Wonderbug - Lights, Camera, Wonderbug!| Full Episode 8 | Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures

[@PaulMcElveen]

I was born in the late fall of 1978. I Love the Classic Wonderbug Saturday Televison Show and Theme Song!

[@PoeLemic]

I grew up on these tv shows. I never thought I'd see them again. And, crazy that I could even sing the Wonderbug theme song along with it, after it started.

[@7silver78fox]

When a memory takes you back to innocence ❤️

[@calden74]

I know right, I was just 5 years old but I still remeber this show as It was part of my daily TV intake, as well as others like; Captain Kangroo, Romper Room, Bigfoot & WildBoy, Shazam, Scooby Doo, Monster Squad, Land of The Lost, Gilligans Island, etc...

[@7silver78fox]

@@calden74 We had it made in the shade. I was 10 in 1981. Nuff said 😬

[@calden74]

@7mj758 I was 8 in 81', born in 74', California, Orange County. In fact, we lived at the Orange Circle above a record store. Which was also my first job at 15, selling records to the squares. Our cartoons were definitely better than the current crap their trying to peddle to our kids today. I mean Peppy Le' Pew alone would be enough to cancel an entire network today.

[@jeffreyc9083]

I remember this as a kid, but I confused it or conflated it with the Herby franchise. Thanks for posting!

[@williammitchell4417]

Herbie's not too shabby. What Disney did to him was absurd. But yeah, for an old kids show this is cool.

[@brentcanfield8883]

AND Speed Buggy lol

[@broderickgillum8854]

WOW this bring back old memories.

[@joerevere937]

CeeCee's character is a mix of Freddy 'Boom-Boom' Washington from 'Welcome Back Kotter' and 'JJ Evans' from 'Good Times'. Dyno-mite!

[@CartoonMitchell]

Agree!

[@independentthinker.273]

I see some David Chappelle in there too.

[@jsbadger]

Sad thing is, he turned into an adult actor in the late 80's.

[@PoeLemic]

Gosh, I so loved 'JJ Evans' from 'Good Times' as I was growing up. He sure made me laugh.

[@timothyadam576]

​@jsbadger I remember that. He was in an adult video called "White Chicks".

[@somethingdifferent4u247]

I love to watch this show every single Saturday as a kid. #imissthegoodoledaysoftv

[@Shazam-yx5up]

I was born in the 1970s wonderful memories when I was a kid watching this.

[@anthonym411]

Always dig the music tracks used for most of these live action Saturday kid shows!

[@LetitGolazziter-uk9xi]

The laugh tracks was wild😂

[@lynnjames6629]

Thanks for sharing‼️ 👍🙂

[@albertwise6426]

One of my favorite Krofft shows ❤️ Wonderbug. Need to release to DVD.

[@TheCarin12]

Fantastic acting.

[@pinkspeeder]

😂😂

[@jimteu3608]

If watching this you grew up in some of the best of times as a kid

[@discostu5426]

so true!

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

Oh the ‘70’s . 😌

[@dicktrickle741]

Watching stuff from the 70's you can really tell there were only half the population of today, everything looks so sparse

[@Ferreal92]

Sid and Marty Kroft ruled Saturday morning.

[@craigsheffield6546]

Just hearing the theme song takes me back to the 70s. I have not seen this since it came out back then. I'd literally forgotten all about it.

[@rayrayfad3654]

“Crooked Mod Squad”?? 😂

[@mikecarter8880]

Was just looking up the cast to see what they were up to or still acting... RIP John Bailey, but boy what a career switch. He had a lot of great credits, I will always remember him as Sticks in Happy Days. But looks like work credits were drying up before the switch to adult work.

[@seanmcdonough4902]

Will take the actress ( in costume/boots ) for the win ,mr trebeck....yessir!

[@xa9131]

Miss the old days!!!

[@davewollenberg1518]

The villains all seemed to have Brooklyn accents.

[@Handlebar-MustDash]

T'was ever thus. 😂

[@brentcanfield8883]

The part of the intro where they show Wonderbug flying through the air, where you can tell it's a hot wheels car or something like it-I wonder who if anyone actually has that still. That would be the coolest prop to own!

[@pinkspeeder]

I thought the same thing😂

[@zazelby]

I wonder if they used the same miniature in The Incredible Shrinking Wonderbug.

[@freqenc]

I'm so freaking out. Electro woman and dyno girl was one! THIS IS ANOTHER. How do I remember these shows! but really don't remember them?

[@CartoonMitchell]

Knight Rider for kids... as if kids needed a kid-friendly version!

[@sweets6865]

The black guy in this show he played in a episode of Good Times where he had robbed a bank.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I think he was in a few adult films 🎥 too, 1970s 1980s. 😉

[@ultramegatrion]

As a kid I thought it was a sibling of Herbie... lol

[@annakelman6627]

Loving the Yiddishe schlep name. 😂😂

[@mikesilva3868]

Love krofft super show love wonderbug too💛

[@mgxmaddguiness7066]

I want that magic horn. Lol

[@bruceleepunch1975]

Filmed with the finest VHS camcorder right out of the Sears catalog.

[@Duggy1872]

I'm sitting here wonder the bug is this 🤣

[@altonedwards2878]

That is my favorite TV show wonderbug😅 and I like the theme too

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Herbie, Speed buggy, Wonder Bug, Kitt and the batmobile. Famous cars from TV and movies. Any other ones I missed?

