Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
An animated spin-off of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock.
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series is an American animated children's television series based on the live-action Fraggle Rock created by Jim Henson. It aired on NBC Saturday mornings during 1987 and later reran on Disney Channel from May 5, 1990 to June 1995.
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Jim Henson
- Developer
- John Semper; Cynthia Friedlob
- Producer
- Mark Johnson
- Executive producers
- Jim Henson; Margaret Loesch
- Theme music
- Margaret Loesch
- Opening theme
- "Down at Fraggle Rock"
- End theme
- "Down at Fraggle Rock" (instrumental)
- Composer
- Robert J. Walsh
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Synopsis
The cartoon version of Fraggle Rock kept the same structure as the original puppet show, including its theme song, though the voice actors for the animated characters recorded a new version. Most episodes were split into two fifteen-minute segments, but a handful told a single half-hour story. The series continued the tradition of original music, with at least one song per episode, and a few tunes, like "Let Me Be Your Song," were taken from the live-action show. Each episode originally began and ended with live-action footage of Uncle Traveling Matt in Doc's workshop. A key difference from the puppet series is that Doc is only shown from the neck down, much like Nanny in Muppet Babies. The animated series ran for thirteen episodes.
Home media
In the UK, Palace Video released two VHS tapes, each with two full episodes. HIT Entertainment released a single-disc DVD titled "Dance Your Cares Away!" in 2005 featuring the first two episodes. Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the complete series on a two-disc DVD set in the US on January 19, 2010. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced a 12-disc complete series Blu-ray set of the main Fraggle Rock series on July 11, 2018, including all 13 animated episodes, and released it on September 25, 2018, alongside a separate 2-disc animated series set.
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