"Fraggle Rock : Complete Second Season
From the clap-happy theme to the fuzzy creatures, Fraggle Rock is as flat-out fun as children's programming gets. And even a little profound. In second season premiere ""Wembley's Egg,"" for instance, the youngest Fraggle fears his life has no meaning. When an egg lands on Fraggle Rock, he makes like a mother hen and sits on it. The other Fraggles laugh, but he pays them no mind. When a baby bird emerges the next day, Wembley feels his life has meaning after all. Existentialism with Muppets? Sure, why not! The other Fraggles have adventures of their own. In ""Boober Rock,"" the mopey one moves to the Caves of Boredom for a little peace and quiet, but starts to miss his noisy companions. (This episode features a kaleidoscopic Busby Berkeley-style dance sequence.) In ""Red's Sea Monster,"" the energetic one befriends the last of the Lily Creatures, a gentle purple sea monster. And in ""Mokey and the Minstrels,"" the mellow one joins a group of singers who look like an all-Muppet version of hippie musical Hair.
All the while, absent-minded inventor Doc (Gerry Parkes, the show's sole human) shares his discoveries with dog Sprocket (a shaggy cousin to Wallace's Gromit), Marjory the Trash Heap dispenses advice, and Gobo's Uncle Traveling Matt explores outer space, i.e. the real world. Part of the same eco-system, the giant Gorgs and tiny Bob the Builder-like Doozers usually remain in the background, except for a few episodes, most involving Cotterpin Doozer. To be sure, there are lessons to be learned, but the tone is never preachy and the musical sequences are always imaginative. As the cast sings in each episode, ""Dance your cares away / Worries for another day / Let the music play / Down at Fraggle Rock!"""