Product Details

• Actors: John McIndoe, Wayne Laryea, John Philpott, Caroline Ellis, Martha Raye
• Writers: Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• VHS Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003PE9F
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #503,992 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Additional Features

This video comes with a collectable Sparky plush character, which is not separately available for sale anywhere.

From the back cover

"Lady, You Don't Look Eighty" (episode 7)--As a prank, IQ and Courage fool Sparky into believing Joy is actually 80 years old on her birthday. When Benita overhears this and believes it, she will do anything to steal the secret of Joy's youth. She kidnaps Sparky, hoping to force him to reveal the location of a fountain of youth. "Benita the Beautiful" (episode 8)--Benita wants to win a beauty contest sponsored by the local disk jockey, Peter Platter, and she is willing to resort to unfair methods to achieve her goal, including kidnapping the other contestants. But the Bugaloos offer another way.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A real treat, May 31, 2000

By 

Jim Kingman (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bugaloos 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In Tranquility Forest, the Bugaloos (handsome lads IQ, Harmony, and Courage; and Joy, the most captivating lass to ever grace Saturday morning television) live with their friend, Sparky the Firefly. As a band, they practice soft pop music that they perform for the hip and happening folks in nearby Rock City. The Bugaloos keep their surroundings clean, skysurf, and consistently find themselves thwarting the mad escapades of Benita Bizarre and her cronies. Probably the most obscure and arguably the least popular of the Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning live action shows, "The Bugaloos" retains an innocent charm that I feel surpasses the more well-known "Lidsville" and "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters." Credit this to some genuinely funny scripts, incredible color, and Martha Raye's over-the-top performance as Benita Bizarre. The songs are also a delight, an idealized cross between The Carpenters and The Archies (so don't be surprised to find yourself humming the tunes when you least expect it). A real treat for youngsters and those who were five- to ten-years old in 1970-71 and in time may have forgotten a lost treasure.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Saturday morning memories, October 9, 2001

By 

Helen H. Ismail (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bugaloos 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I loved this TV show as a child and I'm glad I can share the silly tales and sweet songs with my children. The "Sparky" doll
was a bit smaller than I thought he would be but he's cute all the same. If you're old enough to remember the Bugaloos and all the other wacky Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning shows, and loved them as much as I did, you need to have this video in your collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's nothing like the bugaloos, January 29, 2003

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David Michael Cohen (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bugaloos 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Even for a Krofft show, the Bugaloos was different. Most Krofft shows focused on heroes who wanted to get home (i.e. Pufnstuff or Land of the Lost). A few others focused on heroes who were on the look out for excitement (wonderbug, Electra Woman and Dyna-girl). The Bugaloos, however, were happy where they were. They didn't go looking for excitement, all they wanted was tranquility. The desire to just be at peace and play beautiful music set the distinctive tone for the series.

I won't bother reviewing the plots for the episodes on this tape. I'm sure anyone interested in them has already seen the show, and probably the episodes as well. I bought this tape and others for my daughters, and they just love them. They love the music, I've even caught them singing them to themselves. They think sparky is funny, and my oldest loves to pretend she's Benita Bizarre. I was concerned that they wouldn't like them, being kids of the the modern world, but even modern kids can appreciate Krofft craziness and vision, just like we did in the 70's.