Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

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Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away [VHS]

Boober Gorg: After being hit on the head by a radish, Boober thinks he’s a Gorg! Determined to protect the Gorgs’ radishes, he joins forces with the giants to capture his Fraggle friends! Inspector Red: Who stole the ancient Fragglehorn? Red plays detective to solve the strange bizarre mystery. Which of the suspects is guilty? Would a guilty Fraggle let an innocent Fraggle take the rap? Approx. Run Time: 48 minutes

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Sy August 20, 2010 at 7:16 am

My wife and I grew up with the Fraggles, and we were very excited to share them with our young daughter when we learned the episodes were coming out on DVD. This is the first collection we picked up, and we have to say we’re a bit disappointed.

First, where are the opening theme song and closing credits on each episode!? The title of this collection may entreat you to “Dance Your Cares Away,” but you will not be able to dance them away to the song with that line in it. Not only do we NOT get the infectious Fraggle Rock theme song (and its introduction of the main characters for those not familiar with the series!), we don’t get the closing credits, which deprives us of the chance to learn who the performers are.

Second, the seemingly random selection of episodes makes it difficult for a new viewer like our daughter to really understand what’s going on. For example, The Trash Heap freezes perilously in “Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe,” but having never even seen the character before, why would my daughter care? My wife and I remembered the characters, but as an introduction to the series, this is a poor collection.

Third, well, how does a Henson fan put this? The episodes seemed somewhat less than inspired. We’ve been spoiled, I think, by the really sharp writing on recent Sesame Street work. Perhaps it is just this collection of stories, but our daughter wandered away from the television, and my wife and I found ourselves tempted to do the same.

Then, of course, we learn that the full first season of Fraggle rock will soon (if not already) be available. With twenty-four episodes plus bonus features, it looks much more attractive at its price (around $45) than this four episode collection which we purchased for around a third of that price.

Lesson learned: we should have waited for the full season sets, and skipped these random collections. If you really want to experience the fun of Fraggle Rock, I recommend you do too.

Rimona August 20, 2010 at 9:52 am

I’m sure i’m not the only one who couldn’t wait to see Fraggle Rock on DVD. It’s still not a complete season but we’ll take what we can get. On this particular Dvd as it mentions above it features the episodes:
1.Boober Gorg
2.Blanket of Snow/Blanket of Woe
and
3.Inspector Red.

Other fun fraggle features not mentioned: a look into different ways Doc and Sprocket are seen around the world, Fraggle-oke Featuring the songs “I’m a little Stew Pot” and “Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe,” and a trivia game that unlocks the episode “Home is where the trash is,” featuring the oh so evil villian wander mcmooch.

You also might recall a fraggle rock animated series that sometimes would show up on Disney channel. An episode from that is also included where boober convinces everyone to leave Fraggle Rock.

A Non Fraggle Feature is a short claymation film called Pingu, about a family of penguins. I found it to be a fun surprise to be included.

This Dvd really doesn’t skip out on content so have fun watching the episodes like you remembered them. If you’ve never seen the show I’m sorry for using such cryptic language. If you Enjoy Music and Adventure your sure to love this dvd. It’s truly for the kid in all of us.

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