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{{Short description|American children's television series}}
{{Infobox television
| image         = Bugaloos70.jpg
| caption       = Title card
| genre         = [[Children's television series]]<br>[[Television comedy|Comedy]]
| runtime       = 22 min (per episode)
| producer      = [[Sid and Marty Krofft]]
| company       = [[Sid and Marty Krofft|Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions]]
| creator       = [[Sid and Marty Krofft]]
| starring      = John McIndoe<br>[[Caroline Ellis]]<br>John Philpott<br>[[Wayne Laryea]]<br>[[Martha Raye]]<br>[[Billy Barty]]<br>[[Sharon Baird]]<br>Joy Campbell<br>[[Van Snowden]]
| voices        = [[Walker Edmiston]]<br>[[Joan Gerber]]
| country       = United States
| network       = [[NBC]]
| first_aired   = {{start date|1970|9|12}}
| last_aired    = {{end date|1972|9|2}}
| num_seasons   = 1
| num_episodes  = 17
| list_episodes = #List of episodes
}}
'''''The Bugaloos''''' is an American children's television series, produced by brothers [[Sid and Marty Krofft]], that aired on NBC on Saturday mornings from 1970 to 1972.<ref name=Daytime>{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/72/mode/2up|access-date=22 March 2020|pages=73–74}}</ref> Reruns of the show aired in daily syndication from 1978 to 1985 as part of the "Krofft Superstars" package with six other Krofft series. The show features a [[musical group]] composed of four British teenagers in insect-themed outfits, constantly beset by the evil machinations of the talent-challenged Benita Bizarre, played by comedian [[Martha Raye]].<ref name="ReferenceA">CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records</ref>

==Premise==
The show takes place in the fantasy setting of Tranquility Forest. The central characters are four British teenage musicians who've formed a pop band named the Bugaloos. The foursome are evidently fictional human-bug hybrids (they appear as mostly human with antennae and actual wings). While occasionally seen air-surfing on leaves, they more usually fly unaided. On the ground, the Bugaloos are sometimes seen traveling around in their "Bugaloo Buggy", a colorful dune buggy custom-made for the show by car builder [[George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bugaloos.com/barris.html|title=The Bugaloos: Visiting Barris Kustom Kars|access-date=2017-03-11|archive-date=2018-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112191557/http://www.bugaloos.com/barris.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other bands mentioned in the show include Blood, Sweat & Soap. 

Peace-loving and [[hippie]]-like, the Bugaloos are pursued by the feathered yet flightless Benita Bizarre, who envies the Bugaloos' ability to fly as much as their ability to create good music.

==Characters==
===The Bugaloos===
[[File:The Bugaloos in Tranquility Forest.jpg|250px|thumb|The Bugaloos and Sparky in Tranquility Forest]]
* '''I.Q.''' (portrayed by John McIndoe) – A [[grasshopper]] who plays the guitar and sings lead vocals.
* '''Harmony''' (portrayed by [[Wayne Laryea]]) – A [[bumblebee]] who plays the keyboard and sings backup vocals.
* '''Courage''' (portrayed by John Philpott) – A [[ladybug]] who plays the drums and sings backup vocals.
* '''Joy''' (portrayed by [[Caroline Ellis]]) – A [[butterfly]] who plays percussion and also sings lead and backup vocals.
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===Villains===
* '''Benita Bizarre''' (portrayed by [[Martha Raye]]) – A jealous, untalented, unattractive, old [[crone]] who is the main antagonist of the series who sports a feathered outfit. Benita lives in a gigantic [[jukebox]] and uses it to broadcast her own brand of blaring, obnoxious, unpleasant "music".<ref name="Woolery">{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years 1946-1981 Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=80–82}}</ref> A dreadful singer, Benita is furious at the popularity of the Bugaloos' more melodic, upbeat sound. Pitting her technology against their nature, she plots elaborate, unsuccessful schemes to either destroy or enslave them, frequently making use of a powerful ultrasonic weapon called the Stereo Zapper which renders its victim unconscious in seconds. In Episode 2, she steals Joy Bugaloo's voice. In Episode 6, she almost succeeds in amputating I.Q.'s wings with the aim of achieving flight herself. Happily, her schemes never cause permanent harm. Raye also appeared the same year in the ''[[H.R. Pufnstuf]]'' [[Pufnstuf (film)|movie]] as the Boss Witch, which led to her getting the role of Benita.
** '''Funky Rat''' (performed by [[Sharon Baird]], voiced by [[Walker Edmiston]]) – Benita's German-accented [[chauffeur]] and chief flunky. The Funky Rat costume was also used for essentially the same role as Boss Witch's chauffeur Heinrich Rat in ''Pufnstuf''.
** '''Woofer''' and '''Tweeter''' (performed by Joy Campbell and [[Van Snowden]], voiced by [[Walker Edmiston]] and [[Joan Gerber]]) – Two [[anthropomorphic]] [[Stereophonic sound|stereo speakers]] who are Benita's two bumbling, sycophantic henchmen.

