Disney Ultra 4HD Request: "Fraggle Rock: The Complete Collection"

[Steve Arino]

Dear Mr. Iger,

I have a proposal for The Walt Disney Company: to make a deal with The Jim Henson Company for Disney to transfer the Complete Series rights to "Fraggle Rock" from The Jim Henson Company to Disney's The Muppets Studio banner.

As part of Disney's "Fraggle Rock" acquisition (which shall be tentatively finalized in September 2020), Disney shall issue, for the first time EVER on Ultra 4HD, "Fraggle Rock: The Complete Collection," showcasing all 109 half-hour episodes (including the NBC Saturday-Morning Cartoon version airing from September 12, 1987 - September 3, 1988) of the hit '80s series "Fraggle Rock" 100% Complete, 100% Uncut, AND 100% Unedited, just the way each of the 96 Live-Action Episodes originally aired on the HBO Television Network from January 10, 1983 - March 28, 1988 for 4 seasons of 96 half-hour episodes.

Created by Jim Henson, "Fraggle Rock" centered on a group of creatures known as Fraggles who loved to play, sing and dance all day long. Gobo Fraggle (Jerry Nelson) was Leader of the Fraggles, whose uncle, Traveling Matt Fraggle (Dave Goelz), set out to explore "Outer Space," their term for the Outside World around them; Wembley Fraggle (Steve Whitmire) was Allergic to almost Everything in Sight; Boober Fraggle (Dave Goelz) a Scaredy-Cat; Red Fraggle (Karen Prell) the Athletic Fraggle; and Mokey Fraggle (Kathy Mullen), a Painter.

Living above "Fraggle Rock" was Inventor Jerome "Doc" Christian (Gerry Parkes) and his Beloved Dog, Sprocket (Steve Whitmire).

Interestingly, the Doc and Sprocket segments were different in each Country around the world--for example, in the original Canada/US Version on HBO, Doc was an Inventor, while in the UK he was an Innkeeper in England, and in France he was a Chef whose dog was named Croquet; many Dubbed "Fraggle Rock" episodes outside such countries used the original HBO Network version.

A year after the live-action "Fraggle Rock" ended its HBO run, Jim Henson, in early 1987, decided to give the Fraggles a 2nd life as a Saturday morning cartoon show airing on NBC for one full Saturday morning season in 1987.

Tentatively, Disney shall release, on Ultra 4HD, "Fraggle Rock: The Complete Collection" on September 29, 2020 in a Unique Boxset costing ONLY $59.99 wherever 4HDs are sold, 3 weeks after Disney's "Fraggle Rock" Acquisition shall become Complete effective September 8, 2020; for those who can't afford the Box Set, Disney shall also issue that same day, September 29, 2020, all 96 half-hour live-action "Fraggle Rock" episodes split into 4 seasons at a cost of $9.99 per season, as well as a cheap $9.99 Ultra 4HD of "Fraggle Rock: The Complete Animated Adventures," showcasing all 13 half-hour of the animated Fraggles.

Likewise, Disney shall issue the Ultra 4HD set under its ABC Studios banner.

Sincerely,
Steve Arino

 

[BlakeConor14]

Not being funny but why would they
The Fraggles aren’t relevant.
They aren’t profitable
And it just doesn’t make sense

 

[Phillip]

The restored version of Fraggle Rock was just released on 1080p Blu-ray last year and is available for an incredibly low price under $35. Given that the show was recorded on video tape, it wouldn't look much better in 4k. It actually might look worse.

Fraggle Rock Blu-ray Complete Set
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F7W7WWG/

All that being said, of the three main companies (Disney, Sesame, Henson), the Jim Henson Company has been the most aggressive with 4k releases of Dark Crystal and Labyrinth and Blu-ray releases of sd upscales of Fraggle Rock, Emmet Otter (uncut!) and Farscape. Neither Sesame or Disney have any Muppet content in 4k.

It would be much better to put efforts towards getting new Muppet content on Disney+ as described below including the Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight, Muppet Babies and Bear in the Big Blue House.

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[minor muppetz]

I recently saw a post on either Facebook or Twitter somewhere, from somebody who worked on Fraggle Rock, who said that the show was shot on high res video, even though it was impossible to broadcast in high res back then, and that that's why the HD release of Fraggle Rock looks so great, I wonder if that would work with Ultra 4K HD.

 

[gravy]

Not being funny but why would they
The Fraggles aren’t relevant.
They aren’t profitable
And it just doesn’t make sense

you are WRONG
but whatever floats your goat