Fraggle Rock Season 1 arrives September 6 [Archive]

Kimp the Shrimp

06-13-2005, 10:57 AM

Amazon.com has posted some information on the bonus features we'll find on the Fraggle Rock season set. They are:
Replica of Jim Henson's "Fraggle Rock" notepad
Behind the scenes documentary narrated by Jim Henson
New interviews with "Fraggle Rock" cast and creators
Deluxe embossed collector's box
We can also tell you that the set will include a CD-ROM filled with fun Fraggle things, including wallpaper, games, and more. It's likely that there will be more added to the extras list as well.

SillyRed

06-13-2005, 12:03 PM

WOW! All that stuff mentioned is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo coooooooooooooool!! :excited:

a_Mickey_Muppet

06-13-2005, 02:11 PM

hey gang,

WOW great news to hear!!! :excited: I'll be buyin this :excited:

baby sinclair

06-13-2005, 02:31 PM

That Announcer

06-13-2005, 04:32 PM

I just can't wait!!!!

The amount of features on the set seems pretty darn good. I hope the episodes are restored so they look as good as, say, "MFS" on DVD.

Foodie

06-13-2005, 05:00 PM

Awesome. :smirk:

chestermcdragon

06-13-2005, 07:02 PM

deja voo!

GelflingWaldo

06-13-2005, 09:51 PM

Here are some more details and news stories about the season set:

Feature Listings:
http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2005/06/fraggle-rock-season-one-features.html

Bonus CD-Rom:
http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2005/06/bonus-cd-rom-in-fraggle-rock-season-1.html

Cover Art:
http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2005/06/fraggle-rock-cover-art-surfaces.html

Kermieuk

06-14-2005, 07:04 AM

What does everyone think of the cover art? I think it's a nice eye catching colorful cover, but Wembley looks too small compared to the others, hopefully this will be changed. It would be really nice if ALL NEW Fraggle poses and photos were taken for such a deluxe collectors edition set??

Chris

nothingshocking

06-14-2005, 11:30 AM

I like the cover art, it's colorful and not too busy. I'm excited about the special features too. I wonder what else will be included that they haven't announced! :excited:

-Colleen

baby sinclair

06-14-2005, 12:26 PM

I think that beautiful art work would problably make people who've never seen it think about taking it home with them. :excited: Very nice work.

MrsPepper

06-14-2005, 08:50 PM

I agree with baby sinclair, really nice, eye-catching cover art. :) Nice to see other pictures of Wembley than that one publicity photo I see everywhere!

Gobo Fraggle

06-15-2005, 03:28 AM

I pre-ordered it today!! wooo-haaa!

I agree with Kermieuk, Wembley is way too small..I do not like the Cover-Art-work at all, hopefully this is just for promotion and will be changed for the box set...

Kimp the Shrimp

06-15-2005, 09:33 AM

preobley not i think it's offical the cover art

MJTaylor

06-23-2005, 08:08 PM

All I've read about this DVD set sounds great. I do believe they are hoping to bring it out in Australia, so if and when they do I will certainly buy it. It will remind me of some of the best days of my life.

Dash X

06-24-2005, 12:45 PM

This is AWESOME

Drtooth

06-27-2005, 01:49 PM

This sounds absolutely wonderful. I'm sure most of us were just clamoring for the episodes on DVD period. But what is this "recreation of Jim's Fraggle Rock Notebook?" Sounds interresting.

Kimp the Shrimp

06-27-2005, 02:53 PM

jIM'S nOTEBOOK SOULD BE A NICE EXTRA

Oliver

06-30-2005, 09:48 AM

I'm really upset that the bonus ANIMATED EPISODES that were featured as extras on the individual releases haven't been announced for Season One!

I'll be EXTREMELY dissapointed if these are not carried over!

MrsPepper

06-30-2005, 02:01 PM

Maybe if this set sells well, they'll be put on one of the other seasons.

luvtosr

06-30-2005, 04:38 PM

Or, you never know, there may be a few more 3 or 4 episode DVDs to be released with episodes from the later seasons and they might have them on. I mean, even if I knew they were going to eventually bring out all the season box sets, I'd still buy a single DVD if it had an episode I don't have.

