Editing Sid and Marty Krofft (section)

==Early years==
The Krofft brothers, Sid and Marty, were both born in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada, on July 30, 1929,{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} and April 9, 1937 {{citation needed|date=December 2023}} respectively. They are of Greek and Hungarian descent, with their original surname being Yolas.<ref name="TM">{{cite web |last=Ingall |first=Marjorie |date=October 16, 2017 |title=Sid and Marty Krofft: Not Stoned, Not Jewish, but Great and Back with 'Sigmund' Reboot |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/sid-and-marty-krofft-not-stoned-not-jewish-but-great-and-back-with-sigmund-reboot |access-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004235121/https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/sid-and-marty-krofft-not-stoned-not-jewish-but-great-and-back-with-sigmund-reboot |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Andy |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |last3=Kit |date=January 15, 2016 |title=Inside Sid & Marty Krofft's Trippy World: 'We Screwed with Every Kid's Mind' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/inside-sid-marty-kroffts-trippy-856067/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321191309/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/inside-sid-marty-kroffts-trippy-856067/ |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=}}</ref> For years, they claimed to have been the fifth generation of puppeteers in their family but revealed in 2008 that this story had been invented by a publicist in the 1940s. Their father Peter was a clock salesman who moved from Canada to [[Providence, Rhode Island]], and then to [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=July 26, 2008 |title=It's the Sid and Marty show |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-26-et-kroffts26-story.html |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402004205/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-26-et-kroffts26-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sid Krofft became a popular [[puppeteer]] who worked in [[vaudeville]]{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} and was a featured player with the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]]. In the 1940s, Sid created a one-man puppet show regularly performed at burlesque shows as a teenager. A night club promoter from the Catskills was convinced by Sid to create a show he named from the name, Sydney Snitkovsk. Sid added an extra F due to its short length to "The Unusual Artistry of Sid Krofft",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Jamie |date=March 23, 2024 |title=Jamie Kennedy Patreon 2 Hour UNCUT Interview with Legend Sid Krofft |url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/2-hour-uncut-sid-100942835 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=Jamie Kennedy Patreon 2 Hour UNCUT Interview with Legend Sid Krofft}}</ref> that began to be performed throughout the world. His father joined him on tour in Paris while Marty stayed in New York, where he began using his older brother's puppets to earn money by staging performances. By the 1950s, the Krofft brothers were working together, and in 1957, they developed ''[[Les Poupées de Paris]]'', a puppet show with more mature themes. One of their early exposures to a television audience was the premiere episode of ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' in 1965.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}