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[upbeat music playing]

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Work your cares away ♪

♪ Dancing's for another day ♪

♪ Let the Fraggles play ♪

We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red!

-[female Fraggle] Whoopee!-Wowee!

Ooh, a Fraggle!

[Gobo groans]

[chuckles] Hey, look, Ma.

-I caught a Fraggle!-[screams]

[Gobo] Whoa! Whoopee!

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

-Yahoo!-♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪ ♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

Down at Fraggle Rock.

-Well, breakfast time, Sprocket.-[barks]

The most important meal of the day.

Tell you what, Sprockie. I'll open a can of food for you.

Go find your dish.

You searched it out, I see.

Ah! I must build myself a coffee grinder.

-[barks]-All right, of course I'll feed you.

Just let me make a noteof the coffee grinder in my diary.

Hey, Sprocket.

Did I tell youl've started keeping a diary? Huh?

You ever kept one?

I suppose you wouldn't, being a dog and all.

Still, it's too bad. They're good fun, you know.

You see, you write in your diaryyour very private thoughts and feelings,

your most personal, special secrets.

That's certainly what I write in mine...

-Want to hear some of this?-[panting]

Okay, here goes.

Here's a very special, private, secret thought.

"Wouldn't it be fun to figure out a wayto sew a button on a fried egg?"

Button on a fried egg. That's a really interesting problem.

Now, where's that needle and thread? I hope we have enough eggs.

Everyone should keep a diary, Sprocket.

[chuckles]

[Mokey] "Dear Diary,

today I must tell youabout a terrible time I've just had.

Period.

It started a few days ago

when I spent some timewatching the Doozers.

Most Fraggles don't care about Doozers. Most Fraggles don't care about Doozers.

They just want to eatthe Doozers' buildings."

Hi, yo!

Hey, Boober, come on. I'll race you to the pool.

Okay.

You win.

[Mokey]"But Doozers are kind of interesting.

I wonder, if you watch them long enough, can you learn to understand them?"

♪ Sometimes I'm alone ♪

♪ Sitting on my very own ♪

♪ Trying to find a simple kind of clue ♪

♪ And I would like to know ♪

♪ Why the Doozers move me so ♪

♪ Doing all the things that Doozers do ♪

♪ Why ♪ ♪ Why ♪

♪ Do caterpillars crawl? ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Is there a sky? ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Is there a world at all? ♪

♪ And why ♪

♪ Do I ask why? ♪

Ready.

Down.

♪ Here I go again ♪

♪ Why do questions never end? ♪

♪ What keeps calling all day long to me? ♪

♪ Secrets come and go ♪

♪ I know we're not the only ones ♪

♪ Sometimes magic ♪

♪ Sometimes only me ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Do caterpillars crawl? ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Is there a sky? ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Is there a world at all? ♪

♪ And why ♪

♪ Do I ask why? ♪

Hmm.

[sighs] Boy, the way those little fellowsbuild is just amazing.

Mmm. Oh, they're coming back.

Oh, gee, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to eat your tower.

It was very good.

"You know, Diary,

Fraggles have alwayseaten Doozer constructions,

and the Doozers work so hardto build them.

Can that be right?"

Hey, Mokey, you should have seenthe belly flop

Hey, Mokey, you should have seenthe belly flop

Red did off the high rockdown at the pool.

It was not a belly flop. It was a graceful half gainer.

Yeah. [chuckles]

Wembley, do you think it's rightto eat Doozer constructions?

Huh?

Well, I was just wondering. Doozers are hardworking creatures.

They must love the things they build. They build so many of them.

We Fraggles just come along and eat themas if Doozer constructions were worthless.

No, as if they were delicious. [giggles]

-Which they are.-Yeah.

The more I think about it, the more I know I'm right.

Fraggles should stop eatingDoozer constructions.

-[gasps]-What has happened to Mokey?

The plug came outand her brain drained away.

Mokey, you are silly.

There is no way you can make us stopeating Doozer constructions.

I could always call forthe Solemn Oath of the Fraggle.

-No!-No! You wouldn't!

But that would mean we would have to... Stop eating Doozer constructions.

