Fraggle Rock is an American animated television series based on the original live action version of the same name

Fraggle Rock

Fraggle Rock is a children's live action puppet television program series created by Jim Henson. The central characters were a set of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. The show ran from January 10, 1983, to March 30, 1987, on CBC Television in Canada, ITV in the UK, HBO in the United States,...

 created by Jim Henson

Jim Henson

James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for...

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NBC

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 aired this spin-off program on Saturday mornings for one season during 1987.

Synopsis

The animated series followed the same formula as the HBO original live-action series, including the same theme song. Many episodes consisted of two 15-minute stories; however, a few presented a single full 30-minute plot. The animated version carried on the tradition of original songs, with at least one tune per episode (including a few recycled from the puppet version, such as "Let Me Be Your Song").

In its original run, the animated episodes were book-ended by footage of the original puppet version of Uncle Traveling Matt, introducing the show from Doc's workshop. The animated version of Fraggle Rock was cancelled after only one season (13 episodes).

The most noticeable difference is that unlike the live-action version, the animated version of Doc is shown from the neck down, much like Nanny was on Muppet Babies

Muppet Babies

Jim Henson's Muppet Babies is an American animated television series that aired from September 15, 1984 to November 2, 1991 on CBS. The show portrayed childhood versions of the Muppets living together in a large nursery in the care of a human woman called Nanny...

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Episodes

1. A Growing Relationship/Where No Fraggle Has Gone Before (9/12/1987)
2. Big Trouble for a Little Fraggle/Necessity is the Fraggle of Invention (9/19/1987)
3. Gobo's Song/Homebody Matt (9/26/1987)
4. Laundry Never Lies/What Boober's Nose Knows (10/3/1987)
5. Mokey's Flood of Creativity/What the Doozers Did (10/10/1987)
6. No Fraggle is an Island (10/17/1987)
7. Red's Drippy Dilemma/The Funniest Joke in the Universe (10/24/1987)
8. The Best of the Best/Ambassador Gorg (10/31/1987)
9. The Great Fraggle Freeze (11/7/1987)
10. The Great Radish Round Up/Lucky Fargy (11/14/1987)
11. The Radish Fairy/Fraggle Babble (11/21/1987)
12. Wembley & the Bemble/A Fraggle for All Seasons (11/28/1987)
13. Wembley's Trip to Outer Space/Fraggle Fool's Day (12/5/1987)

Cast

• Bob Bergen
  Bob Bergen
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   – Wembley Fraggle, Cantus the Minstrel, The World's Oldest Fraggle, Gunge (in some episodes), Additional Voices
• Townsend Coleman
  Townsend Coleman
  Townsend Coleman is an American voice actor who performed in many animated series and TV commercials beginning in the early 1980s...
  
   – Gobo Fraggle, Wrench Doozer, Architect Doozer, Additional Voices
• Barbara Goodson
  Barbara Goodson
  Barbara Goodson is an American actress known mostly for her versatility in voicing original and dubbed cartoons. She is voted one of the ten best women to do the voices for young males in cartoons...
  
   – Red Fraggle, Wingnut Doozer, Additional Voices
• Michael Laskin - Junior Gorg
• Mona Marshall
  Mona Marshall
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   – Mokey Fraggle, Cotterpin Doozer, Additional Voices
• Patricia Parris
  Patricia Parris
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   - Ma Gorg, Additional Voices
• Rob Paulsen
  Rob Paulsen
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   – Boober Fraggle, Sprocket, Marjory the Trash Heap, Henchy Fraggle, Additional Voices
• Patrick Pinney
  Patrick Pinney
  Patrick Pinney is an American voice actor. He attended college at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he had many friends including assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris , with whom he costarred in "The...
  
   – Pa Gorg, Uncle Traveling Matt, Flange Doozer, Additional Voices
• Stu Rosen
  Stuart M. Rosen
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   - Storyteller Fraggle
• John Stephenson
  John Stephenson (actor)
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   – Jerome "Doc" Crystal, Philo, Gunge, Additional Voices

External links

• Muppet Wiki: Fraggle Rock (animated)