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Far Out SciFi Worlds of Sid and Marty Krofft

Brothers Sid and Marty Krofft first came to fame with their touring puppet show "Les PoupĂ©es de Paris" in the 1970s which featured topless puppets, and puppet-on-puppet sex long before Avenue Q or Team America. They later made the move to television with the trippy H.R. Pufnstuf in 1969, which they swear was not drug influenced, nor was the Donny & Marie show, which they created as well. But here at io9, we'll always remember their wacky-ass forays into science fiction. Find out everything you wanted to know about the Krofft scifi shows of yesteryear in today's triviagasm. More »

3:13 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,287 views, 33 comments

Latest by Kevin Kelly: @edosan: Check out our Land of the Lost triviagasm for proper cred! more »

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The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies

On Friday we told you about the pervasive use of the Wilhelm Scream through movies, tv shows, and video games, but today we bring you something even closer to the hearts of science fiction history: Castle Thunder. It's been used to bring assembled body parts back to life, to send people back to the future, and to herald the ominous approach of spooky evil mad scientists who want to shrink you and your friends down to miniature size. Find out all about this multi-purpose noise below. More »

11:00 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,829 views, 21 comments

Latest by Judd Sandage: @workingonyourinvoice: DUDE, I used to work at CompUSA before WinXP came out and I heard that every morning I worked and every evening I worked, I would hear that from 2 dozen plus computers, and we just called them giggling more »