Realistically, if they are going to release all the season sets it will take a minimum of five years at one set a year so there's plenty of scope for making more money out of us !!! :smirk:

Oliver

07-13-2005, 07:49 AM

I emailed Hit! and they responded saying it was a company decision to not include the Fraggle Rock animated episodes... :boo:

If more people email them requesting that they include some of the cartoons as extras on future sets, maybe it'll have some pull.

I'm dissapointed, this was the only draw of the single disc releases to me. I haven't seen the FR cartoon in 20 years and would've been such a nostalgia trip..

Email Hit! and let them know that we at the very least, want the animated epidoes that are currently on the single disc releases, ported over to the season sets.

Cantus Rock

07-18-2005, 07:18 AM

Somewhere above the clouds, Jim is smiling. :)

And so am I.

Traveling Matt

08-10-2005, 10:16 AM

Both Season One and the new single-disc are now at HIT's online store. Oddly enough, they don't list the bonus CD-ROM for S1:

http://www.hitstoreusa.com/videoanddvd1.html

On a side note, all this talk about TMS's Amazon ranking has drawn some attention to FR (maybe). As of now it's at #123, still four weeks before release.

Only "Lost S1" and "Charmed S2" are ranked higher for Sept. 6th!

Movies205

08-10-2005, 08:02 PM

I'll have to admit that i'm not too fond of the small amount of bonus features.But i am happy to finally get to own and rediscover all these episodes which i have not seen since i was tooo young to remember.Luckily it comes out a few days before my birthday or i would'nt be able to afford it until christmas. :excited:

That's a tad ungrateful all considering it's a show that hasn't seen the light of day in 20 years and I have great respect foR HIT to go out on a limb and release season sets so quickly just because the fans e-mail them about it. These are about the same amount if not more than the Batman TAS animated series season set so I'm thrilled and I actually love the box art.

Cantus Rock

08-11-2005, 04:51 AM

That's a tad ungrateful all considering it's a show that hasn't seen the light of day in 20 years and I have great respect foR HIT to go out on a limb and release season sets so quickly just because the fans e-mail them about it.
Quickly and because of emails?

This decision has been mulled over for at least a year now. And are you familiar with Warricks petiton? A little more than a few fan emails..

jamminjake

08-11-2005, 10:49 AM

I just emailed Hit about the animated series. If you visit the Hit Fraggle Rock Season 1 DVD page(http://www.hitstoreusa.com/frroboxsefis.html) You will see what the side of the package looks like, running time, and something intresting is "From a fun-loving group of furry subterranean creatures came millions of fans, 100 original songs. 96 total episodes, 5 seasons, but only one First Season Boxed Set." If Hit is willing to state all that maybe they will be putting out future season sets?

Movies205

08-11-2005, 11:03 AM

Quickly and because of emails?

This decision has been mulled over for at least a year now. And are you familiar with Warricks petiton? A little more than a few fan emails..

Online petitions(no offense to Warrick) don't do much mainly because anyone can sign them. But if I'm correct they had put out a product within a very short time of getting the rights and then just within a year are releasing season sets I'd say that's quite good.

Kimp the Shrimp

08-11-2005, 11:49 AM

I Forgot about Fraggle Rock but i may wait till christmas

GelflingWaldo

08-11-2005, 03:45 PM

Online petitions don't do much ...
I beg to differ. In the case of the Fraggles it did make a diffrence. Take a look at the official "Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season" press release: http://www.henson.com/company/070305.html

Here is just an excerpt:
"...After an online petition was signed by thousands of fans to get Fraggle Rock back into their homes, HIT Entertainment responded... Now, Fraggle Rock fans will finally get what they have been petitioning for, as the entire first season is released... "

There are many other articles, interviews, and statments that state that Fraggle Rock coming to DVD was made possible because of online petitions and campaigning. It may not have been 100% because of them, but I am sure that without the petitions the Fraggles would not currently be getting the DVD treatment that they being given right now.