===Supporting characters===
* '''Sparky''' (performed by [[Billy Barty]], voiced by [[Walker Edmiston]]) – A [[firefly]] whom the Bugaloos took in.
* '''Nutty Bird''' (voiced by [[Walker Edmiston]]) – A local messenger who periodically delivers messages to and from the Bugaloos.
* '''Peter Platter''' (voiced by [[Walker Edmiston]]) – A [[Disc jockey|DJ]] for radio station KOOK in nearby Rock City.
**'''Mike''' (voiced by [[Joan Gerber]]) – Peter Platters's smart-alecky talking [[microphone]].
* '''Magico The Magician''' (voiced by [[Walker Edmiston]] impersonating [[Ed Wynn]]) – A [[frog]] [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] and hypnotist extraordinaire.
* '''Gina Lolawattage''' (voiced by [[Joan Gerber]] impersonating [[Mae West]]) – A firefly singer and actress who becomes smitten with her #1 fan Sparky.
* '''Bluebell Flower''' (voiced by [[Joan Gerber]]) – A giant talking [[flower]] who alerts the Bugaloos of impending danger, such as Benita's latest schemes, serving as their "alarm bell".
* '''The [[Vitis|Grapevine]]''' (voiced by [[Joan Gerber]] and [[Walker Edmiston]]) – A bunch of talking [[grape]]s on a vine who aid Bluebell in giving the Bugaloos the latest bad news (a visual take on the hit [[Motown]] song "[[I Heard it Through the Grapevine]]").

==Episodes==
{{Episode table |background=#b988b5 |overall=6 |title=30 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=20 |episodes=

