TV Land previously announced additional honorees for this year’s show including Don Rickles (Legend Award), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Legacy of Laughter Award), Married With Children (Innovator Award), ER, (Icon Award), M*A*S*H (Impact Award), Home Improvement (Fan Favorite Award), Magnum P.I. (Hero Award), Two and a Half Men (Future Classic Award) and Knots Landing (30th Anniversary Award).
Sid and Marty Krofft will be bestowed with the Pop Culture Award, which is presented to a producer whose body of work has crossed the line from ordinary to pop culture status.
After a background in puppeteering, vaudeville and the circus, Sid and Marty Krofft arrived in Hollywood to knock the cookie-cutter animation world of Saturday morning television upside down. Starting in 1969 with the innovative series H.R. Pufnstuf, they turned out a string of wild, vibrant, fast-paced children’s programs that captured the carefree spirit of the ’70s while creating many pop culture moments. The Kroffts’ idea of children’s programming was always inventive and psychedelic — infused with manic energy and wild campy humor. They expanded their horizons to create a whole new style of variety shows for adults that were fearless and funny. One of their memorable series was Land of the Lost, which has been remade as a feature film starring Will Ferrell as Park Ranger Rick Marshall.
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