Down at Fraggle Rock

When I was a kid, a couple of decades ago [sniffle, sniffle], I would watch this muppet series on TV on Saturday evenings. It was called Fraggle Rock.

Here is the intro song to every episode : The song is so friggin' timeless that even now 20 years later I recollect every word along with the funky claps in between the words as fillers, its just brings tears to my eyes...



So the fraggles are these tiny creatures without any leaders. And they love radish. They tend to steal the radishes from the garden of these 22 foot tall creatures called the Gorgs. The Gorgs are not the total evil neither good-natured idiots, and the Gorgs have never seen any civilization beyond their own family, and speak with a pronounced Southern [South as in America] accent. Which probably explains their almost trailer trash kind of existance.
Lots of interesting facts and features, include the talking garbage can/trash which spouts out worldly wisdom and advice. One of the characters had an uncle who travelled around the world, and made it a point to send postcards to his fraggle nephew. The nephew would risk life and limb everytime to go collect the postcard, as he had to negotiate a human [this was easy] and his eager to please gigantic furry dog.
I loved the fraggles, and looks like a few of their seasons are out on DVD. Would make a nice present though - and if I ever have kids, or if you have kids, I say this is highly recommended and clean viewing as compared to the Japanese nonsense conquering the screens of today. Its not highly moralistic, and has good entertainment value. And its nice to watch something that you grew up with, with your own kid, as it opens the nostalgia box.