Fraggle Rock - "The Friendship Song"

[ryleefoxable]

Jim Henson was a genius and an amazing creator!!!!

[xCokePepsii]

@ryleefoxable And it all came from his aunt's (or some one) green coat..

[suewilly1237]

Today's the 29th anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!

[rosanelvento000]

wonderful!!!really magic,have a good night^_^

[mariaperiwinkle]

that made me cry

[radiodj1520]

I Believe This Was A Video Clip From The Episode Of "Fraggle Rock" On May 2, 1983.

[ScrumbleNuts]

Everything Henson ever did breaks my heart a little bit because he had such a clear view of what he thought the world should be- in some ways he was the perfect hippy- he believed in equality and friendship and fun.

[BKDBrian2]

(sung to London Bridge)

I have a friend that her name is Mokey, her name is Mokey, her name is Mokey.

I have a friend that her name is Mokey, we have fun together.

I have a friend that her name is Red, her name is Red, her name is Red.

I have a friend that her name is Red, we have fun together.

(Repeat three times more, putting in the names Gobo, Wembley, and Boober)

We laugh and play and sing all day, sing all day, sing all day.

We laugh and play and sing all day, on Fraggle Rock together.

[the20scopes]

This is what was wrong with that whole general time period. This is what Fraggle Rock was all about: Deeply anxious characters and the tensions of the unspoken complexities of their relationships. TIGHT FACES. Everything about the Fraggles is deeply stressful with a mellow kind of mask on. It's like looking into the frightened eyes of a generation experiencing life within a plasticine precipice of the unknown blackness that awaits but must never be spoken of. Compare to the Muppets and see!

[AnImmovableObject]

I think this is one of the most powerful episodes. The things they say to each other when they're trapped in there, it's the kind of beauty that makes tears warm up behind your eyes. 

[N10me]

Aaaw, nice to hear this song again. :) This is actually the first time I hear it as the original version. I've earlier heard this in Finnish. It is a long time I have watched this episode...

[noodledawg5721]

i luv freggle rock!

[slyhazeleyes]

I'm so happy that Fraggle Rock is back on the HUB. I agree that they don't make shows like this anymore.

[jeangeniex3]

so pretty and simple.

[andrewwpwhite1978]

I'm 32 years and I still start crying when Red asks Boober if it hurts to die. What happened to all these great shows?

[Cantinhodaluh]

very beautiful!!!!

[beau99]

I saw this episode for the first time the other day.

It (and especially this song) nearly made this 24 year old guy lose it. I knew they weren't going to die, but they do it so well that suspension of disbelief WILL happen each time.

[KnightOneDark]

I hate to be one of "those people," but this video makes me sad about the current state of television.

[poppymoone]

Red is my favourite Fraggle.. because on the surface she SEEMS zany and loud but really she is sensitive and beautiful.. I think she hides behind outward confidence a very very gentle heart :)

[TherealRNO]

@poppymoone: This is true and Gobo knows this better than anyone, since she acts sweet and loveable generally, but when he acts superior and leaderly, she goes off at him, causing what many fans consider "lover's spats" between the two (and this can be inferred due to show hints and of Red's own official confession to an admiration of Gobo when interviewed by SFX recently during a promotional tour).

[pingo44224]

@TherealRNO Actually it wasn't a promotional tour, the appearances at Meltdown Comics in LA and Comic-Con were done nearly three months apart.

[TherealRNO]

@pingo44224: Though true, they would still be promotional, as are all of Red's appearances, since all of them are promoting the DVD releases, the Fraggle Rock comic book--along with other merchandise--the feature film in development, and the series' return to TV via The Hub.

[demdemfan]

red is my favorite

[silencemz]

beautiful :)

[NigerianRocker]

this were the real visionaries who made authentic kiddies shows that even appeals to adult still

classics were the original and the quality, efforts put into this kiddies show cannot be denied when you compare it with the crap being showed today on the television

fragle rock was a most awesome show..loved it then and even now!

[1234567890ajs]

aren't the making a movie?

[FigmentsFan]

Great harmonizing, love the use of Karen's voice as the bottom part, inverting the sound for a change. And one thing I still won't understand is why on the album they put in guitar to the a capella. I understand it was probably recorded that way to keep time, but that a capella is the way it opens.

Lovely piece. Great show. Fond memories.

[jilliankristine]

Is it sad that at 28 I can still remember the words to this song! haha <3

[bigjustinturbo]

@jilliankristine That's not sad, that's awesome. You cannot leave the magic.

[rattlesnake81]

@bigjustinturbo Agreed. No matter what age it shall remain beautiful and awesome to us always. Kids today miss out on what we had back then,

[Tarotlynx]

@rattlesnake81 That's why my mother had the sense to use the V. C. R. when I was a little kid. She told my brother and I she wanted her grandkids to be able to watch it (and at the time, there was no such thing as DVDs). As I'm getting older now, I'm learning to understand what she meant.

