Talk:Van Snowden

A fact from Van Snowden appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 October 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that puppeteer Van Snowden, who performed the puppetry for the H.R. Pufnstuf and Crypt Keeper characters, also developed the facial movements for Furby toys?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/October.

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H.R. Pufnstuf[edit]

Either I'm reading the referencing material wrong, or the person who wrote this article is misinterpreting it. This article says "Snowden performed as the H.R. Pufnstuf character on nearly every episode of the television show of the same name from 1969 to 1971", but the Hollywood Reporter Obituary says: "Snowden began with Sid and Marty Krofft, played H.R. Pufnstuf and appeared in almost every TV show the brothers produced." and "Snowden's career took off when he played the helpful dragon H.R. Pufnstuf in the 1970 film Pufnstuf."

The first Hollywood Reporter quote implies that he played a part in every show they put on, not that he played the part of Pufnstsuf in every episode. The second quote implies that he didn't start his work with the Krofts until the movie (which was produced after the TV show) The H.R. Pufnstuf article credits someone else with the role in the TV show and Van Snowden in the movie. Can anyone see anything in the Hollywood Reporter article to support the claims in the article? Or should the article be changed to support the references? 96.252.95.7 (talk) 21:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]