Okay, it keeps bugging me that Gobo hits the edge of the Gorg well before falling in. That must have hurt! Couldn't they have done one more take, for the opening sequence which they knew would be seen again and again?
Ooh, weird graphics at the beginning of that episode! Was that supposed to be a realistic view of the clouds and moon?
Where's Boober?
So, are the Fraggles used to the Gorgs dropping a bucket down into their pond to get their water? Have I missed that part?
Is the Gorg moon the same as the human moon? The Fraggles seem to be a long way underground from where Doc and Sprocket are. Is there a sizable uphill walk for the Fraggles to get to the Gorgs?
Ooh, there's those cutout clouds and moon again. Seriously, couldn't they have used stock footage? Seeing that in juxtaposition with the "reality" of Doc and Sprocket's world really doesn't work.
If Dave Goelz was performing Gonzo instead of Traveling Matt, he would have given that live chicken the eye!
Okay, I really liked this episode. Although it was never explicitly stated, it's clear that the Fraggles are completely clueless about "their moon", that it's just a reflection of the Gorg's (the real?) moon. And so they've made up a ceremony to celebrate it. And I feel we humans are equally clueless about how our world actually works, and so we make up stories and ceremonies and rituals to make us happier about it all. Hard for me to believe that wasn't the motivation for this episode, but as I say, I really appreciate how that parallel was entirely unstated. Just the kind of thing that would set a thinking kid to thinking. For himself.
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