[@WinslowLeach1974]

I wonder if the Kroffts were taking a mild shot at Disney/Herbie when Wonderbug "said" he wanted to be "the world's first four-wheeled superstar." Herbie was pretty darn popular in the 60s and 70s. 🙂

[@williammitchell4417]

The Scorpionmobile, Viper, the General Lee just to name a few.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

@@williammitchell4417 what were scorpion mobile and Viper? Talking more about classic shows.

[@williammitchell4417]

@@robertcoggeshall3071 both came out shortly after KITT. Viper was literally a redo of streethawk only with a car instead. Black Scorpion was a Vette.

[@tammylewis2408]

Mach 5 from Speed Racer

[@ivanmarquez4738]

Funny. They said, "Look for an old car.". Nevermind that there is a blonde girl with a bright yellow vinyl suit and a guy with huge green double "00" on his shirt.

[@OzmaBara88]

Could you post more episodes of Lidsville please? Also, I want to see Gilligan in Space (by which I mean the criminally underrated Far Out Space Nuts). Thanks in advance

[@trevorrandom]

Studio security was very slack back then.

[@randybaumery5090]

This is just live action SPEED BUGGY.

[@mikesilva3868]

😊😊😊its still fun to watch

[@matthewhutchinson9353]

Despite making a good shows, you gotta admit that Hanna Barbara had an nack for repeating themselves in a way, something the kroffts never did

[@clasicradiolover]

I watched it all the time, and Electro Woman and Dyna girl

[@mryorkie]

Theses were great shows to trip on when high af

[@albertwise6426]

I wonder 🤔 what happened to the Slep car.

[@juliemcarthur3004]

I remember this

[@collegeman1988]

Anyone remember after The Krofft Supershow ended that local stations aired episodes of Wonderbug as a separate show on weekends in the late 1970s?

[@erich6096]

I'm not sure if I remember this show or not from early childhood. I think I might be confusing it with the cartoon Speed Buggy. So many weird fragmented memories of Saturday morning TV from when I was small

[@larryj2416]

It's like alive action Speed Buggy

[@bobbybickert]

Maybe because Wonderbug was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, who probably worked on Speed Buggy while they were at Hanna-Barbera. Frank Welker did the "vocal effects" for Schlepcar and Wonderbug. In recent years Frank Welker has done the voice of Speed Buggy . Not Surprisingly Speedy sounds a lot like Schlepcar. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ26h5ujetGhh9E

[@skeaneable]

Anybody remember the black actor and his temporary career in the ....ahem adult film career?

[@LetitGolazziter-uk9xi]

He starred with Marylin Chambers…is what I heard 😉

[@JJR93]

So was just looking at a GIF of the old cartoon Speed Buggy and then was like WAIT! there was a live action show with a "living buggy" but it was like all red and sparkly....and through the power of Google I found it....Wonderbug! I watched this show obsessively as a kid.

[@arthurwatt5162]

I was only about 13 when this came out. Along with HR, puffensruff.

[@Kkidzz]

Shecky and Shmutz....The Putz Brothers.

[@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94]

Baby’s first Herbie 😂 or Brum

[@gratefuljr]

Are all Sid and Marty Kroft productions for people who are stoned?

[@knightandfog]

Yep, pretty much. Even as a kid I knew their productions were goofy.

[@7silver78fox]

Haaaa this episode reminded me of the movie "Half baked"

[@seanmcdonough4902]

Yup

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

does it get any better than these SMK shows in the early to mid 70s?

[@blainedavis1603]

The blonde girl is a cutie and I had a little crush on her back then.

[@maxheadroom1506]

i can now understand why this show was cancelled.

[@marcomacias3960]

i wonder what studio is this taken place? it looked familiar

[@user-me5le6nv5q]

How did Wonderbug wind up on the Donny & Marie show?😂😂😂😂😂

[@harrisonderr1317]

Are there any more Wonder Bug episodes?

[@deboralee1623]

"Any of you guys see the hidden camera?" (4:56-4:57)

[@stealthfighter2923]

Dang. I used to love some really corny tv shows.

[@barneshomestead1240]

Remember the visit to the Dodgers game!

[@WinslowLeach1974]

Starring John-Anthony Bailey a.k.a. Jack Baker a.k.a. 'Sticks' from "Happy Days" a.k.a. future porno star! 😆 9:57 Marty Allen! He couldn't go anywhere without saying "Hello dere"

[@shavinmccrotch9435]

And we never noticed they wore the same clothes in every episode. 🤔

[@chad5893]

How much of a black stereotype do you want? Answer: Yes

[@jalaneperry7643]

Before i go much further we the Kroft super show First started you had three shows Wonderburg Dr shrinker ( jay Robinson Billy Barty) then Electra woman and Dtna girl it was great before they turned it into bay city ROLLARS excitement

[@glenncook6734]

11:40

[@johnpjones182]

Hello dere.

[@CycloptycFilms]

Live action Speed buggy

[@jefferybrown7842]

The Black dude stared in a few x rated films.

[@JJR93]

From like 1984 onward.

[@Steveshappylittletrees]

Wonderbug was a total ripoff of the speed buggy cartoon that ran from 1973 to 1983👍

[@HappycoloredGrimsby]

I mean both took heavy inspiration from the love bug and Hanna barbera aren’t exactly creative themselves either

[@fjccommish]

20+ year olds who look 30 playing teenagers. Awful.

[@glenncook6734]

0:47 11:40

[@thereasonwhy5188]

Wow i remeber this it was horrible.

[@stevenrussell5340]

A horrible take off Herbie the Love bug. Don't bother with this show.

[@deboralee1623]

?Marty Ingels as the Indian chief? [moments later, while reading the credits] yyyep. filmed in The Burbank Studios/Warner Bros.? i thinnnk so.