Sid Krofft, born Cydus Yolas, is a Canadian puppeteer who created and produced a wide array of series and specials for American television with his brother, Marty, beginning in the 1960s.
Born in 1929 to Peter Yolas, a clock salesman, and wife Mary, Cydus Yolas (later to be known as Sid Krofft) took an interest in puppeteering at an early age. By 1937, Sid was staging puppet shows in the family's back yard with paper puppets, and the boy planned ...
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Sid Krofft, born Cydus Yolas, is a Canadian puppeteer who created and produced a wide array of series and specials for American television with his brother, Marty, beginning in the 1960s.
Born in 1929 to Peter Yolas, a clock salesman, and wife Mary, Cydus Yolas (later to be known as Sid Krofft) took an interest in puppeteering at an early age. By 1937, Sid was staging puppet shows in the family's back yard with paper puppets, and the boy planned to charge peers a penny to view it. When his parents nixed that idea, Sid instead charged friends a button to see the show (buttons became the standard currency on Living Island decades later in H.R. Pufnstuf). Encouraged by his family, Sid took his act on the road starring in circuses, carnivals and burlesque shows, and he was soon joined by his father, who worked as apprentice to the young Sid.
By the 1950s, Sid was touring as the opening act for numerous celebrities, including Judy Garland, Liberace, Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin. Sid was in...
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