Content warning: Yup, this is the (first) episode about death, folks! But we manage to find the humor in discussing The Pagemaster holding up remarkably well, Dave Goelz chewing all the scenery and all the bubblegum, and Chad the Fearless. Let’s get existential with special guest Roz Strand!

When in doubt: research! Is rapturous the same as boring? Weird Marvin vs Weird Marlon vs Large Marvin. Wait, how does the moon work? Not one, but three seam/seem puns.

Fraggles clearly don’t have an OSHA. Where does all of Marjory’s trash come from? Depression: but faster! Is the robot dog just terrifying, or is it terrifying and cute?—send us your fan art! Adam and Beth try to convince Julia to read Animorphs. Red tests out her tight five.

Double the Adams, double the fun! Today we’re joined by fellow Muppet podcaster Adam from Muppeturgy to talk about 1983 home computers, Gobo’s Guitar Guy Energy, Ma Gorg’s glow up, the Traveling Matt postcard cut from Apple TV, and Gorg ears.

Jocelyn Stevenson Appreciation Time! We keep adding to our Fraggle Talk bingo cards. What are piano pedals for? How many Fraggles live in Fraggle Rock, anyway? The very short C Plot with Mokey’s jar of paint. Why does Marjory have so many love potions??

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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