Here's how dumb I am: It never even occurred to me that McDonaldland ripped off H.R. Pufnstuf.
Awesome quote: "McDonald's and Needham responded that the show and the commercials weren't exactly the same. For example, Mayor McCheese and Pufnstuf were each the mayor of a fanciful land, but McCheese was a cheeseburger in pink formal wear while Pufnstuf was a dragon. Big difference! The jury, and later the appeals court, didn't buy it. "We do not believe that the ordinary reasonable person, let alone a child, viewing these works will even notice that Pufnstuf is wearing a cummerbund while Mayor McCheese is wearing a diplomat's sash," the appeals court wrote."
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According to the BBC Online, Jack Wild, who played Jimmy on Pufnstuf, died last night at the age of 53.
It was a pretty disturbing story to read....
Incidentally, Jack Wild, star of HR Pufnstuf and "Oliver!", has died at 53.
http://tinyurl.com/ggt5e
Speaking of HR Pufnstuf, did you see that Jack Wild died. Man, did he look bad by the end. I hardly recognized him as compared to the Pufnstuf days. Poor guy.
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