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Don’t know fraggle rock. We had “groundling marsh” which I understand is functionally the same thing.
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hyphz posted:I think I was pedantic enough even at that time to ask why she didn’t just hover 1cm off the ground instead of landing so her flying session would never end haha i was that kid too
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Mar 28, 2022 17:48
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precision posted:powerful troll but factually inaccurate. the dozers loved what they did and the stuff they built had literally only one purpose: to be subsumed into Fraggle tummies ah, so the doozers were more like slaves working corn fields. I still say they should be doing more terrorism. 
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Mar 28, 2022 17:49
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itt the dozers were analogous to computers or robots. they had no concept of self, or something, because as i said there was a girl dozer who wanted to do her own thing and it was a big deal "if there is any hope at all, it lies with the dozers"
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Mar 28, 2022 17:51
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Literally I think there was an episode where fraggles stopped eating Dozer buildings, thinking it would make them happy to keep their creations, and the Dozers were like WTF, eat them so we can build more in their place
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Mar 28, 2022 18:08
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precision posted:itt the dozers were analogous to computers or robots. they had no concept of self, or something, because as i said there was a girl dozer who wanted to do her own thing and it was a big deal seems like something a slaveowning muppet would say
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Mar 28, 2022 18:11
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Sexual Aluminum posted:The trash heap has spoken! I vaguely remember reading in a book that those guys were called Philo and Gunge but I don’t know if they ever said it in the show
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Mar 28, 2022 19:00
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Weird al wrote the theme! Foo fighters wrote the theme for the reboot!
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Mar 28, 2022 19:17
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I always thought the rocks looked tasty
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Mar 28, 2022 19:17
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Boober is the one in the hat who says "down in fraggle rock >:|" at the end of the theme song he's kind of the Squidward, he just wants nothing to do with whatever these other idiots are doing, except for his alternate personality Sidebottom, who is a party animal Red is a girl. she likes sports? never liked Red, she reminded me of my cousin Sara Wembley is yellow. he is always worried I forget the main one's name for some reason, but he's adventurous and always talking about adventures that his Uncle Traveling Matt went on there is also a tall one who's like your weird aunt who's into crystals those are the main five the fraggles live in harmony with these hard working little moles called Doozers. the Doozers are insane and only care about digging and building, and they hate to relax and have fun, and the Fraggles like evolved symbiotically to eat the Doozers' buildings and contribute nothing? I think it was supposed to be an environmentalist message, I read that somewhere there's also the old man and his dog but I don't remember much about them because I confused that part with The Borrowers at an early age and never detangled it. but he views the fraggles as pests and wants to exterminate them I think and there's a sentient compost heap, and a family of huge lumbering monsters that were having like an unrelated blue collar sitcom somewhere adjacent to the fraggles and the old man. for some reason none of my friends remember them, they only seem to remember the old man and the dog. for me, total opposite, monsters rule. I'm pretty sure they also view the fraggles as pests because the fraggles just take their poo poo, too. the fraggles are a loving menace there was an episode where the archie bunker monster was afraid of climbing a ladder, and at the climax of the episode he overcomes his fear and I remember being completely horrified when he starts climbing back down the ladder head-first I guess that's all I remember actually 👏👏 down in fraggle rock
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Mar 28, 2022 19:40
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The old man didn't know about the fraggles, so when they went topside ("outer space" as they referred to it) it was always a caper where they had to sneak around. The dog was aware of them and would try to convince the old man of their existence, but he never saw them. He thought the dog was full of poo poo.
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Mar 28, 2022 20:25
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hyphz posted:I vaguely remember reading in a book that those guys were called Philo and Gunge but I don’t know if they ever said it in the show I think the trash heap mentions it in a couple songs.
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Mar 28, 2022 21:03
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WHY BONER NOW posted:The old man didn't know about the fraggles, so when they went topside ("outer space" as they referred to it) it was always a caper where they had to sneak around. The dog was aware of them and would try to convince the old man of their existence, but he never saw them. He thought the dog was full of poo poo. i want to say the dog could talk
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Mar 28, 2022 21:19
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okay i started a free trail of apple tv so i gotta watch the whole thing in 7 days or pay the dreaded 5 dollars i'll post what i discover edit: THIS THEME SONG SLAPS SO HARD
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Mar 28, 2022 21:28
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haha nailed it. i said i thought one of them was a "bard" and in the first scene with Gobo hes got a lute edit: this show is hippie commie propaganda haha just like all good 70s and 80s kids shows made by hippies precision fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Mar 28, 2022 |
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Mar 28, 2022 21:34
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I had a friend who owned one of the original doozer puppets (I want to say it was cotterpin doozer, but I'm not sure.) Not sure if he or his wife got it in the divorce.