But that would mean we would have to... Stop eating Doozer constructions.

-I have to go.-Me, too.

-I think that's a... Hold it!

Let the oath be sworn.

♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm ♪

The Oath of the Fraggle

is one of our ancientand unchangeable rituals.

It binds us togetherin the great Fragglehood of the Rock.

Once one of us calls for the oath, the others have to swear to it.

Check, check. Let's get it over with.

Shall we begin? [clears throat]

-We... Gobo.

-Mokey.-Boober.

-Wembley.-And Red Fraggle.

Do solemnly swear

never to willfully eat or destroyDoozer buildings again.

[all] Weeba, weeba, waffa, waffa,

garpox, gumbage, whoopie!

Oh. Oh, wonderful!

"And so the oath was sworn.

Our lot was cast.

The Fraggle Five went outto meet our destiny."

Oh, I just love diaries.

"And so we Fraggles began anew,

living our liveswithout destroying Doozer buildings.

Of course, I had to be ever-watchful.

The others were not as devoted as I."

Mokey, you don't have to follow us.

Wembley and Iare going up to the first room

to get my Uncle Travelling Matt's mail.

Me and Gobo always do that.

Oh, it's okay. I just came along for the exercise.

You just came along

because you know the Doozers builta big construction up here yesterday.

Yeah, it's no fair.

Oh, Gobo, look at these constructions. Oh, Gobo, look at these constructions.

-They look delicious.-[gasps]

Now, Wembley, don't be silly.

You both had good, healthful radishes for breakfast.

You don't need to eat Doozer buildings.

Ah. Let me just nibble on the bridge.

It's been three daysand all I've had to eat is food.

-You swore the oath.-You called for the oath.

You could release us from it.

-Yeah!-No! Now go on.

Go get Uncle Matt's postcard. Go on.

How to sew a button to a fried egg.

That's just the sort of problemthat tickles my fancy, Sprocket.

Yes, I can't get it out of my mind.

Now, if I can just calculatethe surface tension of the egg.

X times the square Y, where Y stands for the yolk tension

over the sum of the quotient densityof the white

plus less the temperature of the butter, which is...

plus less the temperature of the butter, which is...

Don't be absurd, Sprocket.

You can't sew a button on a fried eggwith a can opener.

[phone rings]

Hello? Oh, hi, Steve.

No. I'm trying to sew a buttonon a fried egg.

What do you mean, why? I haven't even figured out how yet.

Maybe to fasten it to the toastso it won't slide off, that's why!

Silly questions.

Yup. It's another postcardfrom my Uncle Travelling Matt.

Oh, read it.

Maybe it'll take my mind offhow hungry I am.

Oh, okay. "Dear Nephew Gobo...

[Matt] This morning, I was walking downa street in this strange world.

I turned a cornerand there I saw something familiar.

Doozers. They have Doozers in this world. Doozers. They have Doozers in this world.

The biggest giant Doozers imaginable.

They were buildinga wonderful Doozer construction.

Just looking at it, I grew so hungry I could hardly stand it.

[lunch whistle blows]

I waited until I was alone, and then I prepared myself for a feast.

But then I learned something elseabout this world."

-[clank]-Ow!

"The food is terrible.

Love, your Uncle Travelling Matt."

I think that's just awful.

Even your uncleis trying to destroy Doozer works.

We have to get him to swear the... - [crunches]-[gasps]

What are you two doing?

-Oh!-Ooh!

Oh, I'm sorry.

- I forgot.-I forgot with him. [laughs] - I forgot.-I forgot with him. [laughs]

Oh, you're just terrible.

Oh, come on, Mokey. Why don't you give this up?

I will not!

I won't give it up until all Fragglesstop eating Doozer buildings forever.

Ha! Water will turn to stonebefore that happens.

-Yeah.-It will not, it will not,

even if I have to get the helpof Convincing John.

-Convincing John!-Convincing John!

Yes. Convincing John can convince anyoneto do anything.

[stammers] She wouldn't really getConvincing John, would she?

No. Nobody would do a thing like that...

-[sighs]-I think.

[Mokey] "Now, Diary, I knew it was a big step.

It is said that Convincing John can...

convince the stones to change color,

but I knew my cause was just,

so I took Red with meand went to find him."

Mokey, Convincing Johnis the type of Fraggle

nobody goes to see. [grunts]

[sighs] What a nice man he is.

You can sort of seewhy they call him Convincing John.

He convinced youto wear plastic cups on your hands.

Well, he made me seewhat a sensible idea it was.

Besides, how would you know? You're wearing a blindfold.

Well, of course. Convincing John told methat it was the only...

Only way to live.

-Are you all right?-Sure.

Anyway, the important thing is,

he's going to come and talkto all of the Fraggles.

Soon, Doozer buildingswill be safe forever.

Onward!

Yes.

Oh.

Are you sure you're all right?

Sure.

[Mokey] "So the very next day, we called a town meeting."

[horn blowing]

-[chattering]-[Fraggle 1] What's this all about?

-[chattering]-[Fraggle 2] What do you think...

Hey, Mokey.

Yes, yes, yes.

Come on. Let's get this thing started.

Isn't it exciting?

Mr. John, yoo-hoo! Mr. John, are you ready?

He'll be ready. Just get started.

Yes, yes. Okay, okay.

Red, go introduce me.

Oh, yeah. Go on. Go.

-[chattering continues]-[Fraggle 3] I hope so.

-Oh!-[gasps]

I'll have to do it myself. I'll have to do it myself.

[clears throat] My fellow Fraggles,

today I bring to youa Fraggle with a message for the world,

a message that I believe, in all modesty, is a great one.

Please join mein a warm round of applause for...

[clears throat]

In a warm cheer for Convincing John.

[all] Yay!

♪ Listen to Convincing John ♪

♪ And all your troubles will be gone ♪

♪ He's gonna tell it, spell it ♪

♪ Sell it just for you ♪

♪ Listen to me, FragglesWith your Fraggle mouths a-wagglin' ♪

♪ You can chew a Doozer towerTill you're blue ♪

♪ But there's a mighty day a-comin'When the food hits your tummy ♪

♪ And you'll know thatWhat I'm tellin' you is true ♪

♪ So if you want to get a holdOf somethin' extra good as gold ♪

♪ So if you want to get a holdOf somethin' extra good as gold ♪

♪ You've got to stop and giveA thought to what you do ♪

♪ Never eat another towerTill I tell you what it's doin' to you ♪

I'll tell you!

♪ Listen to Convincing John ♪

♪ And all your troubles will be gone ♪

♪ He's gonna tell it, spell it ♪

♪ Sell it just for you ♪

♪ You eat a Doozer towerAnd it's pretty as a flower ♪

♪ And a flower's what you pick upln a field ♪

♪ But the field can have a hole ♪

♪ And you can fall inWhile you're strollin' ♪

♪ And a Gorg can come alongTo find a meal ♪

♪ He can pack you in his sackAnd you can try to scramble back ♪

♪ But then you'll neverEver, ever get free ♪

♪ 'Cause every time you eat a towerYou'll be shut up for eternity ♪

Oh, yeah!

♪ Listen to Convincing John ♪

♪ And all your troubles will be gone ♪

♪ He's gonna tell it, spell it ♪

♪ Sell it just for you ♪

♪ And if you want to hear a storyThat is horrible and gory ♪

♪ Let me tell you about a Fraggle I knew ♪

♪ He was sittin' on a bywayEatin' up a Doozer highway ♪

♪ In a way a hungry Fraggle will do ♪

♪ Then he started in a-changin'And he started rearrangin' ♪

♪ And I promise you this story is true ♪

♪ By the time it was done ♪

♪ He was a human bein'Through and through ♪

♪ He was a human bein'Through and through ♪

He was!

♪ Listen to Convincing John ♪

-♪ And all your troubles will be gone ♪-Oh, yeah!

♪ He's gonna tell it, spell it, sell it ♪

Don't eat it!

-♪ Just for you ♪-Oh, yeah!

[Mokey] "So Convincing Johnworked his magic,

and the solemn Fraggle oath was sworn."

[all] We, all the Fraggles in the world,

do solemnly swearnever to eat Doozer constructions again.

