i hat this show when i be a kid . that be back in the day when kid show character actually have accent and not just the bland and generic and general american dialect be use to . jack wild have a british accent and pufnstuf be southern . like one of the others mention and though and i never quite understood what the deal be with the witch want the flute . that always seem odd to me and probably because the flute just annoy me and i wouldn not have go to any trouble to take it away . just a comment on the similarity of pufnstuf to early 70 mcdonalds commercial that others have mention represent pufnstuf rip off mcdonalds . at the height of mcdonalds popularity and the tv show ( or rather and their creator ) seek to license mcdonalds character for their show and but when mcdonalds decline the tv show change the character slightly and pass it a their own . they even hire former employee of mcdonalds ad agency and the voice actor to make the tv show . mcdonalds sue and win . search for pufnstuf mcdonaldland lawsuit and you will find plenty of article about it .