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Welcome to Fraggle Talk: Classic where we dive deep into the 1980s Jim Henson show “Fraggle Rock,” one episode at a time. Join us for (mostly) spoiler-free episode analysis, behind-the-scenes tidbits, wild speculation, lots of laughs, and thoughts on how to make our world a little Fragglier. Presented by ToughPigs.com.

Fraggle Talk


    • May 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 54 EPISODES


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    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Bonus episode! Season 2 Wrap-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 52:21


    We're wrapping up season 2 with listener questions, corrections, additions, and letters that make us cry. PLUS: Dennis Lee fighting crime in Russia, malfunctioning gaggles, and Beth's “Tickle Me Elmo” story.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 224, The Invasion of the Toe Ticklers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 52:18


    In which Fraggle Rock is overrun with fuzzy caterpillars and Mokey learns nothing.  PLUS: Sprocket does a Scooter Fist! Kava = dirt wine? Missed opportunity for a cowboy song. Millinery lesson time! Eldritch jellyfish butterflies!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 223, Boober's Quiet Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 49:02


    In which Sidebottom is back, steering Boober through lying, beast sitting, and baloobius reading. PLUS: Is this a prequel to “A Muppet Family Christmas”? Julia & Adam's Mountain Veggie Goats Tales Corner. Beast on a leash! Traveling Lady = Stevie Nicks? Bleeped Walt Whitman.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 222, Doozer Is as Doozer Does

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 41:02


    In which Wrench is peer-pressured into “flooping” and gets a dangerous case of hiccups. PLUS: We hope our NSA agents are enjoying this. Is flooping drugs?? Gaslight, gatekeep, girl boss. Carpenter Beetle Jesus? Bandages cure everything!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 221, Wembley and the Great Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 40:35


    In which Wembley gets caught in the middle of Gobo's and Red's competitiveness. PLUS: MIA Fraggles is now a running gag. Fraggles can spell in English? What's the deal with Dimpley, Noble, and Rumple? Shout out to the Fraggle with the acoustic soundboard! “Rumple still wins” = Rumplestiltskin?

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 220, A Cave of One's Own

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 76:04


    In which Red and Mokey go from best friends to roommates to enemies to best friends again. PLUS: We plot Roz's takeover of Movin' Right Along. #OhMyGodTheyWereRoommates. “Feeeed me, Mokey!” Commit to the knit! That's not very Live, Laugh, Love of you, Mokey. Featuring special guest Roz Strand!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 219, Doomsday Soup

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 55:15


    In which Boober accidentally creates a magical but dangerous concoction. PLUS: Julia & Adam's Mountain Goats Corner. Wembley's Scooter Fist™! Our request for a Fraggle MIA music video. What is the invisibility property of radishes? Oppenboober or Boobenheimer?

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 218, The Day the Music Died

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 45:07


    In which Gobo must write the Glory Song and save the Ditzies. PLUS: We are not going to Fraggle fancast Rent. Engage the Infinite Shenanigans Engine! A host fight worse than Red Vines vs Twizzlers? Possibly the most majestic mustache of all time. Featuring special guest Morgan Roe of the Zeitgeist Radio podcast!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 217, "Fraggle Wars"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 98:31


    In which Mokey is captured and the World's Oldest Fraggle declares war. PLUS: Dead rat king or clump of hair? Can Junior grow Atomic Sour Warheads? Background rock-carrying shenanigans. How many light bulbs? Mokey the wedding planner. Featuring special guest JD Hansel! (Content warning at the beginning of the episode)

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 216, Junior Sells the Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 55:17


    In which WanderMcMooch cons Junior into selling the castle, but Mokey and Red help him turn the tables. PLUS: Sonic the Capitalist Frog! The weird things we ate as kids. Dan Garza's very sweet headcanon. Do Gorgs have capitalism? New Solemn Oath just dropped! Featuring very special guest Dan Garza from Back to the Rock!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 215, Manny's Land of Carpets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 61:25


    In which a gift from the Wish-Granting Creature invites the Fraggles to different wondrous lands, creating a schism between them. PLUS: Very special guest Dan Garza from Back to the Rock! Should Junior start a union? Manny's Mattress Palace! The DC Tangent. Gobo has big Moses energy. Gillis is back! “Follow the Road” = ordering at IHOP. The Great Teacher has spoken—nyyeeah!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 214, The Secret of Convincing John

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 43:10


    In which Wembley seeks Convincing John's help to cure his wembling. PLUS: A perfect satirical skewering of toxic positivity. Shout-out to Chidi from The Good Place. Patreon Adventure Time side quest! Did we finally find a seam in the worldbuilding??

