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''Fraggle Rock'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock'' or ''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets'') is a children's musical fantasy comedy puppet television series about interconnected societies of Muppet creatures, created by Jim Henson. An international co-production of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, ''Fraggle Rock'' was co-produced by British television company Television South (TVS), the CBC, American pay television service HBO, and Henson Associates. Unlike ''The Muppet Show'' and ''Sesame Street'', which had been created for a single market and later adapted for international markets, ''Fraggle Rock'' was intended from the start to be an international production, and the entire show was constructed with this in mind. At least four different versions of the human wraparound segments were produced separately to air in different countries. Following the success of the ''Fraggle Rock: Rock On!'' shorts which aired on Apple TV+ in April 2020, a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Goelz
David Charles Goelz ( born July 16, 1946) is an American puppeteer and actor known for his work with the Muppets. He is best known for performing the characters Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, and Beauregard. He joined Jim Henson's Muppet team in 1973 and has been a key performer in many Muppet productions, including '' The Muppet Show'', '' Fraggle Rock'', and various movies and television specials. Early life Goelz was born on July 16, 1946 in Los Angeles, California. He had a childhood interest in puppetry, fascinated by the children's television shows '' Howdy Doody'' and '' Time for Beany''. After graduating from John Burroughs High School in Burbank, he attended the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design, beginning his career as an industrial designer. He applied to work at Walt Disney Imagineering, but was not considered on the basis that they had sufficient industrial designers already employed. Goelz went on to work for companies such as John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |