The animated series episode 4 a fraggle for all seasons a growing relationship fraggle rock. Amazon prime video gets 2,500 hours of jim henson co. 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. 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. Palace released four fraggle rock animated videos each with three or four episodes in the uk during 1987.
The fraggle rock animated series is also included here in its entirety and fares a bit better than its live action counterpart. The series depicted a colorful and fun world, but it was also a world with a relatively complex ecosystem. Bland spinoff of henson series has some positive messages. May 28, 2009 in september 1987 fraggle rock reached a peak popularity and spawned its own animated series.
Boober is fed up because of fraggle rock is too crowded causing the other fraggles to move away and live alone. It was later shown in reruns on disney channel from may 5, 1990 2 to june 1995. Nbc aired this spinoff program on saturday mornings at 10. Fraggle rock the animated series episode 2 big trouble for. It was later shown in reruns on disney channel from may 5, 1990 to june 1995. The animated series is the episode followup to the classic live action series. 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. The animated series the jim henson company duration. Fans of all ages of the original fraggle rock can dance their cares away with the animated version. Following the success of the original fraggle rock series, the jim henson companys animated fraggle rock series 1987 is based on the universally. Apr 20, 2008 so fraggle rock the animated series is going to be on dvd. Jim hensons creation fraggle rock found another life as an animated series for saturday mornings on network tv.
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. The animated series 1987 tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Fraggle rock the animated series episode fraggle fools day wembleys trip to outer. Following the success of the original fraggle rock series, the jim henson companys animated series 1987 is based on the universally relatable origi.
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. The animated version of fraggle rock ran on nbc from 1987 to 1988. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series genre. The animated series the complete series dvd, 2010, 2disc set at the best online prices at. Nacelle company to produce docu about margaret loesch, tv exec behind batman and xmen animated series, mighty morphin power rangers. Has someone seen the show, i have just seen the start on youtube, is it good. Gobo fraggle voiced by townsend coleman and 1 other. She doesnt even seem to be bothered that the voices are different. 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.
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 used basically the same formula as the hbo original, including the same theme song. The fraggle rock cartoon was based very closely to the original series, even following up on some. We got this for our daughter who loves fraggle rock. Survived only one season on nbcs saturday morning lineup due to tough competition. 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 1987 starring townsend coleman and bob bergen on dvd and bluray. 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. The animated series episode 2 big trouble for a little fraggle necessity is the fraggle of invention. Apr 04, 2019 eight titles are available in all 68 countries on prime video including the u.
Stu rosen animated series based on jim hensons puppet series, fraggle rock. Does it start at the end of were the the fraggles left off. Fraggle rock itself was inhabited by a variety of creatures. 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.
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. The animated series features original music and embodies the same message of universal acceptance and peace that fraggle rock fans know and love. Eight titles are available in all 68 countries on prime video including the u. He spends much of his time in docs workshop, where his bed and food dish are, observing doc at work. Fraggle rock the animated series episode 2 big trouble for a. Apr 27, 2010 jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening theme. The animated series episodes, based on the original, liveaction puppet show. Based on the highly acclaimed liveaction series, fraggle rock gets animated.
Jim hensons creation fraggle rock found another life as an animated series for saturday. 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. While he doesnt always believe everything he hears, and can sometimes be too. As a result, he often catches gobo in the act of retrieving a discarded postcard from uncle traveling matt. Animated version of the popular muppet series fraggle rock. So fraggle rock the animated series is going to be on dvd. I appreciate the improvements, but they didnt blow me away. Fraggle rock like many classic childrens shows of its time did not talk down to kids nor underestimate their intelligence for that matter. 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. The animated series the complete series dvd, 2010, 2disc set at the best online prices at ebay. 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 set includes the shows episodes, and additional extras, including fraggle rock character galleries and original opening storyboard sequence, plus a featurette with coproducer. Nacelle company to produce margaret loesch docu, tv exec.
The animated series episode 3 the great radish round up lucky fargy fraggle rock. No fraggle is an island no fraggle is an island big trouble for a fraggle necessity is the fraggle of invention homebody matt. Gobo the leader of the fraggle five, gobo is a brave explorer who takes expeditions into faroff places, including outer space. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening. Fraggle rock the completed animated series 2018 rerelease all episodes. Watch fraggle rock season 1 episode 6 gobos song youtube. Shes had the complete original series for quite some time, but she had only caught glimpses of the animated series.
The different races of creatures were each connected through symbiosis, even though they never realized it. The complete series is a 2dvd set of the animated version of fraggle rock, which aired on nbc from 1987 to 1988. 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. Red prell puppet, barbara goodson animated, who is highly athletic, the best swimmer. In september 1987 fraggle rock reached a peak popularity and spawned its own animated series. Fraggle rock animated videography muppet wiki fandom. 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 is an american animated childrens television series based on the original live action version of the same name created by jim henson. This show was really cool since it had an assortment of strange characters like the fraggles, the doozers, and the fraggle capturing gorgs.
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. Based on the noted childrens fantasy series fraggle rock, which starred puppets, this animated version was made to run on saturday morning television. Mar 11, 2020 nacelle company to produce docu about margaret loesch, tv exec behind batman and xmen animated series, mighty morphin power rangers. The animated version of fraggle rock was cancelled after only one season episodes. The result of this idea was fraggle rock, produced for the cbc in canada, and aired on hbo in the u. 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.
Its not as good as the original series, but thats a tough act to follow after all. 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. The funloving fraggles gobo, red, mokey, wembley, boober, and all their. Its definitely an improvement over the previous dvds, in terms of clarity and color vibrancy, but its not exactly eyeopening. Jim hensons fraggle rock the animated series opening theme.