    Schedule update and blooper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 1:44


    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 213, Red's Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 78:16


    In which Red starts a helping club and recruits Cotterpin Doozer. PLUS: Becca's the leader now! Sprocket has a license to dog. “I Want Candy” mashup! How many Rule Number Ones are there? Adam learns how Doozer puppets are operated! Are the Zappa kids Muppet fans? Featuring special guest Becca Petunia!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 212, The Doozer Contest

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 50:25


    In which Flange and Modem reignite the ancient Doozer vice: competitiveness! PLUS: Boober predicts Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Adam plans the perfect Chicago-specific crime spree. We learn a lot of Doozerish insults. Helmet yeet! Traveling Matt colonizes the CN Tower in Toronto. What sketchy stuff is Ned Shimmelfinney up to? Featuring special guest Matthew Soberman!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 211, The Wizard of Fraggle Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 62:12


    In which Wembley trades places with a huckster who's fleeing the Poison Cackler. PLUS: Why is he called Seven Words Max? Richard Hunt Appreciation Hour! “Horse enchiladas”?? Wembley's formula for a perfect life. What is that thing in the salon mirror behind Traveling Matt?? Featuring special guest Anthony Strand!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 210, A Friend in Need

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 60:12


    In which Sprocket gets stuck in the hole to Fraggle Rock. PLUS: Bloodborne Bert and Snuffy. Fraggles (sort of) snowboarding! We enthusiastically support Shane's Studio Ghibli journey. Sprocket-Gobo nose boop when? Adam's cool new game “Mousetrap Trap.” The 360 Buttered Dog Yeet! Featuring special guest Shane Keating!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 209, Sir Hubris and the Gorgs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 57:11


    In which the Fraggle Five disguise themselves as a Gorg legend. PLUS: Junior does not get The Talk. Aretha appreciation time! What the heck IS Sir Hubris, anyway? Ancient Greek theater history. The Fraggle Five try Muppet Man! Featuring special guest Danny Horn!

    SPECIAL PREVIEW - Fraggle Talk: Back to the Rock season 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 79:05


    ToughPigs is proud to present the season 2 premiere of FRAGGLE TALK: BACK TO THE ROCK! This premiere episode - and the rest of the star-studded season - will be playing on the "Muppet Fan Podcasts with ToughPigs.com" channel. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. We hope you enjoy this teaser! Fraggle Talk: Classic will return soon!

    Season 2 schedule update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 0:40


    We're on summer break! In the meantime, check out the original Fraggle Talk podcast about season 1 of Back to the Rock right here!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 208, All Work and All Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 58:10


    In which Cotterpin Doozer runs away to become a Fraggle. PLUS: Do Doozers have a concept of ‘naked'? The (totally unnecessary) Lippizaner Stallion Tangent. What is a cotterpin? Morgendorffer/Belcher 2024. Why does Wingnut need to wax the dog? Featuring special guest Wendell Britt!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 207, Mokey and the Minstrels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 47:52


    We review episode 7 of season 2, “Mokey and the Minstrels,” in which Mokey… well, joins the Minstrels! PLUS: Cantus is back! Is Brool a veteran? Mokey's robe modification. Why no postcard scene? The Minstrels are snoring in harmony! Mokey confirmed Burnt Out Gifted Student.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 206, Boober's Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 60:01


    In which we meet Sidebottom, and Boober must learn how to either live with him or stay awake forever. PLUS: It's the episode where we all say “****!” What does it mean to dream about red-and-white striped socks? Wembley's noises! Flying dreams! Is there an official spelling of “Whoopi/e/e”? More naps in public spaces! Getting nerdy about IFS therapy.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 205, Uncle Matt Comes Home

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 62:13


    ToughPigs' Katilyn Miller joins us to review “Uncle Matt Comes Home,” in which Gobo and Traveling Matt try to find the legendary Crystal Cavern. PLUS: Have we all been in Doc's closet the whole time? Gillis Fraggle is here! Is a radish meringue cake like a pavlova? Matt's mustache mech. What happens if you cross a Furby with a Bratz doll? Gobo's “I learned it from watching you!” moment.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 204, Red's Sea Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 69:36


    Red befriends the Last of the Lily Creatures but no one believes her. PLUS: Seaweed research time! Gaslighting vs Casslighting. The subjectivity of rock beetles. We demand Marlon's Monster Museum T-shirts! It was only a matter of time before we referenced the Folgers commercial.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 203, The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 39:14


    In our latest FRAGGLE TALK: CLASSIC, we review episode 3 of season 2, “The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore,” in which Philo and Gunge recruit Wembley and Boober to help Marjory through some big changes. PLUS: Doc goes full Mr. Wizard. Forsoothian Gorgs! Fraggles = Hobbits? The Dark Souls II Gender-Swap Coffin-Toolshed. Wheelbarrow naps! The many accents of Marjory.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 202, Boober Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 64:33


