Fraggle Rock - Doc meets Gobo

Gobo is confused why the Silly Creature (Doc) can't see him. At the same time Cantus has Gobo on the search for the honk of all honks.
From the episode "The Honk Of Honks" S04E23

[@TheBermudaMan]

For a kid growing up on '80's television, seeing Doc finally meet a Fraggle was just about the biggest event you could imagine.

[@NateSean]

It's always sadder for me because I'm in my 30's now and in my saddest moments, I still wished for a Fraggle.

[@prodisney3144]

Yes!

[@sethcarlow8363]

you said it +TheBermudaMan. i was born in 1981 Jan 28 and now i am 37 going 38 years old. and all the kids today makes me fell like Millennium old.

[@H4v0kksh0tgunMan]

@@sethcarlow8363 If you feel that bad... go see DOC down at the Bar in the Boondock Saints like the rest of us old farts from the 80s. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3KmmWaricudoLc

[@AlisaPowerDashaSunKingdomHills]

Yeah me to I grew up with this..and him meeting a fragile was the biggest thing..lol life was more simple u like these days

[@beccahawkins1905]

"You're not just a silly creature! You're a you, aren't ya?" "I'm...what?" "A you like me!" A powerful lesson for our times.

R.I.P. Jerry Nelson (1934-2012) (Gobo Fraggle) and Gerard Parkes (1924-2014) (Doc).

[@FragglevisionReturns]

to see them both on screen together is too much to bear... RIP

[@Prospecter]

what a beautiful message to be telling children

[@GabrielAcosta-kr3ni]

Fraggle rocks endings was one of the best show endings in history, I cry every time and sing along with the last ending song as all of the characters sing together. What I'd give for a really good sequel movie. A movie that takes place forty years later and shows all the characters older, wiser, even some knew characters. Just seeing everyone together again seeing the caves of fraggle rock again, listening to the music again. I'd be the biggest fan in the front of opening night for that movie, IDC if it would be a kids movie

[@AnonYmous-ow2eb]

I know it's been a few years since this was posted but I've gotta ask, have you watched the reboot yet?

[@BayareaGuy06]

R.I.P. Jerry Nelson (1934-2012) (Gobo Fraggle) and Gerard Parkes (1924-2014) (Doc). Man they're both dead!!!!!!!! I'm in tears!!!!!!! :(

[@scarboroughjames7]

@102625394498467105325 Can't believe that both Doc amd the man that provided the voice of Gobo fraggle are no longer with us sad days

[@SecondValveSteam]

What's even sadder is that Steve Whitmire (Sprocket) has now been fired from The Muppets Studios.

[@segachildstarspawn2624]

BayareaGuy06 I kinda find Muppets a little creepy... however...Fraggle Rock is something I grew up with when I was little...so....the fraggles has a special place in my heart...

[@JackSilver1410]

Don't worry, just keep in mind what Madame Trash Heap said. "You CANNOT leave the magic."

[@Blossom44100]

IKR :'(

[@johndavidtibbetts7320]

God Gerard Parks' acting in this is unbelievable. I've never even seen this show before, have no idea who this friend of his is, but in just those few seconds of him sitting down and reflecting on the news, I'm getting misty eyed for him Damn Henson could pick out great actors

[@thatgraygal1613]

RIP....I only knew him as Doc but Doc was a gentle giant of my childhood.

[@1987AnimeBoy]

I knew him as Barton Winslow in "Shining Time Station".

[@matthewsmith3078]

He played a very different Doc in Boondocks Saints.

[@sonicmagnus5312]

@GrayMatter his full name was Jerome “ Doc “ Crystal

[@marcusblackwell2372]

I didn't realize at first: people shouldn't divide friendship just by race! All races can be friends, even mixed races!

[@TheNightmareMan]

Im 39 years old and I still tear up at this, I grew up on Fraggles.

[@DerGuteHut]

Its this wonderful mixture of sadness and happiness that makes a good kids show. Btw. wished I've seen that finale as a kid...never new they fraggles and humans meet.

[@Capybaraism]

Beautiful moment!

[@MrMetalmanRock]

RIP Doc. Gerrard Parkes died, everyone.

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

Yes. He did died.

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

Not to mention Will Lee (Mr. Hooper), Joe Raposo (Song writer) Norman Calloway (David), Jim Henson (Muppet Creator), Richard Hunt (Muppeteer), Jonathan Stone (writer), Jeff Moss (Writer/Songwriter), Bill McCutcheon (Uncle Wally), Matthew Robinson (1st Gordon), Michael Jeeter (Mr. Noodle's Brother), Jerry Juhl (writer), Jim Thurman (cartoon voice actor), and many others. BTW, We recently lost Michael Earl Davis (Muppet Performer), He died on December 24, 2015.

