The Fraggles are again! This previous weekend, Fraggle Rock: Again to the Rock returned to Apple TV+ for its 2d season. Pink, Mokey, Gobo, Wembley, Boober, and all of the glorious little – and not-so-little – creatures have returned to entertain the old and young. Fraggles have lengthy since been part of many a fan’s lives. And with the brand new collection, delightfully cheery creatures are introduced again for some tune and magic. As an old-school fan, seeing that the Fraggles have returned to deliver pleasure to a brand new era’s hearts is incredible.
For this fan, I had the privilege of chatting with “Mokey” and “Pink” and assembly a couple of of those cute creatures in individual. First, I had a amusing little dialog with Mokey (puppeteered by means of Donna Kimbal) and Pink (puppeteered by means of Karen Prell). Now and again, an “interview” will also be a large number of amusing. And talking to Fraggles is set as stress-free as you’ll get. And whilst it introduced a large smile to my face talking to Fraggles, there was once a lot more in retailer. We additionally loved talking with exact people, together with Government manufacturers John Tartaglia, Halle Stanford, and Matt Fusfeld.
Then again, with the interviews on Zoom, we have been nonetheless operating on finding extra concerning the Fraggles. The next week, I joined different fellow Fraggle fans for a adventure to Jim Henson’s Creature Store in Burbank, California (the place we’ve been earlier than). Whilst the magic wasn’t obvious from outdoor the development, the second one you walked in, all of the Fraggle love was once on complete show.
All the way through our discuss with, reside presentations of the way the gifted performers create the magic. Once we arrived, EP John Tartaglia led us people in the course of the journey. The afternoon started with the “Fabrication Room,” the place we seemed on the advent of Fraggles. Scott Johnson and Alex “Jurgen” Ferguson gave us perception into how complicated of a role it was once to deliver the Fraggles to lifestyles. And sure, lets see those stunning creatures up shut and private. As a long-time muppet fan, it makes me glad to look the imaginative global from its early phases.
Fraggle Rock additionally offers us the tiny and cute “Doozers.” And sure, Bobby Bennett gave us a take a look at those lovely and cuddly little fellas. And we even had the danger to perform a little puppeteering ourselves. It takes critical ability to do what those fantastic folks do each week. And to look the craft firsthand, the painstaking paintings that is going into each component of this advent is in point of fact awe-inspiring.
Fraggle Rock: Again to the Rock continues to deliver those fantastic creatures to lifestyles. I fell in love with those characters in my adolescence. And now, it’s incredible to look new lovers embracing the cute Fraggles. Thanks to everybody at Jim Henson’s Creature Store and, in fact, everybody who took the time to re-introduce us to the pleasant Fraggle Rock. Take a look at Fraggle Rock: Again to the Rock Season 2, which is these days on Apple TV+. Take a look at extra pics from our discuss with:
