Introduce your Kids to the Fraggles with Fraggle Rock: Meet the Fraggles DVD

Disclosure:  Gaiam Vivendi provided a copy of this DVD to facilitate my review.  All opinions stated are my own.

So, as I write this post, I am feeling really old!  I grew up on the Fraggles, which are celebrating their 30th anniversary.  Yes, 30!!  To help kick off this celebration, Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment has just released Fraggle Rock: Meet The Fraggles on DVD, which includes the pilot and five additional episodes.

Here is a list of the episodes included on this DVD, which are from seasons 1 and 2:

Beginnings– Doc moves into his new workshop and finds a hole from Fraggle Rock into the outside world. Uncle Traveling Matt sets out to explore “Outer Space”, giving Gobo the job of collecting the postcards Matt sends back describing what he sees. But is Gobo ready for his new job?

We Love You Wembly- Everyone wants Wembley to do something for them and Wembley just can’t say no. But when a Fraggle girl named Lou wants to do something for him, he starts to see that his needs are just as important. Doc tries to turn an old chandelier into a bizarre alarm system.

Boober’s Dream- Boober’s been having terrible dreams about a very fun, happy Fraggle named Sidebottom who’s trying to get Boober to have a little fun. So when he shares his dream with his friends, they have loads of fun with Sidebottom until a game of Fraggle Freeze causes a very big problem.

Red’s Club- When Red gets tired of everyone doing what Gobo wants to do, she starts a club. But when everyone else elects Gobo to be the High Helper- the leader of the Helping Club- Red gets angry and decides to form a club that will rival Gobo’s. When Red’s only member, Cotterpin Doozer, leaves because she’s tired of Red’s bossiness, she decides to help Pa Gorg get Ma’s hanky out of the well. But when Gobo hears from Cotterpin that Red’s in the Gorg’s Garden, he takes Boober, Mokey and Wembley with him to save her, but they end up being caught too. Will Red put her selfishness aside to save her friends before it’s too late?

Mokey and the Minstrels- Cantus and the Minstrels show up again, and when Cantus overhears Mokey’s singing and tells her that she heard a ‘ping’ she thinks she’s destined to be a Minstrel. But when she leaves her friends to find her calling, she discovers whether or not she has what it takes to join Cantus and his crew.

Gobo’s Discovery- Gobo cannot decide if he really wants to be an explorer like his uncle, Traveling Matt. But when he thinks Wembley and Boober got lost in the Great Outer Maze and the Invisible Garboil gets loose, he has to create a plan to get the Garboil away from Fraggle Rock.

Gaiam Viviendi Entertainment was nice enough to send my family a copy of Meet the Fraggles to review.  I think my husband and I were more excited than the kids for this one, since we immediately started singing “Down in Fraggle Rock”!  The boys were a little quiet at first, but it didn’t take long till the giggles started.  Blake especially liked the Doozers in their hard hats.  Fraggle Rock is a fun series that teaches valuable life lessons and is appropriate for kids all ages.

Fraggle Rock: Meet The Fraggles has a running time of 132 minutes and retails for $14.93.  This DVD can be purchased online now from amazon.com.  For all you die-hard Fraggle Fans, you can also buy the 30th Anniversary Collection, which includes all four seasons of this series!