the vast reaches of classic American science fiction.

The episode art each week is generously provided by the talented Sue Kisenwether. You can find her (among other places) on her website Subspace Sue.

Culture on My Mind is inspired by the weekly Can’t Let It Go segment on the NPR Politics Podcast where each host brings one thing to the table that they just can’t stop thinking about.

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