[thegroovyfloyds]

@bigjustinturbo

YOU CANT GO BACK. NO ONE WAS EVER NORMAL AFTER A 'FROGGLE ROCK EPISODE' MY FRIEND. I MISS THOSE DAYS. IM CRYING AS I WATCH THIS.. YOU ARE SO DAMN RIGHT. YOU CANNOT LEAVE THE MAGIC. IT STAYS IN YOUR HEAD FOREVER.

[dnewhope777]

@bigjustinturbo That's exactly right! You don't stop playing because you get old, You get old because you stop playing. I am so happy to still have my imagination and creativity from childhood. Never let go of the magic, people. The best people always have a little inside. :)

[TheToekneeTouch]

@jilliankristine Dude, im 25 and i don't remember all of it but as it went it started coming back. *HIGH FIVE*

[discodaggett]

@jilliankristine Haha, I'm 29 and just watched this for the first time since I was four a couple nights ago. Tell me you didn't get choked up when Red asks Boober what it might be like to die.... What a great show. Complete series on DVD, here I come! :D

[maddiekaitlyn]

@jilliankristine

[ashkent7]

@jilliankristine No more sad than at 29 I've started making puppets lol

[collgoff]

Hay I heared that episode was Booer's Dave Gazlo and Red's Keren Perll's favorite episode.

[DrMartenSvsScull]

Oh Goooood...im a kid again...only drunk kid...XD

[ErnieandBert1]

One of the more touching episodes.

[skullgoth]

i remeber this from when i was little!! well not exactly this episode but the show was just awesome i used to watch it all day

[lorrierack]

They don't make programs like this for kids anymore, do they?

[tripeboi]

@lorrierack because the powers that be don't want children growing up learning how to think and imagine. 

[BeefBoullionaire]

@lorrierack Well, no... but really, did anyone EVER make a kids' show like this, before or since? Fraggle Rock is just an amazing anomaly no matter how you look at it. I don't really even like thinking of it as a "kids' show" at all. It seems more like just a show created by a group of adults who were somewhat childlike deep down, and yet knew the troubles of life from an adult perspective... who were just trying to make a great show.

[BeefBoullionaire]

@BeefBoullionaire (cont.)

It was aimed at kids, adults, or anyone who was willing to listen. Saying it was for kids was just the excuse they used to get it on the air. Or something like that, lol.

[xCokePepsii]

@BeefBoullionaire We never grow up... We just know how to behave as an Adult..

[gustafapan]

Beautiful! I'm so glad I grew up with Fraggle Rock.

[Tarotlynx]

This episode is meant to be meaningful, because Boober and Red were considered enemies until they were trapped together. Am I right?

[Melodyotakuchan21]

Good song.

[TMAZANEC1]

OK, this is from memory, so it is just the "gist" of what they said. And I will have to reply to myself to get it all in.

Red: Are you getting tired?

Boober: Tired and giddy. You know what that means, don't you?

Red: We're running out of air. Boober, I'm scared.

Boober: But Red, you're never scared.

Red: Well, sometimes I'm scared. But that's a secret. Boober, what is it like...to die?

[TMAZANEC1]

Boober: I don't think anyone really knows, Red. Once, when I was doing the laundry, this big soap bubble floated up to the top. It was all round and shiney...then it was gone. Don't cry, Red. We had some good times.

Red: But I thought you didn't like the good times.

Boober: Well, sometimes I did. But that's a secret.

Then the roof suddenly drops a few inches and we go into the clip. To think, they thought these lyrics would be their last words.

[creepycritters]

Red+boober gobo+mokey cute couples

but no one for poor wembley :(

[TherealRNO]

creepycritters: Personally, I prefer Red/Gobo (that has more evidence for it, especially via their "competitions"), Mokey/Boober (the flower child with the broody pessimist), and Wembley/Lou (see 'We Love You Wembley').

[creepycritters]

who's lou?

[TherealRNO]

creepycritters: She's a "throwaway character" (i.e. used in one episode), who is the only Fraggle willing to help Wembley when everyone else wanted Wembley to help them. The two sang a love song, "Learn to Love a Wimp" near the end of the episode after Wembley confessed his confused feelings (after the love potion idea from Majorie failed).

[ztslovebird]

Same here! Red and Boober are cute (I guess), but Red and Gobo are the kind of couple that would insult each other for their idea of love, then suddenly start kissing, lol!

[jonescalypso]

Absolutely! :D

[TMAZANEC1]

You should watch the episode. Red and Boober have a most meaningful conversation, thinking that they are about to die.

[ztslovebird]

I wanted to cry when I saw this episode!

[cassiebrite]

I remember this show as a child. This song is one of those that sticks in your head over the years. It's very real, and makes you think.

[stpipp]

i love this song

[TheAmbassador520]

I remember seeing this as a little kid. I didn't fully understand this episode, but I remember it as genuinely making think past what I normally thought about.

[SirAaronfanfreak]

I used to love this song. Its so pretty.

[GoDFaDDa42]

They were terrified that they were going to die. Mortality is part of life... they don't make kids TV like this anymore (of course, they largely didn't make it like this back then, either)

[erinlynn]

are they in the Terrible Tunnel?