Traveling Matt

08-12-2005, 09:39 AM

HIT Entertainment will support the much-anticipated DVD release of Fraggle Rock Complete First Season with an online campaign targeting the generation of men and women who grew up with the show.

This is from July 3rd. Should we have seen this by now?

Sounds very cool...

Oliver

08-12-2005, 06:33 PM

JamminJake, did you ever hear back from Hit! regarding the animated episodes?

I dont see the point in owning the individual releases with a complete season 1 on the horizon, but I really want to have some of the animated episodes to watch again, if only a couple! Just for the smiles brought back from obscured and fading Saturday morning memories of decades past....

I really hope these are made available on future sets, even a single bonus episode! I'll take whatever they offer... we really shouldn't be losing anything from the individual releases.

jamminjake

08-12-2005, 10:08 PM

Me: Please put the animated Fraggle Rock series on DVD by its own or since
there is only 13 episodes include a few episodes on each DVD box set!
Since there will be 5 of them you could include 2 or 3 episodes per
set (1 episode per disk, really)

Hit!: Thank you for contacting us. At this time, there are not any plans to
put the animated series only onto DVD.

Thank you for your interest in HIT Entertainment.

Kris

HIT Entertainment Consumer Relations
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've only seen one episode of the show, but I would love more! Well, atleast we will get all of the Disney cartoons now..

Oliver

08-13-2005, 09:49 AM

I'm sure if they got 3 or 4 simple emails a day, it would happen.

13 episodes is nothing, they could probably handle that with a 2-disc slimline keepcase release. Very little would be involved and it wouldn't cost much to produce either.

If anyone is remotely interested in seeing these cartoons again, even just a couple, write to Hit! A short and simple email like Jake sent is more than enough, it doesn't take more than 3-4 minutes of your time and it would help in persuading Hit! that there is a market for people who want to see these again. I'll even take a simple 5 or 6 episode compilation!

Anyways, I'd urge more people to forward an email over asking about these cartoons. Look what happened with FR... It can't hurt.

Warrick

08-13-2005, 11:36 AM

Sometimes Companies dont even know what they are doing themselves.
HIT have released Fraggle Rock Animated on DVD in the UK.

Cantus Rock

08-14-2005, 08:50 AM

Sometimes Companies dont even know what they are doing themselves.
HIT have released Fraggle Rock Animated on DVD in the UK.
Full series?

Kimp the Shrimp

08-14-2005, 10:53 AM

i will write

Q: didn't HIT get sold or selling off?

jamminjake

08-14-2005, 08:08 PM

Hit was, but no company offered the money they wanted so they are no longer up for sale.

Traveling Matt

08-18-2005, 12:11 PM

Season One is now in the top 100 (#90), still almost three weeks before release. Awesome!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009RQSSW/qid=1124384862/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0380019-8415220?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

GelflingWaldo

08-25-2005, 02:57 PM

In June it was reported that the "Fraggle Rock - Complete First Season" DVD box set would come with a bonus CD-ROM full of all kinds of Fraggle fun. However since this was originally announced, HIT Entertainment has decided to offer this only as a special store exclusive for Best Buy retail stores. The special CD-ROM will included Fraggle Rock desktop themes, screensavers, wallpaper and an all new desktop game called "Fraggle Rock: Jump & Munch". Best Buy will be offering the Fraggle Rock season 1 box set with the exclusive CD-ROM enclosed -- the CD-ROM will not be available anywhere else. So if you want the bonus CD-ROM, be sure to pick up your copy at you local Best Buy, or order your copy from Bestbuy.com (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7271463&type=product&id=1446107).

Squall Leonhart

08-25-2005, 09:05 PM

WHAT?! Oh man I don't think we have a Best Buy here, can't buy it online because Best Buy dosen't reconize my address? What the hey? Walmart isen't carrying it at all. :cry: Oh well, where'd you hear this from?