Weeba, weeba, waffa, waffa, garpox, gumbage, whoopie.

[Mokey] "And so, at last, the little Doozers were left alone

to build their wonderful buildingswithout interference."

to build their wonderful buildingswithout interference."

Hey, Gobo. Couldn't we interfere just a little bit?

I wish we could. They justbuilt my guitar into an overpass.

You think that's bad? My washtubis full of Doozer constructions.

Laundry as we know itis a thing of the past.

[horn blowing]

Hey. It's the Fraggle horn. Someone's calling a meeting.

Oh, I wonder what it could be about.

Maybe they want to thank me.

I have called this meetingbecause of Miss Mokey Fraggle.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you, schmank you. You've made a mess of things here today.

Now, admit it, and release us from this solemn oath.

[all] Yeah!

Never! Never!

You're all just heartless! You don't understand.

I'm the only one that truly caresabout the happiness of the Doozers.

Doozers schmoozers! What about Fraggles?

[all] Yeah! Yeah!

-Well, Fraggles schmaggles!-[all gasp]

And if you don't appreciate me, I'll go find someone who does.

Well, go ahead and do it.

[Mokey] "Well, dear Diary, I was so angry.

I'd worked hard to do the right thingand nobody appreciated me.

So I went to find the Doozers.

I knew they would appreciatewhat I had done.

But then I found some Doozers."

But, Mommy, I don't want to leave.

None of us do, dear, but Doozers have to build,

and soon there'll be no more space leftin Fraggle Rock.

But why, Mommy Doozer?

No one knows. The Fraggles have become heartless.

No one knows. The Fraggles have become heartless.

If they will not eat the constructions, we must move on, or we will die.

[Mokey] "So, for the first time, I understood."

Well, time to go. Say goodbye to Fraggle Rock.

[Mokey] "It was really harddoing what I had to do next."

Okay. Miss Mokey Fragglehas something to say to all of us.

Um, I...

I thought I understood Doozers, but I didn't, and I was wrong.

Well, I'm sorry.

Well, that's very nice, Mokey, but there is one other thing.

Hmm? Oh! Oh, yes.

You're all released from your solemn vownot to eat Doozer buildings.

[all] Yay! [all] Yay!

♪ Now listen to me, FragglesSet your Fraggle mouths a-wagglin' ♪

♪ You can starve yourselvesUntil you turn blue ♪

♪ But there's a mighty day a-comin'When your tummy will be hummin' ♪

♪ And you'll know thatWhat I'm telling you is true ♪

♪ So if you want to get a holdOf somethin' extra good as gold ♪

♪ You've got to stop and giveA thought to what you do ♪

♪ You got to eat a Doozer tower'Cause the tower really wants you to ♪

It does!

♪ Listen to Convincing John ♪

♪ And all your troubles will be gone ♪

♪ He's gonna tell it, spell it ♪

♪ Sell it just for you ♪

Wait! Wait! They're eating!

♪ Listen to Convincing John ♪

♪ He's gonna tell it, spell it ♪

♪ Sell it just for you ♪

♪ Listen to Convincing John ♪

♪ And all your troubles will be gone ♪

♪ He's gonna tell it, spell it, sell it ♪

Yum, yum!

♪ Just for you ♪

[Mokey] "Well, dear Diary, [Mokey] "Well, dear Diary,

it's not easy to understandother people's problems,

but it's very easy to think you do.

I also learned something else today.

There is such a thing as eatingtoo many Doozer constructions.

Your friend, Mokey."

[hiccup]

You'll ruin your teeth, Sprocket. You should use a can opener.

-[barks]-I know. I know.

I haven't given you your breakfast yet, but I'll be right with you.

Just let me write down the methodfor sewing a button on a fried egg.

It's easy, Diary.

You just freeze the egg solid, drill a couple of holes,

and sew on the button.

Ah, Sprocket, isn't that a great solution?

[barks]

Oh, yeah. Breakfast.

It'll thaw out in a few minutes. Don't eat the button.

It'll thaw out in a few minutes. Don't eat the button.

[upbeat music playing]

[scatting]

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