Fraggle Rock Rocks

Whether you like McCain or Obama, there is great news today for every American who loves Fraggle Rock. HIT Entertainment (which began life as the oversees arms of Jim Henson Productions--“HIT” means “Henson International Television”--but separated from its parent firm, retaining the rights to the Fraggles, around 1990) and Lionsgate Entertainment, HIT's DVD distributor since May, are together releasing the complete series on DVD. It’s entitled The Fraggle Rock Complete Series Collection and it includes every episode ever created. The original series ran for five seasons from 1983 to 1987; this means there are ninety-six episodes, which makes this quite a collection. Here is HIT Entertainment’s press release from Muppet Central. Astute readers will notice mention of an upcoming Fraggle Rock feature film, which is good news indeed.


For those who may not have heard of HIT previously, they’re best known today for their preschool television series, including some of the field’s most popular and best-produced titles, like Angelina Ballerina, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Barney, and host of other characters on both sides of the Atlantic. There’s a new Angelina coming soon and a host of other great things afoot; I’m glad that the Fraggles, the show that more or less started it all, haven’t been lost in the mix. Here’s a taste of what the box set has in store: