"Fraggle Rock" - "Catch a Tail by the Tiger"

[transformers07fan]

I just watched this episode today on Netflix! :D Favorite song from this episode; I'm still on season 1 :)

[KBAFourthtime]

What episode is this from?

[Unitedstatesilove]

Gobo was always my favorite, the episode he broke his leg i was devastated.

[TheCornCobbers]

Uncle Matt Is The Mayne !

[babycoo1712]

Gobo is my favorite fraggle !

[dawnmarko1]

4 ppl got ripped by a tiger trying this

[RFouts0]

Wow -- total flashback.

[lauraloveydear]

has the fraggle rock movie came out yet??????

[Fragglevision]

@lauraloveydear Not yet. It hasn't even left pre-production, though the Scissor Sisters recently wrote a few original songs for the film. In this case, it could be out "when pigs fly". Consider Duke Nukem Forever: Several years ago, 3D Realms employee George Broussard said that the game would be released "when pigs fly." On September 1, 2010, however, his Twitter account linked to a picture of flying pigs, and a playable demo of Duke Nukem Forever was on display at Penny Arcade Expo.

[BenjaminKingCounty]

I miss Fraggle Rock :0(

[ckMC13410]

RIP Jim Henson 

[ckMC13410]

I love all of Jim Hensns puppet creations :)

They r just all awsome :D

[Maggycloverfinder]

Catch a tail by the tiger!

[heaven2kk9]

the moomins was better -.-.....

[vaxick]

Love this song. I had a Fraggle Rock cassette tape when I was a child and I fondly remember this song on it.

[uselessman73]

"Life plays tricks and they're mean." Harsh yet wise words for a kid's show. Too bad more shows aren't like this now..... it's not being anti-kid, it's being truthful.

[Sparkle0906]

@uselessman73 They like shows like this would scare a kid too much. But kids are stronger than you think.

[FlexFreakk]

PLEASE PUT THIS BACK ON THE AIR!

[Ericadawn16]

@FlexFreakk It's on the Hub!

[MuppeTickeler]

At 0:21 Gobo says: Wembley let me explain some shit to you.

[rinraiden]

This show brings back memories. I as just a toddler and in love with this show. I'm 22 now and its still great to hear it. Gobo was always my favourite. Love his singing voice and stylish purple hair.

[chrisbarry87]

did anyone hear the line death and taxes ?

[TherealRNO]

@chrisbarry87: Yeah. Well, FR dealt with death regularly ("The Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" in Mokey's Funeral, "Dixie Wailin'" in The Challenge, the Fraggle freeze in "The Bells of Fraggle Rock", the purpose of "Gone But Not Forgotten", the Ballad of Sir Blunderbrain as part of the tale of the "Terrible Tunnel", the "Marooned" Red and Boober nearly not making it out of a cave-in, et al), so that's no surprise.

[bobbobly1]

lol little britan

[nmaster13]

D:

DID HE EVER FIND HIS UNCLE?!

[letmegetjiggy]

Cant wait to see his movie.. I want to see it the first day it comes out

[gunakesson]

@letmegetjiggy what movie?

[TherealRNO]

@gunakesson: Fraggle Rock The Movie. Directed by Cory Edwards, with Ahmed Zappa as executive producer, the Henson kids as overseeing, the Weinsteins as distributors, and starring what's left of the origina cast (we can confirm Karen Prell & Dave Goelz, as we speak).

[collgoff]

@TherealRNO I'm really sure know Steve and Kathy will be in the movie and I really hope Jerry will able to do the movie as well.

[TherealRNO]

@collgoff: I just hope Jerry is well at all. Even if he just dubs the voices, that's good enough, since Muppeteers switch on and off between characters, especially if they're veterans or are sick (worse still if they're a sick veteran like Jerry, who was suffering from bouts with cancer and other health problems).

[collgoff]

@TherealRNO Woe take it esaey I know what you're saying understand everyone has health problems now a days but we have to keep our hopes up.

[TherealRNO]

@collgoff: Yeah, I know. Just have hope. XD

[tr763]

fraggle rock owns sesame street, it was for the already educated children. we didnt need Elmo. he sucks

[sgaevan1567]

what does gobo mean by pull the EYES over the wull ? im freaked out

[TherealRNO]

@sgaevan1567: It's the reverse of "pulling the wool over someone's eyes", just as "catching a tiger by the tail" is the actual saying ("catch a tail by the tiger" is the reverse of it).

