Lidsville [SEP] cast member
title and subject matter were often interpreted as references to drug use: the word "lid" is slang for a hat or cap (as in "flip your lid"), but "lid" is also early-1970s slang for an ounce of cannabis (marijuana).
Like most children's television shows of the era, "Lidsville" contained a laugh track.
Plot.
The show involved a teenage boy named Mark (Butch Patrick) who fell into the hat of Merlo the Magician (Charles Nelson Reilly
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- Nursie (voiced by Joan Gerber) performed by Joy Campbell - A bespectacled nurse's hat who is the closest thing Lidsville has to a doctor.
- Twirly (voiced by Joan Gerber) - A beanie hat. Apparently the youngest member of the cast, he speaks with a little boy voice and can use his propeller to fly.
- Colonel Poom (performed by Felix Silla, voiced by Lennie Weinrib in a British accent) - A pith helmet who is the unofficial leader of the good