Fraggle Rock to be revived by Apple TV+ after 33 years -

[TopCat]

It's time to stream your cares away, and leave your lockdown worries for another day...

Because classic children's show Fraggle Rock is to be revived by Apple TV+, 33 years after the last series was made.

Gobo, Red, Boober, Mokey, Wembley and Uncle Travelling Matt will reunite for more songs and adventures, to be co-produced by The Jim Henson Company.

As well as the new series, every existing episode of the puppet show has just landed on Apple TV+.

It's first time Apple TV+ has offered previously produced content.

The Emmy-winning Fraggle Rock was devised by late Muppets creator Henson, and first appeared on TV in 1983. It ran for five series, ending in 1987.

What's been going down in Fraggle Rock?

The new series will follow the recent celeb-filled Fraggle Rock: Rock On! shorts, which debuted on the same platform in April.

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it showed the cave-dwelling muppets observing social distancing, by living apart and interacting via a video chat system installed by their pudgy green neighbours the Doozers.

The likes of actress Tiffany Haddish and singers Alanis Morissette and Ziggy Marley made cameos in the specials, which were made from the homes of various artists and producers using camera phones.

A movie version of the show, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, has reportedly been in the works for years, but is still yet to see the light of day.

Henson's daughter Lisa will executive produce the new series, which will feature on Apple's new roster alongside shows like Helpsters, from the Sesame Workshop, and Snoopy in Space, from Peanuts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52813532

 

[Officer Eradicate]

"In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it showed the cave-dwelling muppets observing social distancing, by living apart and interacting via a video chat system installed by their pudgy green neighbours the Doozers."

we really don't need this.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

No, please God no.

 

[Cyril Sneer]

"In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it showed the cave-dwelling muppets observing social distancing, by living apart and interacting via a video chat system installed by their pudgy green neighbours the Doozers."

we really don't need this.

Yeah, the very least-negative thing I can say about this is that it's a premise that seems better-suited to Sesame Street.

 

[Kabuki Actor]

"In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it showed the cave-dwelling muppets observing social distancing, by living apart and interacting via a video chat system installed by their pudgy green neighbours the Doozers."

we really don't need this.

Interaction with (((dozers))) becomes leading cause of Coof Death.

 

[Thumb Butler]

"In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it showed the cave-dwelling muppets observing social distancing, by living apart and interacting via a video chat system installed by their pudgy green neighbours the Doozers."

we really don't need this.

That's truly the worst marketing bullshit I've heard in a long time. Jesus Christ.

 

[Jeff Heaney]

Probably an unpopular opinion here, but I loved FR as a kid, and I think it could be cool for kids to watch this stuff, it must really suck for little kids not to be able to see their friends. I bet some of them are even starting to miss school, if only for the social element

 

[Thumb Butler]

Probably an unpopular opinion here, but I loved FR as a kid, and I think it could be cool for kids to watch this stuff, it must really suck for little kids not to be able to see their friends. I bet some of them are even starting to miss school, if only for the social element

Then let them watch the original and not the smartphone, ipad, troon and gender issues infested version this will be.

 

[Sam Losco]

Time to ruin another beloved classic. How long until they put in tranny shit?

 

[whatever I feel like]

Wait, didn't this happen a decade ago?

 

[A Welsh Cake]

In my restless dreams I see that place... Fraggle Rock.

 

[RA-5C Vigilante]

Whoever in entertainment is behind all these "Modern and topical remakes of things you liked as a kid" needs to be detained and tried by the ICJ for crimes against humanity.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

Tommy Tooter will play madam trash heap.

 

[Kacho]

There has been a systemic effort to specifically destroy the life's work of Jim Henson. Virtually nothing he did has gone untouched by the loons who run his company now. Next they'll do a Labyrinth sequel with some tranny as Jareth.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

There has been a systemic effort to specifically destroy the life's work of Jim Henson. Virtually nothing he did has gone untouched by the loons who run his company now. Next they'll do a Labyrinth sequel with some tranny as Jareth.

They even botched the live action TMNT movies...

 

[Chilson]

There has been a systemic effort to specifically destroy the life's work of Jim Henson. Virtually nothing he did has gone untouched by the loons who run his company now. Next they'll do a Labyrinth sequel with some tranny as Jareth.

eh, the dark crystal show was actually pretty good to be honest. Everything else though...yeah can't argue there.

 

[Cyril Sneer]

eh, the dark crystal show was actually pretty good to be honest.

Yes, but the point still stands. Would Henson have made the Gelflings a matriarchal culture in which homosexuality is no big deal?

 

[whatever I feel like]

There has been a systemic effort to specifically destroy the life's work of Jim Henson. Virtually nothing he did has gone untouched by the loons who run his company now. Next they'll do a Labyrinth sequel with some tranny as Jareth.

You mean his children?


Henson was a big ol liberal anyway. If he was still alive he'd probably want at least one tranny in his work.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

You mean his children?


Henson was a big ol liberal anyway. If he was still alive he'd probably want at least one tranny in his work.

It wouldn't be the first time children have shat all over the legacy of their forebears. Wasn't that awful early 2000's Time Machine movie produced by H.G. Wells' grandson?

 

[Harvey Danger]

Probably an unpopular opinion here, but I loved FR as a kid, and I think it could be cool for kids to watch this stuff, it must really suck for little kids not to be able to see their friends. I bet some of them are even starting to miss school, if only for the social element

I loved Fraggle Rock, but there's no reason to revive it. There wasn't anything special enough about the show to carry over and explore further.

They were isolated fun creatures in their own little world, with limited human interaction--just like the Smurfs, the Snorks, the Gummi Bears, etc. The dynamic with the Doozers was unique, but it doesn't carry a series. It was really just another bit of children's program with the same basic morality lessons, plus a few songs. The main innovation was designing the segments so you could strip out the human scenes and re-shoot them to tailor the show for international markets.

If the original episodes are released, great, let kids watch those. Now that you can binge watch, they'll be tired of it by the time they run out of episodes.