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Firefly, Light My Fire
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Si Rose and John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|9|12}}
| ShortSummary = The Bugaloos rescue a neurotic firefly named Sparky after he is sideswiped by Benita Bizarre's Baroque Buggy.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = The Great Voice Robbery
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|9|19}}
| ShortSummary = Benita swaps her voice with Joy's using her Audio Dynamic Voice Switcher.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Our Home Is Our Hassle
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Jack Raymond
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|9|26}}
| ShortSummary = Determined to win Peter Platter's song contest, Benita moves into the Bugaloos' home in Tranqulity Forest to find musical inspiration.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Courage, Come Home
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|3}}
| ShortSummary = Benita takes advantage of Courage after he suffers amnesia, convincing him he is her nephew, Melvin Bizarre.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = The Love Bugaloos
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Elon E. Packard Jr.
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|10}}
| ShortSummary = The Bugaloos play Cupid for the shy Sparky when he falls in love with singer and female firefly Gina Lolawattage.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = If I Had the Wings of a Bugaloo
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|17}}
| ShortSummary = Wishing to fly like the Bugaloos, Benita disguises herself as Hetty Hoedown to steal I.Q.'s wings for herself.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Lady, You Don't Look Eighty
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|24}}
| ShortSummary = A misunderstanding causes Benita to believe the teenaged Joy is actually 80 years of age.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Benita, the Beautiful?
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|31}}
| ShortSummary = Benita devises a plot to win Peter Platter's beauty contest. 
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Elon E. Packard Jr.
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|11|7}}
| ShortSummary = The Bugaloos turn themselves invisible after Benita adopts Sparky in a plan to take credit for his new song. 
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Help Wanted — Firefly
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Warren S. Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|11|14}}
| ShortSummary = The Bugaloos come to Sparky's aid after he takes the fall for Benita's act of radio station sabotage. 
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = On a Clear Day
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|11|21}}
| ShortSummary = Benita pumps smog into Tranquility Forest in an effort to drive the audience away from a Bugaloos concert and over to her own. 
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Today, I'm a Firefly
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Jack Raymond
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|11|28}}
| ShortSummary = Sparky finally learns to fly and he quickly puts his skills to good use, rescuing the Bugaloos after they are shrunk and trapped inside a music box. 
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = The Bugaloos Bugaboo
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Maurice Richlin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|5}}
| ShortSummary = Disguised as an agent, Benita tricks Sparky into writing a song for her to perform at Peter Platter's "Battle of the Bands" concert.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = Benita's Double Trouble
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Warren S. Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|12}}
| ShortSummary = Benita kidnaps Peter Platter and takes over as DJ, but I.Q. disguises himself as Benita in an attempt to foil her scheme. 
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = Circus Time at Benita's
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|19}}
| ShortSummary = Benita interferes with the Bugaloos' plan to hold a circus by kidnapping Magico the Magnificent. 
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = The Uptown 500
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = John Fenton Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|26}}
| ShortSummary = Used-car dealer Way Out Wheeler stages an auto race, pitting the Bugaloos against Benita. The stakes are raised, however, when she kidnaps Sparky and threatens to harm him if the Bugaloos win.

| LineColor = b988b5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = The Good Old Days
| DirectedBy = Tony Charmoli
| WrittenBy = Warren S. Murray
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|1|2}}
| ShortSummary = Benita buys Tranquility Forest and evicts the Bugaloos. But Joy, disguised as a fortune teller, tries to show Benita the error of her ways through a series of clips from previous episodes.
| LineColor = b988b5
}}
}}

==Production and airing==
Touted as the British version of ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]],'' ''The Bugaloos'' attracted more than 5,000 young actors and actresses to audition in spring 1970 for the show's four lead roles, each having to demonstrate aptitude in dance, singing and acting.

Among those auditioning were [[Elton John]]'s future manager [[John Reid (music manager)|John Reid]] and [[Phil Collins]], who joined the [[art rock]] band [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] later that year.<ref name="itzkoff">Dave Itzkoff. "A Band With the Life Span of an Ant." ''[[The New York Times]],'' July 30, 2006, page 28, column 1.</ref><ref>Phil Collins listing on imdb.com [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002015/otherworks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032838/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002015/otherworks|date=2016-03-07}} (Accessed October 17, 2007)</ref> Reid and Collins were two of the three finalists for the role of "I.Q." given to [[Scottish people|Scottish]] musician John McIndoe. "If one of those guys had gotten it instead of me, rock-'n'-roll history might have changed," McIndoe later joked. "Whenever I see them, I say, 'Hey guys, you were lucky you didn't get the part'."<ref name="hughes">Mike Hughes. "Phil Collins on 'Live By Request.'" ''The Seattle Times,'' October 1, 1998, page E4.</ref>

The show was taped in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Seventeen episodes of the series were produced. Like its predecessor, ''[[H. R. Pufnstuf]]'' (1969), ''The Bugaloos'' ran for only one season (1970–1971) on [[NBC]], with reruns airing the following year (1971–1972). Following production of the first season, the Kroffts tried shooting for a second season and also had a movie deal in the works with [[Columbia Pictures]]. However, miscommunication with the actors resulted in their returning to the UK that December against the Kroffts' wishes. As a result, a potential second season was ultimately scrapped, along with plans for a movie which was shelved due to the bankruptcy of Columbia Pictures.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Martindale | first1 = David | title = Pufnstuf & Other Stuff: The Weird and Wonderful World of Sid & Marty Krofft | date = 1998 | publisher = Renaissance Books }}</ref>