[sgaevan1567]

@TherealRNO oh okay i got it i got it

[sgaevan1567]

lol my mom recorded this but i saw this first I'm going to see the episode now

[letmegetjiggy]

when is the Movie coming out???? let me know please!!!!

[Fragglevision]

@letmegetjiggy Probably 2011-2012. It was originally slated for this year (2010), but it's still in production as we speak.

[MajCinematic]

GREATEST SHOW!!! Strong morals and messages within a fun and entertaining show!!! Henson was a genius!

[Svansfall]

Oh my God, this is so wonderful! :)

I had not heard this song since 1984, when I heard it first (and last). Well, this is the first time that I am hearing it in English, since I am Swedish, and watched it with the Swedish voices when I was a child.

This song has stuck with me... and I have remembered the chorus to it, and sang it to myself ever so often. I am so happy to finally be hearing the full song again.

[mdragon180]

awesome ;-)

[utah65]

Holy cow , I was only 6 when I was watching this and I'm 35 now . Wow one of my favorite show when I was a kid . This brings back alot of childhood memories . Thanks for posting this .

[CrazyBrandondorf]

Thats a silly song.

[DrJekyll38]

Ever notice that Gobo's hair color changed in mid-song? Started purple, ended red?

[Fraggle24]

@DrJekyll38 That's cause when they were holding him he was close to one of the gel spotlights that give the rocks their various color tones.

[Africana3789]

I used to LOVE Fraggle Rock. I wish I could relive certain moments in my childhood again.

[maj1986]

GENIUS show!!! Henson made such a sweet meaningful show in the form of a cute puppet show for kids whith so much more to say. Wonderful. So sad Jim is not here today to see how celebrated he STILL is and will always be.

[aallppiinnee]

take the nonsense by the yuppie liberal

[thatdamnwetback]

hmm... seems like 1 guy had no childhood.

[stinachristina]

I used to have a Fraggle Rock record waaay back in the day and this was on it. We might still have that record in a box somewhere. Love this song.

[snurpentine]

"Death and taxes and all"!! Completely wasted on me as a kid!! Why do they put in lyrics that only adults can understand?! Love it!!

[Blackwolf008]

My dad watched Fraggle Rock when he was a kid and we recently found the first episodes on Netflix and now I'm stuck on it XD It's so cute! (Now I know where my dad got "Nyeee" and "Boober" XD)

[shany3287]

I'm in my late 20's and I can still watch Fraggle Rock over and over again like when I was a little girl! Oh how I miss those days.

[TT1478]

boy, did they know how to harmonize to whatever songs they sang.  lol.

[uzidown138]

I just noticed that Gobo has a mega Canadian accent . Ya noo what im talkin aboot? Eh?

[LOZmaster85RB]

watch a muppet family christmas, he says "eh" after one of his lines lol

[fozziefan]

thats jerry nelson as the voice of gobo in an interview he said he ment it to sound canadian also fraggle rock was filmed in toronto because the american company payed for it and the canadian company gave the studio to film in

[collgoff]

@fozziefan Boy I warder how Jerry got Gbobo's Canadian actsent.

[rebrella]

@uzidown138 A canadian trying for a southern drawl? How odd!

[Krogerdude8]

@uzidown138

Which is funny, since the guy that voiced him was born in Tulsa.

[babymoondancer]

@Krogerdude8 It's the other way around --- a Southerner trying for a Canadian drawl.

[mpplimpton]

Gobo is from Canada, Iowa, and Minnesota all in one!

[Littl3W1ng]

@uzidown138 i think its just cuz this is a reggae song.

[RabbitDance]

I wanna catch a tale by the tiger. XD

[HenshinHyperMaster]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I love this song, and really any song form the series.

I hope the Upcoming Fraggle Rock Movie is just as good!

[TT1478]

they're supposed to be coming out with a movie? wow, how cool. even though i'm 31 years old, i would really go to see it. i'm still a kid at heart, even though i feel old as hell seeing how long these shows came out. lmfao!!!!

[collgoff]

@HenshinHyperMaster I sure the movie be any good too.

[FragglevisionReturns]

@HenshinHyperMaster It better be, if New Regency (who is distributing the movie now) gets Brian Lynch to write the script! Brian Lynch has several great kids' movies under his belt (Hop and Puss In Boots among them), his script for "The Next Muppet Movie" (one of many vaporware Muppet movies) is interesting, and he would knock a Fraggle Rock movie out of the park.

[TherealRNO]

@FragglevisionReturns: is cory still director or have they someone else in mind