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cherrypotion27
05-03-2007, 08:06 PM
Hi again everyone. I have a question pertaining to Fraggle Rock. I read somewhere that when the Fraggle puppets were not in use, they were placed on a rack with a sign that said "Please do not fondle the stars". Is this true? Did this sign actually exist? If so, I think its quite funny. "Please do not fondle the stars". Hilarious!:D
anytimepally
05-03-2007, 08:57 PM
Sadly, I don't know the answer, but that's hilarious! :zany:
Beauregard
05-04-2007, 05:05 AM
*falls off seat*
Please do not fondle the stars!
I can't confirm or deny this, as I've never heard anything about it before, but if it's an urban legend it's one that I can totally buy into.
Please do not fondle the stars!
Beakerfan
05-05-2007, 09:06 PM
*snorts soda out of her nose* WOWWWWW. That is priceless.
zeldazipple
05-06-2007, 01:00 AM
Yes it is true. It says so in Jim Henson The Works... I think but I know I read that someplace before I read so maney book about Jim I couldn't tell you of the excat one, but I do know this is true. Do a littl research and you'll find out.
Beauregard
05-06-2007, 08:07 AM
Please do not fondle the stars!
Sorry, I just had to say it again!
cherrypotion27
05-06-2007, 04:35 PM
(Laughing so hard her sides ache) Beau, you really are loving that "please do not fondle the stars" quote, aren't you? Can't say I blame you, because I think its hysterical! And Zelda Zipple refreshed my memory as to where I saw that story: its in one of Jim Hensons biographies, so I guess the rumor is true. Just wish I had a pic of that puppet rack so I could see it for myself :D :D . That would make a wonderfully wacky Muppet conversation piece.
Patricia/cherrypotion
muppetperson
05-07-2007, 01:23 AM
I would love to have a photo of it to, to display with my collection.I scorned the photos in my reference books hoping to see the sign in a workshop photo.The only thing I could find was a muppet show characters storage shot on page 73 in Of Muppets and Men.There is a cardboard sign but it is obscured by Dr Teeth and from what can be made out, it is worded "Please Do Not Touch...." but they could of changed it for Fraggle Rock.
Anybody here who has worked for Henson's, do you have any photo reference of it that you could share?
Krazedmuppet
05-07-2007, 10:01 AM
Just wish I had a pic of that puppet rack so I could see it for myself :D :D .
Patricia/cherrypotion
HAHAHAHA!!! sorry, me and my dirty mind...
muppetperson
05-16-2007, 04:19 PM
Here is a photo that includes the sign in the left corner.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f388/peterstoymuseum/AGaggleofFraggles01.jpg
Many thanks to Terry Angus for his time in searching through his photos to find this for me.
cherrypotion27
05-16-2007, 05:46 PM
Thank you, Muppetperson, for the pic confirming the story. That is just too priceless!;)
Patricia/cherrypotion27
JEANYLASER
05-16-2007, 07:46 PM
do you know the voice of Mokey Fraggle?
weredog
05-16-2007, 08:03 PM
Can't say I blame them. If I was a Fraggle, I wouldn't want random people fondling me either. Gotta give em' their dignity afterall. ;)
muppetperson
05-16-2007, 10:57 PM
Mokey was voiced by Kathy Mullen in the puppet series but I beleive they were different for the Animated series.
Beauregard
05-17-2007, 06:47 AM
Aaaaaaaaaah! I am now going to be happy...forever.
Please do not fondle the stars, thank you.
zeldazipple
05-17-2007, 09:43 AM
We if the biographies wernt enough. Some peole are thick. So think as to call people liars beceause of it. Nice one you guys.
muppetperson
05-17-2007, 06:46 PM
:confused: We if the biographies wernt enough. Some peole are thick. So think as to call people liars beceause of it. Nice one you guys.
zeldazipple
05-18-2007, 10:15 AM
It's like everyone was so obsessed about this one pic that nothing anyone was saying to prove it was fact mattered. I would think if anyone read books about the Muppets would know this was true even with out this picture. And I have read MANEY books about Jim Henson not all of them were right infact some of them had a load of mistakes and mixed up facts. I'm glad someone found the pic again but I just feel a little offended by the obsession on finding it.
muppetperson
05-18-2007, 04:02 PM
Strange that you feel that way, because that isnt the way it is.Nobody was calling anybody a liar.Patricia was just seeking confirmation and wanted a picture, as I did, because it is very funny.No obsession.It wasnt the only thing that we were thinking about! Certainly I made an effort into locating it,(and you said yourself to do a little research), but it was just the same as tracking or hunting for some collectable that you might like to have.I suppose some might find it offensive but there are a lot of things that people could be offended by, some minor, some major, so if you feel offended, just ignore it.
melissa@muppet
05-18-2007, 04:35 PM
Love the photo it made me have a laugh. Fraggles rule..
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