Oct 04, 2010 so without further ado, i bring you my day with the animated fraggle rock. Still, it was a good show, it just didnt come close to the live action show. Fraggle rock is a childrens television series that was created by jim henson, primarily featuring a cast of muppet creatures called fraggles the vision of fraggle rock articulated by jim henson was to depict a colorful and fun world, but also a world with a relatively complex system of symbiotic relationships between different races of creatures, an allegory to the human world, where each. Hbo plans to repeat all 96 episodes of fraggle rock and also will spotlight henson and the muppeteers in a special, down behind the scenes at fraggle rock in july. The show is just as much fun as it ever was, filled to the brim with colorful characters and wild amounts of inventive imagination. It just amazes me why they would make an animated show after the live action show had at the time ended its run. The animated series was essentially the same as the previous show, though the majority of the episodes were broken up into two story segments.
In the liveaction seriess finale, the theme song is played one as the credits roll, and doc delivers the last line of down in fraggle rock. Fraggle rock ending 1985 theme vhs capture youtube. Original ending credits to the christmas episode the bells of fraggle rock 3572. The different races of creatures were each connected through symbiosis, even though they never realized it. Fraggle rock also known as jim hensons fraggle rock or fraggle rock with jim hensons muppets is a canadianbritishamerican childrens puppet television series about interconnected societies of muppet creatures, created by jim henson. Fraggle rock was located on a rock headland or island at a sea coast actually called fraggle rock in the show. The animated series is the nbc cartoon spinoff of hbos liveaction series created by jim henson, bringing us the classic formula of the original fraggles, with the same theme song. The great radish round up lucky fargy september 26, 1987. The tradition of original music was continued with at least one per episode. Gobo the leader of the fraggle five, gobo is a brave explorer who takes expeditions into faroff places, including outer space.
The series depicted a colorful and fun world, but it was also a world with a relatively complex ecosystem. While he doesnt always believe everything he hears, and can sometimes be too. My day with the animated fraggle rock, part 1 muppet fans. Originally, five different endings for the opening, with each of the main fraggles saying down at fraggle rock, were filmed and meant to alternate between episodes. For example, in the terrible tunnel episode, wembley eerily whispers, down at fraggle rock. Watch fraggle rock episodes online season 1 1987 tv. The main entrance to their home is a hole in the wall of a workshop kept by an inventor named. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
My emotion was partly at sensing that this was the end of the series, and partly at the knowledge that my children would not be amused by this fact. Its original run was 19831987, but i used to watch reruns on ytv i was born in 92. Along the way, he meets doc face to face for the first time. Wembley and the gorgs vhs hbo video, 1986 where it all began vhs and dvd hit. The gorgs decide to stop planting radishes and plant only binoony berries, which fraggles cant. Conductor visits fraggle rock contentsshow intro minor guest stars main trivia live action fraggle rock scenes will be used before and after the animated episode of a character having a. Intros 7 credits 2 youtube videos 0 covers 1 quotes 0 comments 16. Jim hensons creation fraggle rock found another life as an animated series for saturday mornings on network tv. Foodsfisherpricemagicmariomattelpost foodschuck e cheese. The animated series used basically the same formula as the hbo original, including the same theme song. Cropped credits seen on most recent hbo airings 5708. Cantus and the minstrels are back and ready to perform the song of songs, but first gobo must find the honk of honks. Fraggle rock the animated series episode fraggle fools day wembleys trip to outer.
Conductor visits fraggle rock animated series is a crossover series in the animated series edition of fraggle rock it will also use unused stories from mr. This marks the third of three times that the regular scat version of the theme is being replaced by an alternate song during the end credits. The end of the music video also includes ben folds, the characters played by chris hardwick, rob corddry, and anna kendrick, and red fraggle singing the fraggle rock theme song with boober quoting down at fraggle rock at the end as usual. Nov 23, 2009 i believe this is the first english version of this to be uploaded.
The animated series the complete series dvd, 2010, 2disc set at the best online prices at. But a magical stone causes him to grow so big that he must move out of fraggle rock and into the land of gorgs. The closing credits include a dedication to muppet designer don sahlin, who died in 1978, five years before fraggle rock debuted. She doesnt even seem to be bothered that the voices are different. The animated series is an american animated childrens television series based on the original live action version of the same name created by jim henson. Original ending credits to the christmas episode the bells of fraggle rock.
Big trouble for a little fraggle wembley, the smallest fraggle, wishes he were bigger. Anyway, this is the ending to fraggle rock, a canadian tv show which became popular worldwide. Shes had the complete original series for quite some time, but she had only caught glimpses of the animated series. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening theme. Based on the highly acclaimed liveaction series, fraggle rock gets animated.
