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. As a result, he often catches gobo in the act of retrieving a discarded postcard from uncle traveling matt. The story goes that jim henson was taking a long and boring trip and mused aloud, id like to make a tv show that brings about world peace. Apr 20, 2008 so fraggle rock the animated series is going to be on dvd. 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. The animated series episode 4 a fraggle for all seasons a growing relationship fraggle rock. The animated series features original music and embodies the same message of universal acceptance and peace that fraggle rock fans know and love. Gobo the leader of the fraggle five, gobo is a brave explorer who takes expeditions into faroff places, including outer space. Shes had the complete original series for quite some time, but she had only caught glimpses of the animated series. 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 coproduced by british television company television south tvs, the canadian broadcasting corporation, u.
The set includes the shows episodes, and additional extras, including fraggle rock character galleries and original opening storyboard sequence, plus a featurette with coproducer. The animated series episodes, based on the original, liveaction puppet show. Nacelle company to produce margaret loesch docu, tv exec. Stu rosen animated series based on jim hensons puppet series, fraggle rock. The animated series play all episodes episode selections play all episodes no fraggle is an island play chapters big trouble for a little fraggle necessity is the fraggle of invention play chapters the great radish roundup lucky fargy play chapters a fraggle for all seasons a growing relationship play chapters. Boober is fed up because of fraggle rock is too crowded causing the other fraggles to move away and live alone. Does it start at the end of were the the fraggles left off. Other versions were made for fr3 in france, itv uk version with fulton mackay segments and germany and may not correlate with the details listed below. Nacelle company to produce docu about margaret loesch, tv exec behind batman and xmen animated series, mighty morphin power rangers. Mar 11, 2020 nacelle company to produce docu about margaret loesch, tv exec behind batman and xmen animated series, mighty morphin power rangers. When the sleeping slurp is awakened and takes over fraggle rock, the lonely fraggles must rally up and get the slurp out so they can reclaim their home. Fraggle rock the animated series episode 2 big trouble for.
The complete series is a 2dvd set of the animated version of fraggle rock, which aired on nbc from 1987 to 1988. I appreciate the improvements, but they didnt blow me away. 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. Fraggle rock itself was inhabited by a variety of creatures.
Its not as good as the original series, but thats a tough act to follow after all. The funloving fraggles gobo, red, mokey, wembley, boober, and all their. Watch fraggle rock season 1 episode 6 gobos song youtube. The fraggle rock cartoon was based very closely to the original series, even following up on some. Nbc aired this spinoff program on saturday mornings at 10. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series genre. No fraggle is an island no fraggle is an island big trouble for a fraggle necessity is the fraggle of invention homebody matt. The animated series the jim henson company duration. 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.
Gobo jerry nelson puppet, townsend coleman animated, the defacto leader of the group who was unusually levelheaded for a fraggle and played guitar when not exploring the rocks unknown regions. Based on the highly acclaimed liveaction series, fraggle rock gets animated. The series depicted a colorful and fun world, but it was also a world with a relatively complex ecosystem. 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. Bland spinoff of henson series has some positive messages. 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. 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. The animated series 1987 starring townsend coleman and bob bergen on dvd and bluray.
The animated series 1987, originally airing as part of nbcs saturday morning lineup, was a shortlived extension of the colorful fraggle world that many kids grew up withand in many ways, it was an equally strong effort. Fraggle rock like many classic childrens shows of its time did not talk down to kids nor underestimate their intelligence for that matter. Amazon prime video gets 2,500 hours of jim henson co. Following the success of the original fraggle rock series, the jim henson companys animated fraggle rock series 1987 is based on the universally relatable original storylines and beloved characters. The animated series is the episode followup to the classic live action series. May 28, 2009 in september 1987 fraggle rock reached a peak popularity and spawned its own animated series. Based on the noted childrens fantasy series fraggle rock, which starred puppets, this animated version was made to run on saturday morning television. She doesnt even seem to be bothered that the voices are different. The animated version of fraggle rock was cancelled after only one season episodes. The animated series used basically the same formula as the hbo original, including the same theme song. Has someone seen the show, i have just seen the start on youtube, is it good. But a magical stone causes him to grow so big that he must move out of fraggle rock and into the land of the gorgs. Following the success of the original fraggle rock series, the jim henson companys animated series 1987 is based on the universally relatable origi.
Sprocket is an intelligent sheepdog owned by doc on fraggle rock. Red prell puppet, barbara goodson animated, who is highly athletic, the best swimmer. It was later shown in reruns on disney channel from may 5, 1990 2 to june 1995. While he doesnt always believe everything he hears, and can sometimes be too. The fraggle rock animated series is also included here in its entirety and fares a bit better than its live action counterpart. The animated series episode 3 the great radish round up lucky fargy fraggle rock. Following the success of the original fraggle rock series, the jim henson companys animated fraggle rock series 1987 is based on the universally. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening. Its definitely an improvement over the previous dvds, in terms of clarity and color vibrancy, but its not exactly eyeopening. Apr 04, 2019 eight titles are available in all 68 countries on prime video including the u. Eight titles are available in all 68 countries on prime video including the u. Gobo fraggle voiced by townsend coleman and 1 other.
Fans of all ages of the original fraggle rock can dance their cares away with the animated version. Survived only one season on nbcs saturday morning lineup due to tough competition. The animated series 1987 tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Jim hensons creation fraggle rock found another life as an animated series for saturday.
Gobo fraggle frequently folds his paws and arms in the fraggle rock live action puppet series and shows his strings on his paws and arms in later appearances. Fraggle rock the animated series episode 2 big trouble for a. The different races of creatures were each connected through symbiosis, even though they never realized it. The most noticeable difference is that unlike the liveaction version, the animated version of doc is shown from the neck down, much like nanny was on muppet babies. Fraggle rock the animated series episode fraggle fools day wembleys trip to outer. The animated series the complete series dvd, 2010, 2disc set at the best online prices at. The animated series the complete series dvd, 2010, 2disc set at the best online prices at ebay. 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.
The animated series episode 2 big trouble for a little fraggle necessity is the fraggle of invention. Fraggle rock the completed animated series 2018 rerelease all episodes. Jim hensons creation fraggle rock found another life as an animated series for saturday mornings on network tv. Apr 27, 2010 jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening theme. He spends much of his time in docs workshop, where his bed and food dish are, observing doc at work.
Following the success of the original fraggle rock series, the jim henson companys animated series 1987 is based on the universally relatable original storylines and beloved characters. In september 1987 fraggle rock reached a peak popularity and spawned its own animated series. So fraggle rock the animated series is going to be on dvd. We got this for our daughter who loves fraggle rock. Gobo fraggle did not sing in the key of e flat major or c minor in the fraggle rock live action puppet series but he did three e flat major songs in the animated series. It was later shown in reruns on disney channel from may 5, 1990 to june 1995. Oct 12, 2018 fraggle rock is summed up as such on the back of the case. Red has so much fun playing a joke on mokey that she decides to. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening theme. This show was really cool since it had an assortment of strange characters like the fraggles, the doozers, and the fraggle capturing gorgs. Palace released four fraggle rock animated videos each with three or four episodes in the uk during 1987.