The theme character of the fair was a dragon named Luther created by Sid and Marty Krofft, who was later renamed and starred in the Krofft's Saturday morning show H.R. Pufnstuf.
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The main premise of the television show H.R. Pufnstuf was taken from their production for the Coca-Cola pavilion at the fair.
H.R. Pufnstuf - Voices of H.R. Pufnstuf, Bela Lugosi Tree, Dr. Blinky's Talking Book, Orson Vulture, Polka Dotted Horse, Stupid Bat, Pop Lolly, West Wind
He also wrote for numerous cartoon series including Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Berenstain Bears, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Tiny Toon Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as well as Saturday morning series such as various Sid and Marty Krofft's H.R. Pufnstuf series.
Edmiston also did many television commercials and cartoon character voices, such as "Ernie the Keebler Elf" in hundreds of commercials for the cookie products of the Keebler Company, and voices for characters on H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos from the studios of Sid and Marty Krofft, as well as a recurring role as Enik the Altrusian on that studio's Land of the Lost.
He directed episodes of a wide variety of U.S. television series from the 1950s through the 1980s, including McHale's Navy, Adam-12, The Dukes of Hazzard, H.R. Pufnstuf, and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.