Sigmund & The Sea Monsters - First Season [DVD]

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Product Description Sigmund Ooze (Billy Barty) is a green, scaly sea monster who can't seem to scare anyone. His family-Big Daddy, Sweet Mama, and brothers Slurp and Blurp-show their compassion by kicking him out of their cave at Dead Man's Point. But his luck changes when he is befriended by much nicer brothers Johnny and Scott Stuart (Johnny Whitaker and Scott Kolden), who keep him in their backyard clubhouse, away from the public eye. This is a tale of two families, as only the incomparable Sid & Marty Krofft could imagine it.Track Listings: Monster Who Came To Dinner, Puppy Love, Frankenstein Drops In, Is there A Doctor in the House?, Happy Birthday, Nasty Nephew, Monster Rock Festival, Ghoul School Daze, Curfew, Shall Ring Tonight, Sweet Mama Redecorates, Make Room For Big Daddy, It's Your Move, Trigger Treat, Uncle Siggy Swings, Dinosour, Show, Wild Weekend, Boy For a Day. .com Sid and Marty Krofft created many wildly creative series for Saturday morning television. One of the most memorable was Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, the story of a sea creature, Sigmund, who runs away from his family's cave by the ocean and is adopted by two human children. The show gave us quite interesting characters like Sigmund, Big Mama, and Sheldon the Sea Genie (played by comedian Rip Taylor). The shows are chock full of pop culture references from the time period, and feature many familiar voices behind the monsters. Although the plot rarely changes (the kids must keep Sigmund hidden from the other humans around them, despite the trouble that he causes), they are all enjoyable to watch. Each episode concludes with a song written by the team of Boyce and Hart (responsible for many of the Monkees' early hits) and sung by star Johnnie Whitaker (Jody on Family Affair). Of course, the theme song, "Friends," is widely remembered and as hummable as it ever was. The foam rubber and goggle-eyed monsters are far from scary, but do provide a glimpse into the past, when high-tech special effects weren't necessary to create fantasy worlds. The show revels in its simplicity, and it appears as if the actors had as much fun making the series as we do watching it. --Zachary Lively