Blue Weirdo

08-25-2005, 11:05 PM

I reserved mine at Suncoast and as a bonus when I pick it up I will recive a free doozer pvc.

Possibly more than one. I asked the guy if I got to pick which one I got and he said sure and if he had extra he'd let me have more than one. They know me at the store and know I'm a big Henson fan.

GelflingWaldo

08-25-2005, 11:36 PM

where'd you hear this from?HIT Entertainment and Best Buy. E-mail either one's customer service and they will tell you that the bonus CD is exclusive only to Best Buy, no where else will have it.

Here is what HIT says when you ask them about it:"Thank you for contacting us. Best Buy will be offering the Fraggle Rock Season 1 Box Set with an exlusive CD-ROM. The CD-ROM will included desktop themes, screensavers, wallpaper and a game called Jump & Munch. This CD will only be avalible at Best Buy stores.

Thank you for your interest in HIT Entertainment."

Best Buy's standard responce on the subject is pretty similar too.

Kimp the Shrimp

08-26-2005, 05:58 AM

cool beans i need to ck that out

King Prawn

08-26-2005, 02:23 PM

well I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of both Fraggle Rock Season One & Doing What Doozers Do. I have yet to watch both of them but until now i thought i might be able tp provide some cool info.

Apart from a leaflet inside Doing What Doozers Do there's not much i can say about it without watching it. The same Leaflet is found in the FR season One Boxset so more on that later,

The box itself features Uncle Matt on one side and Sprocket on the other plus the Fraggles on the front of the cover have a sort of shine to them. If you feel the box the Fraggle characters as well as the Doozers are bumpy, not quite sure how to explain it.

When you open the box you find eveything inside comes like ppages from a book. Each disc has a picture of a Fraggle and the "page" beside the disc gives you a very detailed summary of each episode found on the disc.

The fifth disc which features Wembely gives us a little more detail on the nex exclusive Fragle Rock cast and crew intervies.

Here's what it has to say:

Get down with Fraggle Rock as you listen to key performers, creators and producers of the show who reunited in early 2005 to discuss the series in exclusive intervies. This feature includes clips from the show, never-before-seen Photos, early drawings of the world of fraggle rock and previousley unreleased excerpts of auditions for the show. Gain insight into the Fraggles' world as the group discusses topics such as the origins of Fraggle Rock, the "muppet way" of puppeteering and more! Others topics include: the casting of the show, the writting and production of the series, and recollections of the puppets workshop.

Sounds really intresting, I can't wait to see it. Unfortunatly I probably wont get around to it till tommorow. So if there's any questions about the set that you'd lik to know let me know and i'll try to answer the best i can.

Ps the Jim Henson replica notebook looks very intresting but it seems like Jim wasn't the tidiest of writers so i'll have to leave that for tommorow too but it looks very intresting

The Woogle World, good thing they changed it to FRAGGLE ROCK!

Edit: I almost forgot abot the little leaflet, sadly I don't really have that much time but it says to check out www.zazzle.com for some cool Fraggle Fun. I'm not sure if it's up yet i havn't checked myself but from what it says here we can make our own cards, t-shirts and posters

lets see what that's about

King Prawn

08-26-2005, 07:41 PM

well I just finished watching the New Fraggle Rock Documentry and I must say I am very pleased, very, very, very pleased. So pleased in fact that for the first time in my life I am going to actually write to a company and thank them for their hard work.

Everyone you'd expect is there (not including Kathy Mullen). It's a very long special feature but that's good, overall i enjoyed it very much especially when Jerry Nelson explained the diffrence between Gobo's voice and Robins I found that very intresting.

At the end of it all Hit was kind enough to give special thanks to the fan by stating that we help keep the magic alive.

I'm very tired so unfortunatly I don't want to go to in deph plus I rather you all see it and enjoy it for yourselfs. Trust me this dvd is worth it for this new documentary on it's own

GelflingWaldo

08-26-2005, 08:35 PM

Everyone you'd expect is there (not including Kathy Mullen). Who exactly is there. I would expect Jerry Nelson , Seve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, and Karen Prell (Too bad Kathy Mullen wasn't there.) Anyone else? Jerry Juhl, Gerry Parkes, Cheryl Wagner, any Hensons?

