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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.

-[barking]-Sprocket.

I've been writing this articleall morning, and I'm still nowhere.

And it's supposed to be about cats.

Problem is, I don't know anythingabout cats. Do you?

-The article is due today.-[Sprocket whining]

How am I gonna find outweird things about cats quickly?

-[whining]-I know.

I'll borrow Fluffinella, Shimmelfinney's cat.

Oh, just a minute, Sprockie.

-Hello, Ned?-[groans]

Listen, I'm doinga little research on cats

and wondered if I could borrow Fluffinellafor a while.

Yeah? Great.

-[chuckles]-[whines]

-[barking, meowing]-Okay, Sprocket.

I admit, Fluffinella's a bit wild at times,

but it's not a big problem, now, is it?

-[retching]-[knocks]

That must be Ned, with Fluffinella.

-[Sprocket yelps]-Well, look at that.

-[screeching]-[yelping]

Well, contrary to popular belief, cats are not afraid of dogs.

-[Fluffinella snarling]-[Sprocket groaning]

[snoring]

[snorts, gasps]

It's today.

Oh.

I've gotta get out of herebefore it's too late.

Oh, I hate Joke Day.

[groans]

You have to be sillyand tell jokes all day long.

Oh, why did Red volunteer me

to deliver the traditional medleyof knock-knock jokes?

[sighs]

I'd have to be silly in front of everyone.

Well, there's only one thing left to do.

[grunts]

Leave.

[whimpering]

[panting]

Whew!

Ah, good. Nobody's around.

Now, if I just sneak away, I... - Whoa!-Ooh.

Hey, watch where you're goin'.

What? Who said that? What? Who said that?

I did.

You know, you Fraggles are a real nuisance.

Always running around, barging into things.

It's a Doozer.

Good eyes.

-But why is it talking to me?-Because you just ran into me, that's why.

And I am not an "it."

I'm Cotterpin.

Oh, don't tell me it has a name.

Too late. I already told ya.

Oh, please leave me alone. Can't you see I'm trying to escape?

If I stay, I'll have to tellknock-knock jokes in front of everybody.

-[engine sputters]-Yeah, but you dislodged my crankshaft.

-[gurgling]-I think.

Oh, no. Everybody's coming. It's starting.

No, it isn't. You broke it.

No, Joke Day is starting. [whimpers]

-Hey, listen.-Huh?

[gurgling]

That doesn't sound like Fraggles to me.

[Boober] How would you know? All sortsof weird things happen on Joke Day.

But that is weirder than most.

[Cotterpin] Now that is not a joke.

-Look!-[rumbling]

[shudders]

Oh. Oh. What is it?

I don't know, but you're right. It's not a joke.

-Whoa!-Whoa! Help!

[upbeat music playing]

Hey, everybody, it's Joke Day.

-Ooh, I love Joke Day.-Hey, hey.

♪ What's black and whiteAnd talks all night ♪

♪ And it likes to barkAnd it loves to bite ♪

♪ And when it sees a necklt takes a chew? ♪

-What? What?-What? What?

♪ Well, I don't have a clue ♪

-Why'd you ask?-[chuckles]

♪ But it's coming after you ♪

-[all laughing]-Oh, no, let me out of here.

I've got one. I've got a joke. Uh, let's see. What do you...

♪ What's slushy, slimy, gushy, grimy ♪

♪ Squishy, squashy, oh, and tiny ♪

♪ Makes you feel likeJelly's on your chair? ♪

-What? What?-What? What?

♪ Well, I don't know if you care ♪

♪ But it's crawling up your hair ♪

[laughing]

Everybody, I've got a really good one.-Ooh, ooh.

Everybody, I've got a really good one.-Ooh, ooh.

♪ What's big and fat, sits on things ♪

♪ And when it sits on things, it sings ♪

♪ About the way it wants to sit on you? ♪

What? What?

♪ Well, if you can stand the view ♪

-Uh-huh.-Yeah.

♪ Take a look at what's chasing you ♪

[laughing]

Boober.

Help, help, help, help, help, help, help, help!

-Hi, Boober.-Boober? What's wrong?

What's huge and round and glowing, and goes...

[gurgling]

-What? What? What?-[Mokey] Yeah, what?

I don't know, but it's sitting in the Great Hall.

- [panting]-Uh... - Wha... That... That's a joke?

That's not funny. Jokes have to be funny.

