''Bigfoot and Wildboy'' was a live action

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. It began in 1977 as a part of ''

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'' 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. The series was heavily influenced by the two-part Bigfoot episodes of

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, from the super-powered Bigfoot character to “bionic” sound effects used for Bigfoot running and leaping and the use of

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Plot

Bigfoot finds a young boy lost in the vast wilderness of the

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. Bigfoot raises the boy who becomes known as Wildboy. Now, eight 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) *

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as Ranger Lucas (Season 1) * Yvonne Regalado as Cindy (Season 2) * Al Wyatt Jr. as Cindy's dad (Season 2)

Episodes

''The Krofft Supershow'' (1977)

''Bigfoot and Wildboy'' (1979)

Syndication

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'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 media

Only two releases were available in the 1980s by Embassy Video, "Bigfoot and Wildboy Volume One" (with "The Secret Invasion" and "Space Prisoner") and "Bigfoot and Wildboy Volume Two" (with "Outlaw Bigfoot," "Eye of the Mummy" and "Birth of the Titan"). Both are now out of print.

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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.

References

External links

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70's Live Action Kid Vid

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