King Prawn

08-26-2005, 08:49 PM

There was Jerry Juhl, his wife (who's name escapes me at the moment) Steve Whitmere, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson (though he was interviewed on his own) Karen Prell as well as three others one wh I think was the producer I don't ecall their names.

I'll fill everyone in on all the details tommorow, I really need to get some sleep now :)

Boober_Gorg

08-26-2005, 09:31 PM

I assume that the opening and closing titles for each episode have been re-done. Is this correct? Also - are the episodes "strung together" on each disc? And are they all complete (as far as you can tell)? And do they have the alternate openings with Gobo and Wembley (http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=7306) on episodes #8 and #12? (I assume not)

Traveling Matt

08-27-2005, 01:49 PM

Hi King Prawn,

Is the Behind-the-Scenes documentary (the 1987 one narrated by Jim Henson) complete and uncut? When introducing the puppeteers Jim mentions their previous "Muppet" work, or that they worked on "The Muppet Show".

With the ridiculousness of copyrights these days, I'm not sure if it extends to just the use of the word "Muppet".

Silly as it may seem, I've been wondering. Thank you.

blackurth

08-27-2005, 04:20 PM

I watched the bonus features and all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!the interviews are at least an hour long maby even an hour and a half,it features drawings,and film of the tryouts which features jerry nelson doing boober,steve doing gobo (which sounds alot like his kermit) an dave doing wembly,it also features karen doing mokey and katheryn doing red,this was when they were trying to figure out who was going to do what voice,the down at fraggle rock appears to be what I remembered it to be back when I first saw it,and yes the episodes all have beginning and end credits all original saying "featuring jim hensons muppets" ,the note pad is a little scratchy but I read it and it's interesting to see how the woozles evolved into the fraggles,the wozles evolved into the gorgs and the wizzles evolved into the doozers,the rest you'll have to find out for your self (don't want to give away too much)I think season two should have reproductions of the original drawings/sketches made for the show,also I would like to see a 30 track "best of" c.d.featuring their "hits"maby as a bonus disc on a future set.......

Gorgon Heap

08-27-2005, 11:38 PM

Are the special features all on one disk or are they spread out?

Also, you guys know yet what the bonus episode is on the Doozer DVD?

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

King Prawn

08-28-2005, 05:37 AM

The special feature are all found on disc 5 where as each of the other disc comes with 6 episodes each. The Menus are not as nice as the ones on the single release and keep an eye out for how the word Doozer came to be, it's a very intresting interview.

The people interviewed were:

Karen Prell
Steve Whitmere
Dave Goels
Jerry Nelson
Jerry Juhl
Duncan Kenworthy - Co-Creator, International Producer
Jocelyn Stevenson Co-creator/writer
Lawrence Mirkin - producer
Susan Juhl - Script Editor

that's all of them plus their some footage which oter people such as Micheal Frith (i hope i spelled his name right)

I'm now going to try an attempt to unlock the bonus episode which i can never do without watching the three normal episodes on the disc first and sinc ei've been so keen on watching some season 1 episodes such as marooned i havn't gotten round to watching them yet.

Hopefully tonight i can let you all know what the bonus episode is

:smirk: :excited:

Phillip Chapman

08-28-2005, 01:19 PM

Also, you guys know yet what the bonus episode is on the Doozer DVD?
It's episode 70, "Gunge the Great and Glorious".

King Prawn

08-28-2005, 02:14 PM

I went over to try and unlock the bonus Fraggle episode and was pleasantly surprised to have Red Fraggle direct me on how to play. It was definatley new since she tells you to click on play, that was very intresting and a nice surprise

Many thanks to Karen Prell

SillyRed

08-28-2005, 02:44 PM

Did she speak? :excited:

Phillip Chapman

08-28-2005, 02:47 PM

Did she speak? :excited:
Sure. It's newly recorded dialogue to guide you through playing Fraggle Challenge to unlock the bonus episode. Good stuff.