Yeah, yeah. Like, why did the radish kiss the banana?

-Yeah.-That's funny.

Wembley, I'm not kidding you. This thing is serious.

It's in the Great Hall, and it's glowing, and it's scary.

[screaming]

Oh, no, you don't.

-You're not gonna run away, Boober.-[stammering] But...

You have to do the traditional medleyof knock-knock jokes.

-Right. Come on.-Come on.

-Come on.-You don't understand!

-Fellas!-Wembley.

[gasps]-Why did the radish kiss the banana?

[gasps]-Why did the radish kiss the banana?

Well, i... I forget.

-Huh.-Oh.

-[grunting]-Come on, Boober. You'll be great.

Please stop. [whimpers]

Oh, Boober, it's Joke Day.

I won't let you run away.

I promised everyoneyou'd do the joke medley.

Red.

-[screams]-Whoa!

[all whimpering]

What is that?

It's huge and round.

And glowing.

And in the Great Hall.

It's not a joke.

I told you, it's horrible.

We've gotta cancel Joke Dayand get out of here.

-No.-No, Boober.

[screaming]

Just because you say it's horrible, doesn't mean it is.

It probably means it isn't.

-But... Look at it. It's just sitting there.

It's nothing but a, uh... Uh, nothing... but a glob.

But I tell you, it rolled in here making a horrible noise.

It rolled in, huh?

Yes, going... [gurgling]

I see.

Oh, what is it doing here? Oh, what is it doing here?

Nothing.

Stay away! Stay away! [whimpers]

What if it does something... something globular?

Well, doesn't look likeit could do much of anything.

Gee, I think it's quite beautiful.

-Beautiful?-Mm-hmm.

-Look how it glows.-Wow!

I think it's neat.

-[chuckles]-Neat? Don't touch it.

-[gurgles]-Hey, wait a minute. It's bouncy.

-[all] Bouncy?-Yeah!

[whooping]

-Ah!-[giggling]

It's a bouncy glob!

[Wembley] This is fun! [chuckles]

Fun? Are you kidding?

I'd sooner tell a knock-knock jokethan jump on that thing.

Ooh, speaking of jokes, why did the radish kiss the banana?

-[panting]-Why?

Oh, I forgot again.

-[Red whooping]-[Gobo] Come on.

It's time to bring outthe whoopee cushions.

Oh, yes. I wonderif my fake nose has dried up.

[whooping] Whoa.

Well, I've got a great fish joke, but it needs a costume.

We'll be right back, Boober. Don't go away.

-[all cheering and whooping]-Oh, boy, this is gonna be fun.

Whoo-hoo!

[sighs] Well, I will go away.

If this glob isn't reason enoughto cancel my medley of knock-knock jokes,

I don't know what is. [groans]

Hey, will you watch it?

Who said that?

I did, you silly Fraggle.

[gasps] Oh, no. Not another Doozer.

No, not another Doozer.

I'm me. Cotterpin.

And I was there when that... that thing rolled in.

It went... [gurgling]

Remember?

Of course I remember.

Oh, but you're just a Doozer. What do you know?

Well, I know that thing'snot for bouncing on, and so do you.

-So you better get rid of it.-Get rid of it?

But I've gotta get out of here, or they'll make me tell knock-knock jokes.

[Doozer, muffled] Hey. Where am I?

Uh, well, you're a Doozer, you tell her. I...

Hey.

I could've sworn there wasa Doozer here a minute ago. Uh...

Um, uh... Did you just, uh... Nah, you couldn't have.

It's the strain of Joke Day. I'm just seeing things.

[Glob belches]

Get me out of here!

[gurgles]

[Doozer] Hey! Get me out of here!

Well, I'm all ready to tell my fish joke.

Hmm. And I'm all ready to read my postcardfrom Uncle Travelling Matt.

-[Red groans]-[clears throat]

"Dear Nephew Gobo..."

[Matt] As I've probably already told you,

some of the Silly Creatureshere in Outer Space

live in large caves called houses.

But unlike our nice, undemanding cavesin Fraggle Rock,

But unlike our nice, undemanding cavesin Fraggle Rock,

these houses must be fed.

Every morning, a house-feeder, with special house food,

goes around feeding the houses.

On one particular morning, however,

the house-feeder missedone of the houses' mouths.

[scoffs]

Why, that poor creature could starve.

