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DefunctTV: The History of Fraggle Rock

Defunctland | May 6, 2026



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In the fourth part of the six-part series on Jim Henson, DefunctTV explores the history of HBO’s Fraggle Rock and the Dark Crystal

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  1. @fireblade696

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    Gosh the idea of the Doc and Sprocket segments being customizable for countries was amazing. Jim was a genius. It’s a shame that not many countries did their own version

  2. @ImagesOfAustin

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    haha. If you want to stop war you need to start denouncing a certain group who like a 6 pointed star. If you got rid of that group you might not get rid of all war, but you would get rid of a lot of war.

  3. @tbabes9477

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    I loved Fraggle Rock as a kid Boober was my favorite. It will always have a place in my heart as well as the Muppet Show and many of Jim Henson's projects.

  4. @AussieWazza

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    Ironically whilst watching this video I have to keep seeing stupid advertisements with Miss Piggy in it, some travel crap I can't watch. The voice is wrong, her actions are wrong, it's not miss piggy, nor is Kermit Kermit anymore. You grow up with a character, that's the character. But seeing Miss Piggy on a YouTube advertisement is bad.

  5. @davieduckett

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    I was lucky enough to be a small child when both Fraggle rock and the Dark Crystal came out. I will always love my memories of both, they helped shape my imagination. Jim had an enormous positive effect on my life. Truly a great man.

  6. @liamobrien6151

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    "You cannot leave the magic." I watched Fraggle Rock when I was a kid. But watching these clips now hits in another way. Doc having to move closer to Ned who has health problems. Seeing family and friends have such problems now, people who made growing up magic for us – that is just devastating. We lose a lot as we go through life. It makes it all the more important to seek and create more magic. For the kids now, but also sometimes for ourselves. The best greeting I can give someone is that I wish for them that they never leave the magic.

  7. @barryschalkwijk9388

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    I was mesmerized by "de freggles" as they were called over here. I was just too young to understand the postcard bits. But the rest i loved. Now, those postcard bits are so funny in retrospect!

  8. @lottalax

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    I was born in 82 and in Norway we didn’t have Sesame Street (though got a Sesame Station with a train later on) so it was the big Henson show for me. I was terrified of the trash heap when little, I had to hide behind a blanket when she was on screen.

  9. @ladycdesigns3472

    May 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    My eldest sister adores Fraggle Rock, so we got her the whole set on dvd. Sent it to her by mail and there was a massive spider that had gotten in the package and scared her silly. 🇦🇺 Straya things🤷🏼‍♀️

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