Doc decides to impinge his mixtape on the whole neighborhood. Tag @ToughPigs in your fan art of Doc and Sprocket as the Doctor and his companion! Do Fraggles have coffee? Red just casually drops the harshest, most powerful burn of 1983. What has the Echo Hole done to our brains?

Show notes: Katilyn’s 40 Years Later review of this episode

Is Sprocket a Red Vines guy or a Twizzlers guy?—the fight that started a Fraggle Talk mutiny! Would Sprocket’s lightning deflector hat actually work? MLMs are bad, kids. Is this one of Marjory’s good days? Gobo is John Wayne.

Show notes: Beth got the whole “fear + oxytocin = bravery” thing from the book Wonderworks by Argus Fletcher

ToughPigs’ own JD Hansel joins as our guest and commits to the bit. Gobo is Long Furby? Fraggles have a very low dance threshold. Does Marjory have a metabolism? All of the implications are terrifying!

Episode notes: JD’s ToughPigs articles

Special guest Becca Petunia! Don’t put roller skates on your dog. How long is a squintillion days? We demand a prequel show, Fraggle Rock: The Age of the Third Drafting. Which Fraggle is which Spice Girl? Chekhov’s peach and garlic pie. Junior Gorg needs a union. Philip Balsam appreciation time! Does Doc have a jackhammer license? Bonus derailment about Waldo C. Graphic.

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We love the Storyteller! Sir Blunderbrain = Beowulf? The Fraggle version of Marco Polo. For once, Boober’s anxiety is warranted and his superstition is useful! What are the potential benefits of a collapsible bookshelf?

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Special guest Anthony Strand! Marjory’s least helpful moment so far. “Mokey is George W. Bush? (not clickbait)” Karen Prell is awesome. Traveling Matt disguised as a pig. Do Fraggles do Grub Hub? The secrets of Gorg body suit construction. Boober is too young to die!

Show notes: Follow Anthony and Ryan’s podcast, Movin’ Right Along!

Relatable Doc moments. How do you sew a button on a fried egg? The Solemn Oath of the Fraggle and the bonkers amount of power it carries. Traveling Matt tries to eat a steel pipe. Our first Jim Henson character! Wibbly-wobbly time distortion. How does Convincing John know what a human is?

Julia’s Dog Care Corner. Adopting Wembley as the mascot of bisexuals. How do you get a Fraggle on a rollercoaster? “Who’s on First?” in the Gorgs’ garden. What happens when an oracle has a bad day? Boober as the voice of job interview anxiety. Sometimes “I don’t know” is the right answer!

Show notes: JD Hansel’s (spoilery!) article Doozer Kapital: A Critique of Fraggle Economy.

What the heck is a stave shaver? Dave Goelz is awesome. Mokey = Marvin Suggs? #OmgTheyWereCoHypeMenForTheTrashHeap. Cameo by the Blustering Bellowpane Monster. The 2013 animated show “Doozers.” #Justice4YakketySaxToddlerFraggle.

Yes, Doc was also the bartender in Boondock Saints! Wembley’s eye-rolling mechanism, Pa’s giant bathtub, and Gorgish lore. Where did the Fraggles get a popcorn machine? The dangers of electricity + bathtime. Cthulhu poorly repairing a boiler.

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