Naturally, I did the brave and selfless thing.

I picked up the food... Hmm.

And fed it to the house myself.

Don't worry, little housie, Uncle Matty-Watt wouldn't let you starve.

It was a courageous thing to do, I admit.

Boom. Ha!

[screams]

[grunting]

[groaning]

Selflessness has its own rewards.

[sighs]

"Love, your Uncle Travelling Matt."

-Wow!-Ah.

Boy, my Uncle Travelling Matt doesn't knowthe meaning of the word "fear."

Boy, my Uncle Travelling Matt doesn't knowthe meaning of the word "fear."

-Mm.-Yeah. He's too afraid to ask.

-[all laughing]-Oh, yeah? I'll get you, Red Fraggle.

[Fraggles singing upbeat song]

[grunts]

Good. Now I can get outof this weird place.

Oh, no. Here they come.

♪ Big, big fun in the rock tonight ♪

♪ Everybody's dancingln the pale moonlight ♪

♪ Party hats and favors, wish on a starAnd we drink from the old jam jar ♪

♪ Gonna stomp my feet, clap my hands ♪

♪ Howdy-do, neighborTill I bust my glands ♪

♪ Everybody's comingWon't it be a sight? ♪

♪ And we're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ You can count me outl don't wanna do it ♪

♪ All I wanna dols tell you where to shoo it ♪

♪ Count me out, color me small'Cause fun's no fun at all ♪

♪ Funny, funny jokesTill we split our sides ♪

♪ Funny, funny storiesTill we're ready to die ♪

♪ Sing along in harmony, whoop-de-deeJolly as a jamboree ♪

-♪ So choose your partner ♪ -♪ Don't be square ♪

♪ Tonight's the nightWe can float on air ♪

♪ Step up, partner, do it rightAnd we're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ Uh-uh, I don't wanna do it ♪

♪ All I wanna dols tell you where to shoo it ♪

♪ All I wanna dols tell you where to shoo it ♪

♪ Count me out, color me small'Cause fun's no fun at all ♪

♪ Everybody's comingWon't it be a sight? ♪

♪ And we're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

[whooping]

[Doozer 2] Hey, let me out.

Who said that?

Was it the glo... Nah. Nah. Couldn't have been.

Or could it?

[vehicle approaching]

Okay, Drillbit. We'll just, uh...

Drillbit?

Drillbit?

Huh. That's funny. He was here just a second ago.

Hey, you, Fraggle.

[groans]

Oh.

Please tell me it isn't another Doozer.

Okay, it isn't another Doozer.

It's me. Cotterpin.

Say, what's your name anyhow?

Boober.

[giggles] Oh.

Well, uh, Boober, have you seen Drillbit around here?

Uh, purple helmet, about my size, bit fatter.

-Well, there he is, there.-Huh?

Ah, that's not Drillbit. That's Lock.

Well, how am I supposed to know? You Doozers all look alike anyway.

Oh, yeah? Well, so do you Fraggles.

-We do not!-You do so.

-Do not.-So.

We do... What am I standing herearguing with a Doozer for

when any minute Joke Day will be upon me.

You do so all look alike.

Hey, Lock, have you seen Drillbit?

He was here a minute ago, and... Lock? Lock?

-[belching]-[gasps]

Oh, no.

Oh, Boober!

[clicks tongue] Now what?

Look.

[gasps]

The glob... it ate my friends.

Yuck!

Hey, Gobo, you're so slow, you'd come in second if you ran a bath.

[all laughing] [all laughing]

I'm sorry. It's Joke Day. I gotta go. See you later.

-But, Boober... [Gobo] Hey, Boober. Tell us a joke.

-You see? They need me.-Yeah, but... but what about me?

That thing could eat me at any second.

Well, uh, uh... I can't get involved. No time.

-[Red] Boober.-Coming.

-[laughing]-Hey, hey, how about this?

-[whimpers]-I've got corn growing out of my ears.

How did that happen?

Beats me. I planted radishes.

[laughing]

That was very funny.

Ooh, ooh. I saw a new Doozer way the other day.

Really? What's a Doozer way?

I don't know. I never weighed one!

[laughing]

Hey, come on, everybody. It's time for my riddle reading. Come on.

-This way!-Yeah.

And then it'll be time for your medleyof knock-knock jokes, Boober.

-[laughs]-All right. Fine, fine. Good.