[sparklegrl0713]

Nope, not the Terrible Tunnel.. they would've been sucked into the Tunnel. This is a cave-in.

[nessamaine]

wonderful...xo

[DarkLaddy]

Nice n sweet vid!! :)

[justmom66]

This makes me remember watching this with my daughter when she was little =] it was her favorite show, thanks for sharing! made me smile and her to lol

[redfootwalking]

ahhh...

[fl1992]

I used to watch Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock on HBO all the time as a kid growing up in the late 1980's!

[RubiconJohn]

remembering fraggle rock makes me wonder if the ppl who tried to instill values in children gave up.

[TherealRNO]

Rubicon: No. Some--like Jim Henson (the Muppet creator), Richard Hunt (an ace Muppeteer), and Jerry Juhl (the head creative producer behind this show)--are no longer with us. *sniff* How we need them nowadays, especially in the world of business...if only to show corporate heads that stupidity, sex, violence, and swearing don't need to be included in programs to gain attention & make an impact.

[crock703]

a little off topic..

When The Muppet Show's pilot episode was shot, the working title was "Sex & Violence," with the characters detonating a dynmatie charge, blowing up giant lettering of the title.. i.e. - Muppets being the end of sex & violence on TV.

I think you can find a Youtube video of it.

[TherealRNO]

crock: The thing is...The Muppets weren't the end of sex and violence, because they too exhibited sexual appeal and obviously faked violence. But, in comparison to the gore and cynicalism nowadays, The Muppets' brand of humor and wit is a godsend.

[Shadowkai89]

This song is so sweet, and I love Boober singing in this.

[jonescalypso]

me too, i've never seen him so sentimental, i use to watch this all the time as a kid, but i've forgotten much of it... Someone needs to post the episode with the beglerbeg, that was funny :D

[gummbygirl]

i love fraggle rock with a passion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3  it's one of the greatest shows ever...i can't wait until the movie comes out next year!!!

[xohottbabexo]

They're not gonna die, I saw it in the end, they're safe!

[doogooddoogood]

fraggle rock rocks!

[OlivaSpleen]

NOOOOO!!! They are going to die!

[collgoff]

Olivaspleen What makes you think there gona die?

[OlivaSpleen]

@collgoff because this is the episode when they confront their own mortality after a cave-in. They have a conversation that says something like "What do you think it feels like to die" they are running out of oxygen in this scene hence the restrained singing.

[OlivaSpleen]

This episode used to make me and my sister cry for hours.

[DancingAngelRachelle]

Cute, Fraggles Rock!

[jamieh1974]

Oh I've been after this song ever since it was first shown but thought it as called 'try a little longer'......also recorded if from the tv with my tape recorder - thanks so much for putting it up (so pleased they made it out of that cavern)

[hitdevil]

at 1:05 boober gives me chills everytime

[welcometopontinsitsg]

This is the best song ive ever heard in my life

[lightening816]

This is my favorite Fraggle Rock song. Also, I noticed something about Boober and Red. CAN'T YOU JUST SEE THE LOVE BETWEEN THOSE TWO??!! When they're together like that, it makes start to think they make the cutest couple. But then again, no one really knows that for sure.

[4u57inc0v3110]

Heck, yeah! RED AND BOOBER 4 LIFE!

[TherealRNO]

lightening: Not really. Many Muppet fans--especially fans of the Fraggles--like Gobo & Red for specific reasons.

[lightening816]

I understand why you'd think that and I don't blame for doing so.

[TherealRNO]

lightening: Plus, this is the only true episode in which Boober & Red truly interact. ^_^ Even those opposites that attract in the world--including Kermit & Piggy and Gonzo & Camilla--have at least a few things in common, whereas Red herself said that she and Boober had practically nothing in common! XD

[LaichanProductions]

awesome! <3

[Commander30]

This almost brings tears to my eyes. It's amazing how much emotion those puppets can convey--and a huge testament to the skill of their performers.

Thanks for sharing. :)

[loopyjosh]

how lovely. i loved fraggle rock. you took me back

[cdkreturns]

I remember taping this off the tv with my tape recorder in front of it. Thank you for posting this! :)

[ruwise2]

Red Fraggle has little tiny bubbles in her mouth when she sings softly.

[lorrierack]

Wow, found the song I was looking for on the first try. Yeah know, I was young enough when I first saw this ep that I actually worried that Boober and Red might die. It's kind of weird that I remember that.

[TimeMachine]

Thank you so much for posting this! I've been looking for it everywhere!

[bigjustinturbo]

Glad you like it. If you haven't already, please look into buying the season 1 and 2 DVDs of this show, which is the source of this video. They're worth every penny and sales show the creators that there's interest in bringing the complete series (and other Henson productions) to DVD.

[TimeMachine]

I own them. X3

They make me happy.

[bigjustinturbo]

Also, Red might be my least favorite of the main Fraggles (but I still love them all) but she gets some of the best songs in the series.