Bigfoot and Wildboy

Bigfoot and Wildboy
Created by	Joe Ruby Ken Spears
Starring	Ray Young Joseph Butcher Monika Ramirez Ned Romero Yvonne Regalado Al Wyatt Jr.
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	28
Production
Producer(s)	Sid and Marty Krofft
Running time	24 mins.
Release
Original network	ABC
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10) – August 18, 1979 (1979-08-18)
Chronology
Related shows	The Krofft Supershow

Bigfoot and Wildboy was a Krofft live action children's television series on ABC. It began in 1976 as a part of The Krofft Supershow on Saturday mornings. Each episode was 15 minutes long, with cliffhanger endings resolved the following week. It became its own series in 1979 with twelve 30-minute episodes. There were a total of 28 episodes produced.

Plot

Bigfoot finds a young boy lost in the vast wilderness of the American northwest. Bigfoot raises the boy and calls him Wildboy. Now, 8 years later, they fight crime and aliens who show up around their forest home.

Cast

Ray Young as Bigfoot
Joseph Butcher as Wildboy
Monika Ramirez as Susie (Season 1)
Ned Romero as Ranger Lucas (Season 1)
Yvonne Regalado as Cindy (Season 2)
Al Wyatt Jr. as Cindy's dad (Season 2)

The Krofft Supershow episodes

The Sonic Projector (9/10/1977) (parts one and two)
Black Box (1977) (parts one and two)
Abominable Snowman (1977) (parts one and two)
UFO (1977) (parts one and two)
White Wolf (1977) (parts one and two) (with Christopher Knight)
Amazon Contest (1977) (parts one and two)
Secret Monolith (1977) (parts one and two)
The Trappers (1977) (parts one and two)

Bigfoot and Wildboy episodes

The Secret Invasion (6/2/1979)
Space Prisoner (6/9/1979)
The Birth Of A Titan (6/16/1979)
Bigfoot vs. Wildboy (6/23/1979)
Meteor Menace (6/30/1979)
Earthquake (7/7/1979)
Eye Of The Mummy (7/14/1979)
The Wild Girl (7/21/1979)
The Other Bigfoot (7/28/1979)
Return Of The Vampire (8/4/1979)
Outlaw Bigfoot (8/11/1979) (with Sorrell Booke)
Spy From The Sky (8/18/1979)

Syndication

Cox Cable's "Retro Saturday Morning" aired the first eight two-part episodes of "Bigfoot and Wildboy" in 2003 and 2004 as part of the second season of the Krofft Supershow.

Home video and DVD release

Only two releases were available in the 1980s by Embassy Video, "Bigfoot and Wildboy Volume One" and "Bigfoot and Wildboy Volume Two." Both are now out of print. Columbia House released The World Of Sid and Marty Krofft series, which contained Bigfoot and Wildboy episodes. Rhino Video released a three-DVD collection also called The World Of Sid and Marty Krofft in 2002 included "The Return Of The Vampire" episode.

External links

Sid and Marty Krofft

Television shows	H.R. Pufnstuf (1969) The Bugaloos (1970) Lidsville (1971) Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973) Land of the Lost (1974) Far Out Space Nuts (1975) The Lost Saucer (1975) Donny & Marie (1976) The Krofft Supershow (1976) The Brady Bunch Hour (1977) The Krofft Superstar Hour (1978) Pink Lady and Jeff (1980) Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1980) Pryor's Place (1984) D.C. Follies (1987) Land of the Lost (1991) Family Affair (2002) Mutt & Stuff (2015)

Krofft Supershow Segments	Dr. Shrinker (1976) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976) Kaptain Kool and the Kongs (1976) Wonderbug (1976) Magic Mongo (1977) Bigfoot and Wildboy (1977)

Krofft Puppets appeared in	The Dean Martin Show (1965) The Banana Splits (1968) The Great Space Coaster (1981)

Pilots and TV specials	Here's Irving (1957) Fol-de-Rol (1972) The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl (1973) Really Raquel (1974) Jimmy Osmond Presents ABC's Saturday Sneak Peek (1976) The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976) Kaptain Kool and the Kongs Present ABC All-Star Saturday (1977) The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars (1978) The Krofft Komedy Hour (1978) Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n' Rollers (1978) Anson & Lorrie (1981) Saturday's the Place (1984) The Cracker Brothers (1985) Rock 'n' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular (1985) The Patti LaBelle Show (1985) Sid & Marty Krofft's Red Eye Express (1988) Krofft Late Night (1991) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001)

Films	Pufnstuf (1970) Harry Tracy, Desperado (1980) Middle Age Crazy (1980) Side Show (1981) Land of the Lost (2009) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2016)

Live shows	Howdy, Mr. Ice of 1950 (1949) Les Poupées de Paris (1961) Circus (1966) Funny World (1966) Kaleidescope (1968) Fol-de-Rol (1968) A Broadway Baby (1984) Comedy Kings (1988)

Other	The World of Sid and Marty Krofft Theme Park Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. v. McDonald's Corp. Toby Terrier and His Video Pals

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s

First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey the Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) The Hardy Boys (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) The Jackson 5ive (1971–73) The Osmonds (1972–74) The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) The Brady Kids (1972–74) Kid Power (1972–74) Yogi's Gang (1973–75) Super Friends (1973–74) Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) Mission: Magic! (1973–74) Hong Kong Phooey (1974–76) The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) Devlin (1974–76) These Are the Days (1974–76) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) The Oddball Couple (1975–77) Jabberjaw (1976–78) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) Fangface (1978–79) Challenge of the Super Friends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)

First-run live-action series	American Bandstand (1957–87) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–72) Lidsville (1971–73) Curiosity Shop (1971–73) Make a Wish (1971–76) Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) The Lost Saucer (1975–76) Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Kids Are People Too (1978–82)

Rebroadcasts	George of the Jungle (1967–70) Bewitched (1972–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) Speed Buggy (1976) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978)

Schedules	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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