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Mar 28, 2022 22:45
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The only thing I know is that Pepperjack love Fraggle Rock
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Mar 29, 2022 00:51
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Pretty sure Phoebe from Friends was based on the new age hippie Fraggle. Now that I think about it I'm pretty sure Friends is just a rip off of Fraggle Rock.
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Mar 29, 2022 01:11
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Fraggle Rock was on pay tv so a dirty no-cable-having pov like myself had to settle for Go-Go-Gophers and other old poo poo.
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Mar 29, 2022 01:25
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Things I remember about Fraggle Rock: 1) I was very afraid of it at age 4 or 5, presumably for whatever stupid reasons little kids are afraid of things 2) My parents would make fun of me for it 3) There was a character named Wemberly (sp?) 3a) There was also a Wemberly Road in my neighborhood, and whenever we drove by it, my parents would make jokes about it and my being afraid of Fraggle Rock Now I have an anxiety disorder, goodbye!
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Mar 29, 2022 01:26
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Extra Large Marge posted:Pretty sure Phoebe from Friends was based on the new age hippie Fraggle. Moki is pretty dope. she's literally Your Hippie Aunt basically you got Gobo - Afraid/Brave (fears stuff a lot but when it comes to it he pulls through like a boss) Red - Brave/Stupid Wembley - Cowardly/Stupid Boober - Afraid/Smart Moki - Smart/Stupid (her fruity beliefs can be dumb and she's spacey but her and boober are the only ones that could find their butt with a map)
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I last watched Fraggle Rock about a decade ago when it was on Netflix, mostly to see if it held up, and you know what? It did. The whole idea was that the Fraggles, Doozers, and Gorgs live in a self-sustaining ecosystem built around the radishes grown by the Gorgs, and if anything disrupts the balance, all three societies would fall apart. The live-action segments were different in every country it aired in, hence the lighthouse keeper in some places and Doc in the others, and somebody else in still others. In France it was a baker. Doc always kind of reminded me of my grandfather, and the fact that he, my dad, and Granddad (still going strong at 92!) all have workshops is why I have positive associations with that word to this day. Kind of a shame that I never got into tools myself. There's one episode where Red and another Fraggle and Boober get trapped in a cave in, and the chances of rescue seem more remote as time goes on. At one point, Red wonders out loud with the heaviest question I can imagine for a children's show, "What do you think it's like to die?" *Edit* Unfortunately, I forgot the parameters of this thread, so parts of it (the baker and the quote) were googled. I will henceforth hang my head in shame. Keromaru5 fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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Mar 29, 2022 03:53
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Uncle Traveling Matt is the same voice he used for Doctor Teeth on the muppets which is lol
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lol, i endorse this thread, but I feel unwelcome, since I did so much research. Fraggle on, my friends. Fraggle on.
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Mar 29, 2022 04:16
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Cubone posted:Boober is the one in the hat who says "down in fraggle rock >:|" at the end of the theme song good recall. The fraggles just fraggle their lives away. Stealing radishes and generally being a nuisance. N.W.C nuisance while cute.
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despite being coded as old and German-Jewish (and also having big naked titties), the trash heap sings a blistering and sassy R&B number which includes an unironically incredible harp solo by one of the rats this show is a fuckin trip 
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Mar 29, 2022 05:09
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theres a variation of "fraggle rock" that i cannot post in GBS
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Mar 29, 2022 05:15
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Was Sir John Hurt in this? Or am I thinking of another Jim Henson show? edit: It turns out I was thinking of the StoryTeller. Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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Every single one of us is a Silly Creature of Outer Space. Also, it hasn’t been mentioned yet, but the Doozers’ construction was made from radishes, not crystals. It’s why the Fraggles loved to eat it. I remember an episode where one of the Fraggles (Mokey?) tells the others to stop eating Doozer construction because it’s insensitive and mean to the Doozers, so they do, and the Doozers construction goes uneaten until it fills up the entire Fraggle realm. HBO in the early ‘80s was badass. This poo poo was badass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NKoMNy5bY
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Mar 29, 2022 14:04
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I remember we got the full set of fraggle rock happy meal toys when I was a kid. I do not remember watching fraggle rock all that much though.
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You Are A Elf posted:Every single one of us is a Silly Creature of Outer Space. Also, it hasn’t been mentioned yet, but the Doozers’ construction was made from radishes, not crystals. It’s why the Fraggles loved to eat it. The doozers end up really depressed, because they've run out of space and can't build any more. Moki realizes that the doozers really like building and that eating the old constructions helps the doozers, so she recants and there is a general free for all of gorging on doozer structures. Happiness returns to the realm!
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i'm all about a 30 minute work week
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