Pickles, Bells, and Trophies: A Look at Fraggle Festivities

Abigail Maughan – As we Silly Creatures recover from our New Year’s celebrations, we realize how important parties and games and loud noises are to us throughout the year when it’s time to commemorate something. Your average Fraggle is also very enthusiastic about celebrations involving all of those components as well, except probably Boober. Fraggles have…

Ringing of the Bells 2016

Josh Hankemeier – For many years now it has has been a tradition for Muppet fans from all over the world to ring bells on December 21st at a certain time to celebrate friendship, our fandom, and our admiration of Jim Henson. It was inspired by “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” where all of the Fraggles…

Fraggle Rock Returns to HBO

Jarrod Fairclough – Dance your cares away, folks!  Because it has just been announced that after close to 3 decades off our screens, HBO will begin airing digitally remastered episodes of everyone’s other favorite TV show with Doozers, Fraggle Rock! In a statement by The Jim Henson Company, they revealed that “(Production company) illuminate has created a…

Important Life Lessons from Boober Fraggle

Abigail Maughan – Boober Fraggle is the only cautious, quiet homebody in a civilization full of loud, bold thrill-seekers. The cynic, the skeptic, the naysayer of the core Fraggles, this guy’s got a lot on his mind, even if you don’t count the mischievous party-loving entity living in his head. Over the course of his adventures,…