# Help me identify a show I saw in my youth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629 "2019-06-17T02:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mrdeals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629/1 "2019-06-17T02:30:14Z")
Back in 1998, 1999 I was watching TV land at about 3am, and a show came on I haven’t seen even the most remote reference to since. The show was from the 60s or 70s I remember the main character was a child, maybe 10-15 years old. The other main character, and I believe his name was part of the title of the show, was a pile of seaweed with legs. Sorry but that’s about all I remember! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629/2 "2019-06-17T02:32:12Z")
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters? ---
**Author:** ![Mrdeals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629/3 "2019-06-17T02:48:15Z")
Possibly, guess I don’t remember the monster having a face. But it must be what I was thinking of ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629/4 "2019-06-17T02:49:00Z")
James at 12? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629/5 "2019-06-17T02:51:52Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Sigmund and the Sea Monsters? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfWPZ6vT1-k) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629/6 "2019-06-17T03:03:55Z")
_Sigmund and the Sea Monsters_ was one of those Sid and Marty Krofft\* shows with weird characters voiced by cartoon actors like Mel Blanc or Dawes Butler. There were a lot of shows like that from them and others in the 60s and 70s, like _The Bugaloos_, _HR Pufnstuf_, and _Lidsville_. Clearly inspired by psychedelic drug trips, they often had cartoons in the middle, or pop song breaks, in the style of The Monkees or Comedy/Variety Shows. \*_They are both still alive_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-show-i-saw-in-my-youth/835629/7 "2019-06-17T04:19:57Z")
Yeah, I’ll pile on here. That pretty much had to be [Sigmund and the Sea Monsters](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069632/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1). My favorite Kroft production was the [Banana Splits](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062543/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3a). Though, at 7 years old when it first aired, I was probably right smack in their target demographic. I’m not sure I want to look at it with a critical eye today.