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From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

This is for the future so I don't have to feel as pressured writing descriptions all at once. This includes links when applicable. Feel free to use those links to work on things yourself.

To do:

We're gonna party, we're gonna rock, we've got tickets to the Cinemark!

13th Opening (2008-2012) (Segurito y el Gato Joe) (Chile)


This is still here for easy access in case someone my stepmom knows does translations in the future.

OSCA Test

Background

Fraggle Rock is a family puppet series created by Jim Henson that ran from 1983 to 1987. Filmed in Canada, the show was created out of a desire to cause world peace. It focuses on the titular underground world of Fraggle Rock, where many creatures, notably the Fraggles, Doozers, and Gorgs, live their lives and slowly, over the course of 5 seasons, learn how they are connected. The show has been acclaimed for its handling of many difficult subjects, such as death, prejudice, societal injustice, and protecting the environment, and containing many catchy songs to keep things from getting too heavy. A rebooted series, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, premiered on Apple TV+ on the night of January 20, 2022.

Theme Song (January 10, 1983-March 30, 1987)


Description: The camera pans through the window of a house with ivy growing on it. Inside is an old man named Doc and his dog Sprocket. Doc is working hard at his workshop with a screwdriver, while Sprocket, who is lying on a dog bed next to a yellow bowl with his name on it, shifts his weight. The camera continues panning through the workshop to a hole in the wall.

Trivia:

  • According to the book Fraggle Rock: The Ultimate Visual History (2021):
    • Out of all the work Philip Balsam and Dennis Lee did for the show, the theme song was the biggest challenge. This is because the series has a remarkably complex premise that was difficult to explain with a song in such a short runtime.
    • The process of writing the theme didn't start until five or six episodes were filmed.
    • The ultimate focus on only the chorus instead of the verse-and-chorus structure of the unused theme was due to the limited time allowed for a theme song making the chorus the strongest part.
    • The single most challenging part to write was where to put the Fraggle Five introducing themselves individually, as Jim Henson requested it be part of the theme, but there wasn't a lot of room for it. This explains why said verse is so rapid-fire.
    • As it was very chilly in Toronto on the day of filming (in January of 1983), most of the puppeteers were sick with colds.
    • The clapping was done with mechanisms inside of the Fraggles' arms. Red's arm mechanism was broken, however, so Karen Prell hid her puppet behind a rock.

Technique: Live-action puppetry.

Lyrics:

Other Audio:

Legacy: A very popular theme that, similarly to those for DuckTales and Animaniacs, is particularly infamous for its catchiness.

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