Although the show featured British actors, it was not widely screened in the U.K.. For example, [[Yorkshire Television]] and [[Tyne-Tees Television]] transmitted the series at lunchtime on Saturdays from late 1971 to early 1972.<ref>The Times, TV listings, 18 December 1971 and 1 January 1972.</ref>  

''The Bugaloos'' was fitted with an adult [[laugh track]], as was common practice at the time — the inclusion of which the Kroffts were initially against. Sid Krofft commented "We were sort of against that, but Si Rose — being in sitcoms — he felt that when the show was put together that the children would not know when to laugh." Marty Krofft added "the bottom line — it's sad — you gotta tell them when it's funny. And the laugh track, (Si) was right. It was necessary, as much as we were always looking to have a ''real'' laugh track, ''a real'' audience. In comedies, if you don't have them (laugh track), you're in big trouble, because if you don't hear a laugh track, it's not funny. And that's the way the audience (at home) was programmed to view these shows."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpAoerWWlM&list=HL1338500983&feature=mh_lolz | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523221158/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpAoerWWlM| archive-date=2014-05-23 | url-status=dead|title=Sid & Marty Krofft - Archive Interview |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> When discussing the show's production techniques for the [[DVD]] commentary track in 2006, series stars Caroline Ellis and John Philpott addressed the laugh track. "I was never one for the American canned laughter, because sometimes it's too much," said Ellis. She added, however, that it does help in creating "the atmosphere for the reaction." Philpott added that, unlike their UK counterparts, US viewing audiences at the time had become accustomed to hearing laughter, saying, "I think you find yourself genuinely laughing more if you are prompted to laugh along with the canned laughter."<ref>{{cite video | people = Ellis, Caroline; Philpott, John | date = 2006 | title = The World of Sid & Marty Krofft - The Bugaloos: The Complete Series; DVD commentary for episode 7, "Benita, the Beautiful?"| medium=DVD|publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Home Video)]]}}</ref>

==Music==
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The show's music director was Hal Yoergler, who also wrote many of the show's songs and produced the ''Bugaloos'' album released in 1970. The title song's lyrics were written by [[Norman Gimbel]], and its music was composed by [[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]]. Gimbel and Fox were also the songwriters of "[[Killing Me Softly with His Song]]"<ref name="ReferenceA"/> and the theme songs to films and programs such as ''[[Last American Hero]]'' ("[[I Got a Name]]," sung by [[Jim Croce]]), ''[[Happy Days]],'' ''[[Laverne and Shirley]],'' and ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|The New Adventures of Wonder Woman]].'' A cover of the Bugaloos theme performed by [[Collective Soul]] is included on the 1995 [[tribute album]] ''[[Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits]],'' produced by [[Ralph Sall]] for [[MCA Records]].

The Bugaloos released an album in 1970 ([[Capitol Records]] ST-621), featuring studio-recorded versions of some of the songs performed on the show. The track list is as follows:

Side 1
# "If You Become a Bugaloo"
# "The Senses of Our World"
# "For a Friend"
# "Believe"
# "It's New to You"

Side 2
# "Fly Away With Us"
# "Older Woman"
# "Just the Memory Stays Around"
# "Gna Gna Gna Gna Gna"
# "Castles in the Air"
# "The Bugaloos (Theme Song)"

One single was released in conjunction with the album: "For a Friend"/"The Senses of Our World" (Capitol 2946). "For a Friend" charted as a minor hit, appearing on ''Billboard'' the week of December 18, 1970, at No. 118.