Gorgon Heap

08-28-2005, 06:22 PM

It's episode 70, "Gunge the Great and Glorious".

Hey, that's one of the ones I was predicting. I figured it'd be a Doozer tangential one, either this or "Boober and the Glob", and come to think of it, another bonus episode, the one on "Dance Your Cares Away", was "Home is Where the Trash Is". Maybe this is a good indication of how to predict (or maybe not, as there were only two Philo & Gunge centered episodes to my recollection).

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

abiraniriba

08-29-2005, 06:23 AM

Gorgon Heap

08-29-2005, 09:28 AM

I haven't seen the DVD of Fraggle Rock Season I, in fact since I don't have cable I couldn't even see it back when it was on TV. However, I bought a Fraggle Rock song album back during the VHS era and one of my favorite songs on it was "Is It True" I liked the song's gospel beat and style. I prompted me to buy the tapes of the Fraggle Rock episodes to find out which episode this song was in. While I had a lot of fun watching the four two episode tapes that were released, unfortunately none of them had that song in either of the episodes. :(
I am hoping to get the DVD of each season as they come out and watch the whole series. Does anybody know during which season it was that that song came out. :confused:

Season Two. It's from episode #35, "The Wizard of Fraggle Rock", sung by a shifty wizard who looks an awful lot like Wembley.

If you ever want to find more FR info, probably the best web resource is Chris's Fraggle Rock Page (http://www.punchandjewelry.com/legacy/html/frindex.htm). It has an episode guide, song index and lyrics, guide to all things of the FR world, and a performers/directors/writers guide.

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

MuppetDude

08-29-2005, 11:03 AM

I am still in awe about this DVD set. It's amazing how much stuff is being crammed into this thing: original notes, never-before-seen footage...wow.

and yes the episodes all have beginning and end credits all original saying "featuring jim hensons muppets"

I think season two should have reproductions of the original drawings/sketches made for the show

Yes!! I was afraid that they couldn't use the word "Muppet" in anything related to Fraggle Rock (they certainly did that for most of the 3-episode DVDs). Thank goodness they remained intact.

As for the original drawings: ditto. It seems that original Fraggle drawings are very hard to find.

Gorgon Heap

08-29-2005, 04:01 PM

yes the episodes all have beginning and end credits all original saying "featuring jim hensons muppets"

That's great to hear. I wasn't crazy about that new logo (anyone else feel that way?) I loved the original 'rock' logo and was disheartened when it was replaced for the new videos. That original logo just had such a classic feel, the font and design were just so perfect for the series. Also good to know we'll have (presumably) the original credits, since the new ones for the 3-episode DVDs were riddled with mistakes (anyone else catch them?)

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

abiraniriba

08-30-2005, 06:49 AM

Season Two. It's from episode #35, "The Wizard of Fraggle Rock", sung by a shifty wizard who looks an awful lot like Wembley.

If you ever want to find more FR info, probably the best web resource is Chris's Fraggle Rock Page (http://www.punchandjewelry.com/legacy/html/frindex.htm). It has an episode guide, song index and lyrics, guide to all things of the FR world, and a performers/directors/writers guide.

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

Thanks Gorgon Heap I'll be sure to check out that page. :)

MuppetDude

08-30-2005, 09:39 AM

That's great to hear. I wasn't crazy about that new logo (anyone else feel that way?) I loved the original 'rock' logo and was disheartened when it was replaced for the new videos. That original logo just had such a classic feel, the font and design were just so perfect for the series. Also good to know we'll have (presumably) the original credits, since the new ones for the 3-episode DVDs were riddled with mistakes (anyone else catch them?)

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

The only thing I don't like about the new logo is at the beginning of the theme, it completely obstructs the Fraggles in the scene; you can barely see Boober and Red.

As for end credits, yes, I noticed the mistakes as well (most notably the episode titles: "Wembly and the Gorg" ?!).