    Doc's workshop has become Full House. Sometimes noise too much! Red's diss track. DO NOT INHALE BLEACH. Gary the Face-Harp Guy. Obligatory Kermit tangent. The cultural significance of Whoopie. The Storyteller returns! The Caves of Executive Dysfunction. Poetry is the hero of this episode! Hermit Eric from Boy Meets World.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 201, Wembley's Egg

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 54:40


    We're back with season 2! Fraggle Tumblr vs Fraggle DSM5. Could this egg fit two human babies? The Dogma tangent. Sprocket walked so the Curiosity Mars Rover could run. Does this species of bird share a common ancestor with giraffes?

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Bonus episode! Season 1 Wrap-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 92:28


    We're wrapping up season 1 with overall impressions so far, listener questions, and Becca Petunia stops by for a mini episode of “Hubba Wha?!” Hear Adam's theories for season 2, and how we'd make the world a little Gorglier and more… Doozery? Doozerish? Doozerian?

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 124, The New Trash Heap in Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 95:38


    How much does Google weigh? Tuberous vegetable discussion time! Do Fraggles have doctors? How did Traveling Matt get to Australia? Let Marjory knit! Fancasting the Hairy-Chested Batworm. The different flavors of Mokey + Power. The script idea that (thank goodness) never was. The Fraggles can have a little religion, as a treat. With special guest Joe Hennes of ToughPigs.com!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 123, The Beast of Blue Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 73:46


    Doc has your grandma's crockery. Peak '80s Dad fashions. What is the Doozer Equinox? This trio of wemblers defends wembling! The introduction of Large Marvin! Limbo-ing hype rats, swimming Fraggles, and Extra Beings. Yeet the puppet (serious). How many times will Adam get fired before the end of the episode? With special guest Jarrod Fairclough.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 122, Mokey's Funeral

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 73:23


    Sprocket finally sets some boundaries. Why are you a person if you've never built a boat? Garlic gumdrops as a metaphor for conflicting accessibility needs? Defining the music genre “Fragglecore.” Hiccup lore. Do Fraggles know what ice is? Junior goes full Elmer Fudd. The Official and Serene Holy Gorg Toot to the Dead! Special guest: JD Hansel of ToughPigs.com.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 121, Gobo's Discovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 51:00


    Why and how is Doc making freeze-dried erasers? Are dog whiskers like cat whiskers? Look, Fraggle family trees are confusing. Fandom Corner has feelings about SuperWhoLock. Professor Adam teaches us about air elementals.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 120, The Garden Plot

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 68:06


    With special guest, ToughPigs' Ryan Roe! Doc & Sprocket = Pinky & the Brain? Someone please write fanfiction of Jareth kidnapping Junior Gorg so he can become best friends with Ludo! How do the Gorgs have dynamite? Introducing B-list Batman villain Pumpkin Face.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 119, The Great Radish Famine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 43:14


    Jerry Juhl Appreciation Hour! Is there a car mileage conversion conspiracy? Tiny hype-rat pajamas! That time that Beth tried to make real edible Doozer sticks. Doozers say trans rights! Mokey finally steps up. Beware the Ark of the Shimmelfinney!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 118, The Minstrels

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 56:23


    With special guest Grant Harding! Living with Doc is like living with a toddler. Fraggle pajamas! Brool lives! P!nk: the Cantus of our times. Foreshadowing season 4 cactus people. The return of Junior Gorg's radish onesie!

    schedule update

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 1:29


    We're going to start airing every other week

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 117, Marooned

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 84:55


    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!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 116, Capture the Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 37:25


    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.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 115, I Don't Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 47:17


    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.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 114, The Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 54:21


    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.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 113, We Love You, Wembley

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 46:13


    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??

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 112, The Finger of Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 62:05


    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

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 111, Catch the Tail by the Tiger

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 59:07


    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

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 110, Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 64:29


    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

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 109, The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 70:37


    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. Show notes: Becca's ToughPigs podcast, Hubba Wha?! Fraggle emblem merch on the ToughPigs TeePublic shop

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 108, The Terrible Tunnel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 53:52


    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? Show notes: Anthony's 40 Years Later review of this episode Alternate theme song with Wembley

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 107, I Want to Be You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 66:32


    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!

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 106, The Preachification of Convincing John

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 44:54


    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?

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 105, The Thirty-Minute Work Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 37:34


    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.

    Fraggle Talk: Classic - Episode 104, You Can't Do That Without a Hat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 57:36


    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.

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