In the cartoonishanimated intro, the roland d50 patch pianofifty was heard. However, the one with boober was the only one consistently used. In september 1987 fraggle rock reached a peak popularity and spawned its own animated series. We got this for our daughter who loves fraggle rock. Assembly required furniture is shipped in one or more flat pack boxes and includes easytofollow assembly instructions. Fans of all ages of the original fraggle rock can dance their cares away with the animated version. Ten seconds into the intro and i can tell that this show is going to try a little too hard to recreate the original show while just barely missing the point. Nebraska furniture mart does not offer assembly of these items. Opening titles from the cartoon version of fraggle rock, recorded from nickelodeon uk in 2002.
This is an episode guide for fraggle rock, a childrens television series created by jim henson, with episode descriptions below for the original englishlanguage north american version of the program broadcast by cbc and hbo. Still, it was a good show, it just didnt come close. The other two episodes are the bells of fraggle rock and the river of life. The fraggle rock cartoon was based very closely to the original series, even following up on some episodes. Fraggle rock is a canadianbritishamerican childrens puppet television series about. The result of this idea was fraggle rock, produced for the cbc in canada, and aired on hbo in the u. The adventures of the various inhabitants of an underground civilization. If fraggle rock makes a reboot, this theme song will be perfect from change of address 1987.
This is more of a missed opportunity on sonys part. My husband and i purchased the entire fraggle rock series for our baby due later this year. Theme for fraggle rock ending 1985 captured from the fraggle rock scared silly 1985 vhs tape. The animated series is the episode followup to the classic live action series. Feb 19, 20 opening titles from the cartoon version of fraggle rock, recorded from nickelodeon uk in 2002. Fraggle rock muppet master jim hensons popular childrens series about funloving creatures who live underground, along with the workaholic doozers and the giant gorgs. Fraggle rock the animated series end credits youtube. With karen prell, gerard parkes, kathryn mullen, steve whitmire. Survived only one season on nbcs saturday morning lineup due to tough competition peewees playhouse at the height of its popularity and because it just wasnt as good as its liveaction inspiration.
Henson described the fraggle rock series as a highenergy, raucous. There was also a video depicting the making of the music video with interviews with ben folds, chris. The fraggles are funloving muppets who live underground and enjoy singing, dancing, and eating doozer sticks. Sprocket performed by steve whitmire in the liveaction series, voiced by rob paulsen in the animated series sprocket is docs dog. Doc and sprocket end up adjusting to the muppets and the characters from sesame street even to the part where doc volunteers to. Their good friends are another species known as the doozers, who work making the beloved doozer sticks and have no time for fun and games. Animated version of the popular muppet series fraggle rock. Fraggle rock ending credits to the final episode original hbo.
Gobos uncle matt discovers the opening to outer space and sets off to explore it, leaving gobo behind to explore fraggle rock and pick up the postcards matt will send. Down at fraggle rock down in fraggle rock is an opening and ending song. Necessity is the fraggle of inventionindecisive wembley has a hard time coming up with an invention for fantastic fraggle thinkup day. The animated version of fraggle rock ran on nbc from 1987 to 1988.
Each episodes are introduced by the live action puppet form of uncle traveling matt sitting in docs workshop. Nbc aired this spinoff program on saturday mornings at 10. Foods fisherpricemagicmariomattelpost foodschuck e cheese. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening. The lighthouse was the home of the captain, a retired sailor and the uk version of the doc character, played by fulton mackay. A band of traveling musicians comes to fraggle rock to present an ancient fraggle tradition the medley. Fraggle rock simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Released first to test the home video market for product demand on july 20th of 2004, the disc and its vhs counterpart released at the same time included two episodes strung together for a 47 minute running time starting with an opening theme, redone credits at the end for both. Fraggle rock the animated series episode 3 the great radish round. Like the original fraggle rock, this series follows the adventures of a group of tiny creatures with fuzzy heads and tails, who live in a secret subterranean world with many other strange. For instance, the subtitle was colored pink in some airings, the coming to video this spring trailer seen on early jim henson video releases like the muppet movie, the great muppet caper and its the muppets. Not that im saying that this animated version of the smash hit show fraggle rock was bad, it just wasnt as good as its live action predecessor. Its not as good as the original series, but thats a tough act to follow after all. Where it all began was distributed by hit entertainment as the first release of fraggle rock on region 1 dvd.
All my uploads are from my own collection of video clips taped on vhs from my childhood please do. Fraggle rock the animated series end credits duration. Based on the noted childrens fantasy series fraggle rock, which starred puppets, this animated version was made to run on saturday morning television. The funloving fraggles gobo, red, mokey, wembley, boober, and all their friends explore new horizons, frolicking about in the wondrous maze of colorful caverns that make up the fantastic, fairytale landscape that the fraggles call home. An animated fraggle rock series aired for one season on nbcs saturday morning lineup in 1987. When red gets carried away in her desire to participate and steals the musicians magic pipe, will the medley ever be presented. Towards the end of the opening sequence, the with jim hensons muppets subtitle usually appears in cyan color, but recolored variants also exist.
974 1284 458 663 216 837 615 612 599 920 1575 157 1281 426 822 795 857 848 1022 862 305 571 571 963 3 1531 235 939 1537 1148 902 1321 1350 225 1493 201 1226 968 1418 195 392 361 1016 41 859 659