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    Celebrating 40 Years of Fraggle Rock

    Back in the day, we probably never imagined reaching this milestone, but it's now 40 years since the show debuted on January 10, 1983. And yours truly was a hardcore viewer for most of the original run, eagerly awaiting each Monday night at 7:30 for the zoom in through Doc's window and hard...
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    Emmet Otter and Bells of Fraggle Rock coming to the big screen this Christmas

    Mark your calendars for December 10th and 16th, as our favorite otter will get a limited national big screen release on those days, paired with The Bells of Fraggle Rock and an all new jug band featurette. See the following link for further information...
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    What if Jim became Walt Disney Company chairman in the mid-80s?

    Suppose the scenario mentioned in Brian Jones's book did come to pass, that the Walt Disney Company did hire Jim as its leader during its nadir. How do you suppose this would have affected the trajectories--both in the actual timeline as the following 6 years would pan out, and/or in an...
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    Your earliest memories of Fraggle Rock

    When do you first remember seeing it? I think I first caught a glimpse in either late 1983 or early 1984, around my second birthday. Either way, I was immediately and completely hooked; the characters and the world they inhabited drew me in and kept me rapt, so much so I wanted to keep coming...
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    background lyrics for Hello Sunshine (Bunny Picnic)

    Who can make out what the background singers are crooning underneath the main lyrics of "Hello sunshine, hello birds on the wing...?" No matter how hard I listen in, I can't clearly make them out.
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    Definitive Map of the Rock?

    Has anyone here ever tried to try and put together a more or less definitive map of the Rock (taking of course into consideration that, being magical, it would change as desired), including Doc's and the world beyond the Trash Heap's clearing? Or seen someone else try and do the same?
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    number sequences with colored dots

    This was one series I remember well, but it appears there's currently no video of it available. You probably remember it: each began with a black screen with a line at the bottom, along which a certain number of brightly colored dots move along from right to left. They stop in the middle, the...
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    Original Emmet Otter author Russell Hoban dies

    The author has passed on at his home in London; he was 86. For more information: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45684837/ns/today-books/t/prolific-fantasy-writer-russell-hoban-dies
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    Jim Henson's Fantastic World exhibit in Doylestown

    The Smithsonian sponsored exhibit is currently being shown through November 29th at the Michener Museum in Doylestown, PA, so if you've been wanting to see it, that's where you can go in the immediate present. I myself will likely be heading there in the near future, since it's no more than 60...
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    Will FR's Season 1 Soundtrack ever be rereleased?

    As no doubt many here were as well, I was an intense listener to the record of the 1st season soundtrack back in the day. So I have to wonder, would the JHC ever consider rereleasing it remastered on CD (especially to coincide with the upcoming film)? They'd probably sell quite well.
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    The JHC and HBO

    I wasn't sure which section to put this in; this seemed the most relevant. At any rate, given the long relationship between Henson Associates and HBO in the 80s, I have to wonder how it all started. Thus, would anyone know when and how Henson approached the HBO management to offer his...
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    Space Symphony Segment

    Remember this somewhat bizarre one, with a group of aliens being conducted in a strange symphony (including a trumpet-nosed one, a large green blob that jump-cuts to the other side of the screen twice, and a walking banjo), with each piece/musician appearing one at a time until the full symphony...
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    Mudwell's Death Procedure

    Just before he goes, Mudwell says to Wembley that "the mud is ready, and it is time," yet moments later he simply lies down and expires without touching the mud, so then, one must wonder, what was the purpose of cooking up the mud in the first place?
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    The not really Cave of the Great Bell

    Anyone here ever wonder what the cavern Gobo found actually was used for if not as the resting place for the Great Bell? Given that someone bothered to put a handle on the door, there had to be some use in the distant past (as in three days ago); storage perhaps for emergency food rations?
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    Sneak Peak Previews films

    Would anyone know, was the countdowns at the beginnings of the clips aired on this segment taken from the actual masters of the films in question, or were they added from another source? And more broadly, what criteria do you suppose went into choosing which material would get the SPP treatment?
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    JHP Kermit's Arm variations

    Exactly how many different variations of the early 90s logo were there? I remember for certain: -Kermit's arm holds up the title card, which the arrow nails to the wall -Kermit's arm pulls down the blind with the logo on it, then lets it go and snap back up -Kermit's arm holds up the...
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    Opening sequence mysteries

    These have always intrigued me, perhaps someone else has their own theories: -what do you suppose Doc is screwing together when we go into the workshop? -interesting how the entire Rock seems to be waiting for Gobo to return from wherever he was before the camera caught up with him; do...
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    Ditsie colors

    What's your theory on why some seem to give off white light and others colored lights depending on the cavern? I'm guessing it probably has to do with subspecies, that different ones give different light colors.
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    favorite character winter outfit

    This may be a bit out there, but given that it's the right time of the year, might as well ask, which of our heroes do you think has the best winter outfit as seen on cold-weather episodes? I'd have to go with Red's; those "hairmuffs" are particularly amusing. :excited:
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    Sesame crushes

    Did anyone in any facet of the show qualify as your first crush, or whatever would qualify for a crush at the age you were watching (it wouldn't have to be a main cast member, anyone in any live action segment qualifies)? Two that did catch my fancy were: -the next to last of the 5 dancers...
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