I'll be right there, just in a minute.

Now's my chanceto get out of here. [sighs]

Mother, please listen to me.

You've got to stay away from this glob. You've got to stay away from this glob.

Whatever for?

Just because the Fraggles bounce on it, doesn't mean we Doozers have to stay away.

-[groans]-Really, Cotterpin.

-Sometimes you can be... [gasps]

Oh, no. Mother!

[spits]

Huh?

Mother?

[Wingnut] Get me out of here.

Oh, that does it.

[screams]

-[groaning]-[Cotterpin] Boober. Boober!

That glob just globbedup my mother. I saw it.

[groans] Tell me this isn't happening.

Boober? Boober, we've gotta do something now!

Well, why would the glob eat your mother?

Well, I don't know. He was hungry...

Oh, you Fraggles are no help.

Oh, Mother. Mother, say something.

[sighs] I should've known betterthan to stop and talk to a Doozer.

I am not a Doozer.

I'm Cotterpin, okay?

Yeah, well, if I had justkept on running away in the first place,

none of this would've happened.

-[gasps]-[Cotterpin groaning]

[Cotterpin, muffled] Help!

I don't believe it. The glob just ate Cotterpin.

[moaning]

[clattering]

[Cotterpin]Well, at least he remembered my name.

[belches]

-[yowling]-[yelping]

The vocalizations of the mature female catare what you might call high-pitched.

[chuckles] Oh, Sprocket,

I'm really glad I thought of the ideaof observing Fluffinella.

I'll be able to write the article now. No problem.

-[yelping]-[screeching]

-Cats can leap several meters in the air.-[barking]

-What's that?-[snarling]

Fluffinella tried to kill you?

Oh, come on, Sprocket, this is no time for jokes.

[murmurs]

It's not a joke?

Well, don't worry, Sprocket. I'll save you.

-[screams]-[screeches]

Sprocket, cats have very sharp teeth.

Here, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.

-Here, kitty. Here.-[yowling]

[Doc] Oh! Here, kitty, kitty. Here.

Oh, Sprocket. Help.

Cotterpin? Cotterpin, can you hear me? Cotterpin? Cotterpin, can you hear me?

[echoing] Yes. It's gooey in here.

Well, no silly Fraggleis going to get us out.

Oh, don't worry. I'm sure Boober Fraggle'sa lot smarter than he looks.

He'll save us.

Glob, open your mouth, please.

[sighs] If I were a glob, what would make me open my mouth?

I know. A yawn.

Boy, I sure am sleepy.

[yawning]

[yawning]

Ah, didn't work.

[groaning]

It's getting gooier in here. Help!

Oh, no.

Why did this globhave to go and eat Doozers anyway? [sighs]

I... I know.

I'll just pretend it isn't happening.

And then I'll just sneak away, and...

No. I can't do that either.

I've gotta do something.

[exhales deeply]

Come on, you big bully glob. Spit out those Doozers!

Come on, you big bully glob. Spit out those Doozers!

[Cotterpin] Help!

"Help." That's it. I'll go get help.

Uh, stay right there. I'll be right back.

And then he said, "Because the blue one's in the laundry."

[laughing]

Mokey, what are you doing?

Turning things over in my mind.

[laughing]

But seriously. [honks]

Why did the radish kiss the banana?

Quick. We gotta helpthe Doozers now. Come on!

-Help the Doozers?-He must be joking.

-Boober?-Joking?

-Whoa!-Uh-oh.

[laughs] Okay, Boober. What's the joke this time?

Joke? You listen to this. [pants]

All right. Hey, in there, little Doozer, can you hear me?

Loud and clear, and the name's Cotterpin.

Boober, there's someone in there.

You see? The glob ate what's-her-name. No joke.

We've gotta make it open its mouthto let her out.

We've gotta make it open its mouthto let her out.

-Oh.-I know.

Uh, maybe the Doozer can pry it openfrom the inside.

-Yeah.-They're good at stuff like that.

Yeah. Good idea. Um, Cotterpin, Cotterpin.

[knocks]

Huh, that couldn't be Boober. He remembered my name.

Well, I'd ask. You can never betoo careful with Fraggles.

You're right.

Who's there?

-It's me, silly.-[Cotterpin] "It's me, silly" who?

It's me, silly, Boober.

Hey, they just told a knock-knock joke.

-Yeah.-[laughing]

[gurgling laughter]

Hey, what's that?

