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.
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.
Marty Robbins | Sid Caesar | Sid James | Marty Friedman | Sid Vicious | Sid and Nancy | Marty McFly | Marty Schottenheimer | Marty Friedman (musician) | Marty Ehrlich | SID | Sid Meier | Marty Willson-Piper | Marty Stuart | Sid and Marty Krofft | Marty Meehan | Marty Glickman | Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | Sid Haig | Sid Gillman | Sid Ganis | Sid Collins | Sid Bream | MOS Technology SID | Marty Markowitz | Marty Feldman | Marty Allen | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Silvia Marty | Sid Waddell |
After Family Affair, Whitaker went on to star in the 1973 Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning children's series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters alongside Billy Barty and Scott Kolden, as well as appearing in feature films, including Disney's Snowball Express, The Biscuit Eater, Napoleon and Samantha and The Magic Pony.
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.
Hayes portrayed a similar character in other roles, including Episode 8.10 of Bewitched ("Hansel and Gretel in Samantha-Land"), Weenie the Genie in the Sid and Marty Krofft program Lidsville, and Maw Weskitt in Episode 39 of the second season of The Monkees ("Hillbilly Honeymoon").
The book features previously unpublished photographs, and interviews, including those with Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Geri Reischl ("Fake Jan"), Mike Lookinland, Ann B. Davis, Sherwood Schwartz, Lloyd Schwartz, Sid and Marty Krofft, Rip Taylor, Bruce Vilanch, and Paul Shaffer.