| rdfs:comment | - Fraggle Rock is a British/American/Canadian children's live action puppet television series created by Jim Henson, about a society of Muppet creatures called Fraggles.
- Fraggle Rock is a children's television series that was created by Jim Henson, primarily featuring a cast of Muppet creatures called Fraggles. The vision of Fraggle Rock articulated by Jim Henson was to depict a colorful and fun world, but also a world with a relatively complex system of symbiotic relationships between different "races" of creatures, an allegory to the human world, where each group was somewhat unaware of how interconnected and important they were to one another. This allegorical world allowed the program to entertain and amuse while seriously exploring complex issues of prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, environment, and social conflict.
- The story goes that Jim Henson was taking a long and boring trip and mused aloud, "I'd like to make a TV show that brings about world peace." The result of this idea was Fraggle Rock, produced for the CBC in Canada, and aired on HBO in the U.S. in 1983-87. The series depicted a colorful and fun world, but it was also a world with a relatively complex ecosystem. The different races of creatures were each connected through symbiosis, even though they never realized it. This was meant as an allegory of the human world, where each group was somewhat unaware of how interconnected and important they were to one another. Creating this allegorical world allowed the program to entertain and amuse while seriously exploring complex issues of prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, ecology, and so
- Fraggle Rock was a television series that aired on HBO from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987. 96 Episodes were made. Brian Henson announced that Fraggle Rock: The Movie is in production in 2008 or 2009. Fraggle Rock was one of the first international television series in History. The Show was Created by Jim Henson. There are four main species in Fraggle Rock, The Humans which was Doc and his Dog Sprocket, The Fraggles, the giant Gorgs, and the Doozers.
- Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock was a children's live action puppet television series that originally aired from 1983 to 1987. The central characters were a set of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. The series lasted 96 episodes. The main Fraggles, known as the Fraggle Five, are Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey and Boober. Other Fraggles include Traveling Matt, Gobo's uncle who explores "Outer Space" for most of the series and sends postcards to Gobo, Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Lou Fraggle, Storyteller Fraggle and World's Oldest Fraggle.
- You can use the box below to create new pages for this mini-wiki. preload=Fraggle Rock/preload editintro=Fraggle Rock/editintro width=25 Fraggle Rock (also known as Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock or Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson’s Muppets) is a British/American/Canadian children’s live action puppet television series created by Jim Henson that is about a society of Muppet creatures called “Fraggles”.
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| abstract | - Fraggle Rock is a British/American/Canadian children's live action puppet television series created by Jim Henson, about a society of Muppet creatures called Fraggles.
- The story goes that Jim Henson was taking a long and boring trip and mused aloud, "I'd like to make a TV show that brings about world peace." The result of this idea was Fraggle Rock, produced for the CBC in Canada, and aired on HBO in the U.S. in 1983-87. The series depicted a colorful and fun world, but it was also a world with a relatively complex ecosystem. The different races of creatures were each connected through symbiosis, even though they never realized it. This was meant as an allegory of the human world, where each group was somewhat unaware of how interconnected and important they were to one another. Creating this allegorical world allowed the program to entertain and amuse while seriously exploring complex issues of prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, ecology, and social conflict. The series' triumph, by far, was being able to express all of this onscreen without being Anvilicious or insulting the intelligence of its young audience. By the second season, there wasn't an issue they wouldn't tackle. The writers refused to over-simplify any individual issue, and instead simply illustrated the consequences and inherent difficulties of different actions and relationships. Though the Fraggles do learn important lessons, they are rarely self-conscious about it. And furthermore, the series is fun as hell. With wall-to-wall music and engaging characters in a fantastic, well-realized setting, you barely notice that you're learning any life lessons at all. It also contains some of the most astonishing and ingenious special effects ever devised for a Muppet series. Many have argued that the series is even better when you go back and watch it as an adult with your own children. The ideals of friendship, being true to yourself and learning to love those who are incredibly different were the cornerstones of Jim Henson's work throughout his career, and he considered Fraggle Rock to be one of the purest and most successful expressions of that vision. In turn, many Henson fans have agreed that Fraggle Rock may be his masterpiece. A far less successful Animated Adaptation for NBC followed in 1987-88, which was animated by the same crew who worked on Muppet Babies. It was released on DVD in January 2010. A comic book continuation by Archaia Entertainment began in 2010 and is still running. Fraggle Rock is part of the programming schedule for The Hub. Not to be confused with where the pilgrims landed.
- Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock was a children's live action puppet television series that originally aired from 1983 to 1987. The central characters were a set of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. The series lasted 96 episodes. The main Fraggles, known as the Fraggle Five, are Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey and Boober. Other Fraggles include Traveling Matt, Gobo's uncle who explores "Outer Space" for most of the series and sends postcards to Gobo, Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Lou Fraggle, Storyteller Fraggle and World's Oldest Fraggle. Other characters in the Fraggle universe include the Doozers, the Gorgs, Marjory the Trash Heap (the Fraggles' oracle), and Philo and Gunge, the Trash Heap's heralds. The ""silly creatures in Outer Space" include Doc, an inventor who owns a workshop with a small hole that leads to Fraggle Rock and his dog, Sprocket. An animated television series aired for one season in 1987.
- Fraggle Rock is a children's television series that was created by Jim Henson, primarily featuring a cast of Muppet creatures called Fraggles. The vision of Fraggle Rock articulated by Jim Henson was to depict a colorful and fun world, but also a world with a relatively complex system of symbiotic relationships between different "races" of creatures, an allegory to the human world, where each group was somewhat unaware of how interconnected and important they were to one another. This allegorical world allowed the program to entertain and amuse while seriously exploring complex issues of prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, environment, and social conflict. The show was also specifically designed for international co-production, constructed in such a way that it could easily be tailored to different countries and cultures. Fraggle Rock generally refused to over-simplify any individual issue, instead simply illustrating the consequences and inherent difficulties of different actions and relationships. Though the Fraggles do learn important lessons, they rarely are aware that they are learning them. The ideals of friendship, being true to yourself, and learning to love those who are incredibly different, were the cornerstone of Jim Henson's work throughout his career, and he considered Fraggle Rock to be one of the purest and most successful expressions of that vision.
- Fraggle Rock was a television series that aired on HBO from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987. 96 Episodes were made. Brian Henson announced that Fraggle Rock: The Movie is in production in 2008 or 2009. Fraggle Rock was one of the first international television series in History. The Show was Created by Jim Henson. There are four main species in Fraggle Rock, The Humans which was Doc and his Dog Sprocket, The Fraggles, the giant Gorgs, and the Doozers. The first and second season have been released by HIT Entertainment. The first season included a behind the scenes look at the show and the international versions, the creator of the show Jim Henson hosted the video. In the second season interviews of the cast and producers and a look at the life of Jerry Juhl who passed a few years earlier.
- You can use the box below to create new pages for this mini-wiki. preload=Fraggle Rock/preload editintro=Fraggle Rock/editintro width=25 Fraggle Rock (also known as Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock or Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson’s Muppets) is a British/American/Canadian children’s live action puppet television series created by Jim Henson that is about a society of Muppet creatures called “Fraggles”. Fraggle Rock was co-produced by British television company Television South (TVS), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, U.S. pay television service Home Box Office and Henson Associates. Unlike Sesame Street, which had been created for a single market and later adapted for international markets, Fraggle Rock was intended from the start to be an international production and the whole show was constructed with this in mind. __TOC__
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