As reported by TUAW, properties from the Jim Henson Company are available on iTunes. Sadly, this does not include The Muppet Show, which was sold to Disney in 2004.Among the shows available are the first seasons of Fraggle Rock and Farscape for $1.99 per episode. The article mentions that Farscape is difficult to find on DVD due to difficulties over home video rights (although it has been released previously).
I remember Fraggle Rock from my youth and I always enjoyed it. I remember being scared over the episode with the Terrible Tunnel. As I think about it now, I think Mokey Fraggle had the exact same voice as Rizzo the Rat from the Muppets.
So, for those who use iTunes, here is the chance to indulge yourself and purchase the first few seasons. Or, in the case of Fraggle Rock, you could just buy the DVD.
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1-29-2008 @ 12:10PM
eric f. said...
I have every season of Farscape on DVD, and I love it. Best humor in Scifi ever.
I checked Amazon, and the Season 1 box set is the only one sold out...
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1-29-2008 @ 3:09PM
sitruc said...
This is the part where I don't admit to owning the Fraggle Rock DVDs and complain that $1.99 per episode is too much.
Dammit.
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1-30-2008 @ 1:09PM
Bucky said...
My wife has the Fraggles season 1 on dvd. She also wears her Fraggle shirt all the time. No kidding.
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2-01-2008 @ 6:14PM
Ryan said...
Actually, it was Wembley Fraggle who had the same voice as Rizzo... They're both played by the same puppeteer, Steve Whitmire. Mokey was the hippie chick Fraggle.
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