The Grand Medley

[Chosenviper]

Ah the memories!

[brpierce]

I still occasionally use the phrase "I fear I'm losing my implacable calm..."

[NeverTheSame29]

i didnt quite care for Gobo's part in the medley. just sounded like he was dragging a bit.

[grski88]

This is a deep show. It proves that kids can handle depth and meaning in their entertainment. TV & Movie executives need to remember that.

[Miss65boo]

Love the Fraggles. May Jim Henson's creations live forever! Rest in peace Jim, you are very missed and will never be forgotten. What a legacy you have left us!!

[bouncebounceb]

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[bouncebounceb]

I loved this as a kid.

[edcasabonne]

Thumbs up if this was a vital part of your childhood an you actually remember watching this on tv...I know I do..

[TheaterServant]

Oh, dearest Jim Henson I miss you SOOO much even despite the fact that I was a month old when you died!! Thank you so much!!!!!!

[maysjimmie]

im teaching myself how to play this on a piano. i got all the parts but wembley's. I just cant find the keys for it.

[AnImmovableObject]

Boober <3

[innybunny]

Bing boing bing *adorable*

[slyhazeleyes]

I always wanted Cantus and Mokey to get together. I know that sounds goofy.

[babymoondancer]

@slyhazeleyes Actually, a lot of fans ship them.

[TherealRNO]

@babymoondancer: Just like many shipped Red with Gobo, even before Red's--ahem--confession in an interview with SFX, seen here...

youtube . com/watch?v=9GGHYcRmXJs

[mamahenrobin]

Thank You for posting this,,my children and I all remember it well,,,showing them that we have our own song,,individually, but when played together,,a beautiful composition~

All God's goodness~

[eveningtsar]

I want to teach this one to my students. I think that would make me more happy than anything else I could teach them . . .

[ashley7327]

Wembley's part is my fav!!

[azzy314159]

wonderful stuff

Thanks for posting.

brings back memories

Azzy

[69MrGemini]

@DairDubh I think they mispelled the grand melody it's not medley. LOL

[anlashokna]

@69MrGemini

Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines Medley as:

3 : a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces

[TherealRNO]

@69MrGemini: A melody is the tune of the song, but a medley is a set of short song pieces, so this actually falls under both categories.

[furiousajp]

@69MrGemini No, It is medley. look it up.

[TelephoneRock4ever]

Was "The Minstrels" from the 1st Season? If it is, then I sooo need to get the complete first season, because "The Minstrels" is one of my favorite episodes. There's always a "Cantus" inside of us, encouraging us to find our song (and I have yet to find mine). ;-) Thanks for everything, Jim.

Gobo and Wembley's songs are very amusing. They both got stuck in my head when I was little, and I end up singing those songs to myself at times.

[MenloMarseilles]

@TelephoneRock4ever: Yep, first season.

[TelephoneRock4ever]

@MenloMarseilles: I knew it. Thanks. :-)

[davidls11]

This was a great show...until they ruined it by switching to animation instead of muppets.

[MovieRatIan]

@davidls11 The animated version aired five months after the live-action show had already finished its 5 seasons with an episode tying everything up...so it wasn't really switched to animation, the cartoon was a totally different show that only ran 13 episodes.

[TherealRNO]

@MovieRatIan: It may have aired after the original series, but pretty much everything prior to the last few episodes--where the Gorgs befriend the Fraggles & Doc finally sees the Fraggles--remained in the cartoon, so that chronologically, it would technically be somewhere between the first episodes of the series and the final block of episodes that ties it all together.

[DairDubh]

Isn't a medley a series of tunes played one after another? Playing them together like this would be a round or canon.

[anlashokna]

In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping.

[FengieTheNinja]

Jim Henson appearing in the show as Cantus and Convincing John has always made my day.

He had such a fun singing voice.

[pemdas927]

I've always been a big fan of Jim singing (preferably Dr. Teeth over Rolf, but still). You can mimick his talking voice (maybe), but not his singing voice. That's the main reason Y I still miss him so much.

[bennywise12345678987]

My Fav. Character Is Boober Fraggle!

[Jamesmom79]

I named a cat I had Boober. My friends also used to call me Queen of the Fraggles because I'm so short.

[Jamesmom79]

My graduation present from one of my best friends was a Fraggle shirt. I still have it more than 10 years later.

[TelephoneRock4ever]

@bennywise12345678987: Mine is Gobo. ^__^

[RabbitDance]

Thanks Cantus.

...now off to find MY song...

:o)

[deppluver2008]

Good luck, traveler.

[RabbitDance]

:o) Thank you.

[PeaceOut2U07]

"I fear I'm losing my unflappable calm..."-- THAT was Jim. He is Cantus. This is beautiful.

[LOAblue]

I love the fraggles! They remind me of hippies for some reason

[sparklegrl0713]

I love Cantus.  He.. IS Jim Henson. The very essence of Jim Henson is in Cantus. I swear. : )

[TherealRNO]

@sparklegrl0713: This is true. Besides Kermit, Jim IS Cantus, because those two characters--Kemit and Cantus--are the two forces keeping their respective brands in balance (though Majory does help the Fraggles a bit, even she would probably go to Cantus for wisdom should she need it).

[Hamsterlover12323]

I LOVE WEMBLEY!!!!! i love his song

[Hamsterlover12323]

i love this movie even though i may be 13 i still love it!!!

[psylence101]

I'm 24 and I find it fantastic.

The music is great the characters have an impleccable sweetness, innocence and decency.

Besides that the social stuctures of the fraggle civilization are the envy of any filanthropically poised idealist.

Only when ones heart has shut it's doors will one find the fraggles childish. Henson was a genius.

[TherealRNO]

@psylence101: Well said, my friend. Your inner Jim would be proud.

[collgoff]

@TherealRNO What dose that mean ?

[TherealRNO]

@collgoff: It means that this is a medley with a melody (i.e. a series of short song pieces with a tune).

[Americanautistic]

Red: But I don't have a song!

Cantus: YOU'VE ALWAYS HAVE A SONG! SHEESH! GOD!!!! ARE YOU DUMB, RED?!

[sallacia]

Is all of this ep floating around somewhere? Love it!

[CelineK18]

Cantus is my favorite Fraggle

[MegaCaveboy]

He's my favorite too : )

[MistyJr95]

I'm 15 and I watched this on VHS when I was little with my brother (who ALWAYS rented this episode). The only character I remember is Boober. But now that I rediscovered, I now own the complete series on DVD. This is one of my favorite songs. Now Cantus is one of my favorite characters. (next to Boober and Wembley)

[ehranch]

this reminds me of my childhood...well im only 21...but i still have this episode on cassette :)

[falkonight]

"cause you know we belong to the song "

how beautiful Henson you are truly missed

[Sububababa]

lol i just watched it ester day she doesn't become a minstrel lol but the chocolates taste nice

[nessamaine]

JUST WONDERFUL...Red finds her own song...finds out who she is and that what she creates is right and beautiful for her... Mokey's song - LOL - Doo doo doo...doo doo doo... and Wembley...Bing boing boing bing boing boing...LOL! Even Boober finds his song...My favorite episode EVER! We miss you so much Jim Henson...RIP...xo peace.

[eugtheman]

I don't like this song as much as others. Was this episode in the fraggle search and find?

[anlashokna]

I'm not sure I know what you mean by 'fraggle search and find'.

[MsGirlPower101]

this was in the episode "The Minstrels"

[DorothyTheMouse]

This is one of my favorite songs from any kids show. I remember watching this show.... It was so great.

[anlashokna]

Correction: It IS so great ^.~

[BuckWilliams17]

You are both correct. Fraggle Rock WAS the greatest show of it's kind when the shows were still new. But thanks to technology like youtube and DVD, we can still enjoy them, so in that sense they still ARE great.