Oh. [chuckles]

The glob is giggling.

You mean it likes knock-knock jokes?

Well, what do you know.

Hey, wait a minute.

If we can make it laugh hard enough, maybe it'll open its mouth.

Yeah, that's it, Boober.

-Knock again.-Okay.

Uh, knock, knock.

Boober, what's going on? Boober, what's going on?

[Boober] No, no, no. You say "Who's there?" It's part of the joke.

But I know who's there.

Besides, who can think of jokesat a time like this?

Yeah.

-Do you wanna get out of there or not?-[Cotterpin] Oh. Who's there?

Uh, um, uh... Go on, Boober, answer. Say anything.

Anything?

[Cotterpin] Anything who?

Oh, uh, um, um... Anything I can do for you?

[all groaning]

-No.-[clicks tongue]

You call that a joke?

You call that a joke?

[gurgling laughter]

-Whoa. Whoa.-Whoa.

[Mokey] Oh. Boober. Boober.

-Quick, tell some more. Go on.-[Wembley] Yeah, yeah.

Um, knock, knock.

-[Cotterpin] Who's there?-Howie.

-[Cotterpin] Howie who?-Uh... I'm okay. How're you?

[all laughing]

You know, this is kind of fun.

Uh, knock, knock.

-[Cotterpin] Who's there?-Uh, arch.

-[Cotterpin] Arch who?-Aren't you catching a cold?

[all laughing]

- Knock, knock.-[Cotterpin] Who's there? - Knock, knock.-[Cotterpin] Who's there?

-Oscar.-[Cotterpin] Oscar who?

Oscar silly question, get a silly answer.

[all laughing]

-[Boober] Knock, knock.-Who's there?

-Freddie.-[Cotterpin] Freddie who?

Freddie or not, here you come.

[guffawing]

[screaming]

Oh, my head. [groans]

[cheering, whooping]

The glob is leaving.

Laughing its wayright out of the Great Hall.

-Yeah.-[glob laughs] "Freddie or not."

That was a good one.

[laughter continues]

[cheering]

-Boober, congratulations!-Aw, yeah.

-You saved the Doozers.-Yeah.

-[all] Yay!-You saved us, Cotterpin.

-Cotterpin, you did it. You saved us.-Yeah.

Cotterpin, you were right.

Trust the silly Fragglesto have a glob that eats Doozers.

Trust the silly Fragglesto have a glob that eats Doozers.

Well, they didn't even know until Boober...

Of course they didn't know. What do silly Fraggles know?

Boober was right. That glob was dangerous.

Well, it obviously just neededa good laugh, so it came to Joke Day.

-Yeah.-[chuckles]

-Wait! I got it. I got it.-What?

-Listen to this.-What?

Why did the radish kiss the banana?

[all sighing] Why, Wembley?

Because it had a peel. Get it? "Appeal."

-[laughing]-Banana, a peel.

[clamoring]

Oh, that was perfect.

You finally did it, Wembley.

-[Wembley] Yeah, a banana.-[chuckles]

[sighs]

-[vehicle approaches]-[Cotterpin] Hey, Boober.

I... I just wanted to say thanks.

Oh, don't thank me.

I tried to run away.

I was worried only about myself.

As usual.

I'm sorry I didn't help you sooner.

Aw, that's okay.

But, um...

do you think you could do me a favorand remember my name from now on?

Do you think you could do me a favorand remember my name from now on?

Of course I can. I'm not that silly, you know.

-Uh, knock, knock.-Who's there?

See? You forgot my name already!

-Oh! [laughing]-[laughing]

[clattering]

-[meowing]-[barking]

No cat can resist a mouse. Even I know that, Sprocket.

And this is Fluffinella's kind of mouse.

-Okay, Sprocket. Ready?-[barks]

Go sic it, Fluffinella!

We did it! We did it!

-[panting]-[chuckles] Oh, Sprocket, I'm sorry.

If I hadn't been so busyobserving Fluffinella,

I would've noticedthat you were in trouble.

[whines]

And you're much more importantthan my research.

Uh-oh.

I have to give a little talk next weekon the common flea.

[gasps]

Oh, no, no. Don't worry, Sprocket.

I'll find out all I have to knowfrom a book.

I'll find out all I have to knowfrom a book.

[sighs]

[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 ♪-[Red] Whoopee!

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