Fraggle Rock
Scared Silly
TV Flash files “Scared Silly” as hour 61 of 96 in the TV Flash guide — Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) on HBO/CBC, season 3, episode 13, aired 1985-03-25, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E13: listed hour 61 of 96 in the Fraggle Rock guide, hour 13 of 22 in season 3. It aired 1985-03-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Gobo's School for Explorers” (S03E12). Next is “The Great Radish Caper” (S03E14).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Boober takes it upon himself to test Wembley's baloobius - that is, the fringe on a Fraggles tail that stands up when a Fraggle is scared.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Scared Silly sit in the Fraggle Rock guide?
S03E13 is listed hour 61 of 96 — hour 13 of 22 in season 3, season 3 episode 13.
When did Fraggle Rock S03E13 air?
Scared Silly aired 1985-03-25 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it just kids' Muppets?
Henson's underground musical with ecology jokes that still play as gentle satire. HBO early kids prestige, international co-production. Harmony without a scold; songs that convert grown-ups.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Jim Henson's underground musical: Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, and a human inventor in a workshop, all arguing about sharing the same world. HBO's early kids prestige, built as an international co-production that preached harmony without preaching. Catchy, strange, and gentler satire than adult TV managed the same years. The songs still convert grown-ups on contact.
HBO in the U.S., 1983–1987, plus CBC: Fraggles, Doozers, and Gorgs share a layered world of music, mischief, and moral lessons — underground Muppet musical utopia as an early cable original. That is the window, not a Saturday-morning leftover with extra felt. Fraggle Rock is Jim Henson's international co-production: Jerry Nelson's Gobo, Steve Whitmire's Wembley, Dave Goelz's Boober, Kathryn Mullen's Mokey, and a human inventor in a workshop, all arguing about sharing the same world. Musical puppet worldbuilding…
Filed against
- Jerry Nelson as Gobo Fraggle
Jerry Nelson’s various Muppet turns kept The Muppet Show stocked with a throat for weirdos — 1970s catalog Henson vaudeville, then Fraggle Rock stretching the felt into underground harmony. TV Flash files him as the puppeteer who could do…
- Steve Whitmire as Wembley Fraggle
Steve Whitmire performed Wembley Fraggle on Fraggle Rock — Jim Henson's underground musical of Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, and a human inventor arguing about sharing the same world. HBO's early kids prestige, harmony without preaching. TV…
- Dave Goelz as Boober Fraggle
Dave Goelz’s Gonzo — and others — made The Muppet Show a vaudeville catastrophe with a nose for danger — 1970s catalog Henson chaos, then Fraggle Rock stretching the felt into underground harmony. TV Flash files him as the weirdo who kept…
- Kathryn Mullen as Mokey Fraggle
Kathryn Mullen's Mokey Fraggle hummed through Fraggle Rock, Jim Henson's underground musical on early-HBO kids prestige — Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, and a workshop human arguing about one shared world. Harmony without a sermon. TV Flash…