The track "Just the Memory Stays Around" did not appear in any episode, and is available only on the LP. The LP was re-released on CD in January 2000 by Vivid Sound in Japan and in 2006 by [[Cherry Red Records]] of London.

The Bugaloos recorded 15 songs. In addition to the 11 that appear on the released album, four additional songs appeared on the television show, but remain unreleased:
# "Sparky"
# "I'm As Happy As Can Be"
# "I Really Love You"
# "Flicker Town"

==Home video==
The complete ''Bugaloos'' series was released on [[DVD]] in May 2006 by [[Rhino Entertainment]]. The set contained all 17 digitally remastered, original uncut broadcast episodes, with audio commentary on the pilot episode from creator Sid Krofft and director [[Tony Charmoli]]. Cast members John Philpott, Caroline Ellis and John McIndoe also provided audio commentary on some episodes and participated in interviews. Also included were a video jukebox with a selection of songs from the episodes, a photo gallery and a ''Bugaloos'' Interactive I. Q. Test hosted by McIndoe.

==Proposed Revival==
At Comic Con 2015, Sid and Marty Krofft revealed they were looking to create an updated version of ''The Bugaloos'' as a preschool television series. It was rumored [[Cyndi Lauper]] would portray Benita Bizarre.<ref>{{cite news |first= Cindy|last= McLennan |title= ''HR Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos'': Sid and Marty Krofft Working on New Revivals | work = tvseriesfinale.com | date = July 15, 2016| url= http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/hr-pufnstuf-bugaloos-sid-marty-krofft-working-new-revivals/ | access-date = November 30, 2019}}</ref> At 2017's Comic Con, they released a teaser trailer of the pilot produced for [[Nickelodeon]] with clips of the new series with [[Lise Simms]] as Benita Bizarre. However, during a May 2018 radio interview with creator Marty Krofft, Marty revealed that the pilot was not picked up by Nickelodeon and was scrapped. He said they were reshooting the pilot and that [[Randy Jackson]] will be involved with the music.<ref>{{cite news |first= Curtis |last= Koch |title= Emmy Award Winning Producer Marty Krofft: A Look Back at 'The Banana Splits', 'H.R. Pufnstuf', 'Land of the Lost', 'Far Out Space Nuts' and Nickelodeon's 'Mutt & Stuff' |work= [[WGN (AM)]] |date= May 6, 2018 |url= https://wgnradio.com/2018/05/06/emmy-award-winning-producer-marty-krofft-a-look-back-at-the-banana-splits-h-r-pufnstuf-land-of-the-lost-far-out-space-nuts-and-nic/ |access-date= November 30, 2019 |archive-date= June 29, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180629131041/http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/06/emmy-award-winning-producer-marty-krofft-a-look-back-at-the-banana-splits-h-r-pufnstuf-land-of-the-lost-far-out-space-nuts-and-nic/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The Bugaloos are the binding childhood memory that the two main protagonists in the 2000 film ''[[The Tao of Steve]]'' discover as they begin to bond, as Syd (Greer Goodman) and Dex ([[Donal Logue]]) find out that they both had Bugaloos stickers on their respective childhood ''[[Josie and the Pussycats]]'' lunchboxes.<ref>{{cite news |first= Barbara |last= Vancheri |title= The Tao of Steve; Cool rules: 'Tao of Steve' teaches a state of mind |work= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date= September 8, 2000 |url= http://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20000908tao.asp |access-date= November 30, 2019 |archive-date= November 29, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211129195208/http://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20000908tao.asp |url-status= live }}</ref>

The Bugaloos' song "Senses of Our World" was sampled by [[the Chemical Brothers]] in their track "The Darkness That You Fear".

==See also==
* ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' (1966–68)
*''[[Kidd Video]]'' (1984–85)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0065280|The Bugaloos}}
* [http://www.worldofkrofft.com/ World of Krofft, featuring "Krofft Kollectibles Museum"]
* [http://bugaloos.net/ bugaloos.net/]

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