Yes. They're all dead. Which is your favorite actor or actress on Sesame Street or Fraggle Rock? Gerry Parkes, Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, Annette Calud, Sonia Manzano, Emilio Delgado, Desiree Casado, Northern Calloway, Loretta Long, Carlo Alban, Alan Muraoka, Bob McGrath or David L. Smyrl?

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

Oh, Yeah, David L. Smyrl (2nd Mr. Handford) I almost forgot about him. he died on March 23, 2016 due to pneumonia. And let's forget Leonard Jackson (1st Mr. Handford).

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Gerard Parkes (Born October 16, 1924- Died October 19, 2014) R. I. P. He died of natural causes. He was most remembered for his performance as "DOC" on Fraggle Rock, a role that he really enjoyed and was very proud of. He was a magical man and will be greatly missed.

[@jayo1212]

I was rather surprised he was alive that long!

[@demonika13601]

Gerard Parkes, Fred Rogers, Jim henson and Bob ross.............. When the last of these men passed, so too did the concept of true love, peace, acceptance, understanding, and humanity. These men have a direct line to my childhood and doc even played the bartender in my favorite movie of all time:Boondick Saints

[@basicindiebro]

this made me cry

[@boilerboy]

Me too. It's as if this was a way of really telling us that the show was over when Doc finally met Gobo.

[@robertanderson2898]

Most of the scenes do that, especially when they find the tape recorder.

[@jrreedve2825]

After this Doc moved to Boston and opened a bar named McGinty's. (Keep it PG) Doc: “cus you know what they say! People in glass houses sink ships!”

[@swaggerblonde]

And don't cross the road if you can't get out of the kitchen😂😂😂😂

[@zakfett92]

@@swaggerblonde And if you can't stand the heat, get out of the farmhouse!

[@cryptic_cowboy_557]

I love the fraggles

[@blachubear]

Man the early days of cable was a special time for me back in 1983. MTV, VH-1.USA Cable, ESPN, CNN, WGN, TBS, Showtime & HBO. "Fraggle Rock" was one of the best. Hearing about Gerrard Parkes' a.k.a. Doc death today takes me back to those days. Doc & Sprocket were my favorites on this show. Rest In Peace Doc and God Speed.

[@scratpowell9824]

blachubear I think Eric Jacobson should do gobbo fraggle in the reboot

[@Vincent_Evans]

@@scratpowell9824 yes

[@sonicmagnus5312]

RIP Gerry Parkes, one of my childhood idols i knew him as Jerome “ Doc “ Crystal

[@mlsabc1236]

How old was he when he died?

[@sonicmagnus5312]

@@mlsabc1236 90 years ( passed 10 years back )

[@thunderbird1073]

That is so cute!

[@user-2012July-A]

Ah, don't you all know? You CANNOT leave the magic. Even the ones who go on to the next great adventure. The ones we love never really leave us. Love is power enough to transcend even death. I'm so glad I got to watch this series as a kid. Back then, I only knew of two episodes. It wasn't until I was an adult, that I found out there were more, a whole lot more. It taught me many important lessons and gentled my heart, I became the person I am today because of the things I learned from this show.

[@marylu22]

Wow, I never saw this one before. Very touching. I purchased the entire series for my grandchildren, they love it!

[@jeprice08]

Sometimes I look at this and think, "Why didn't this happen during the first season?" But I think I understand why it had to be: to create a wide assortment of problems for the Fraggles, the Doozers, and the Gorgs. Consider "Let the Water Run" where all the water from Fraggle Rock was gone because Doc had turned all of it off. Had Gobo and Doc been this open to begin with, all Gobo or anyone would have to do is go into "Outer Space," inform him of the problem, and everything would've be all right.

[@tocororo]

Thanks for the good memories. RIP Doc. :-(

[@jac4020]

Anyone else feel old when they realize that any kid watching that today will wonder why the phone has a cord?

[@marcusblackwell2372]

I actually am in the smartphone generation myself

[@krystianskapski2382]

Jim Henson R.I.P

[@ryanwelburn727]

1:52 You Can See Me

[@selenahansen7795]

I love you ❤️ Gobo.

[@KBAFourthtime]

Live on Steve Whitmire. R.I.P., Jerry Nelson and Gerry Parkes.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Live on Karen Prell (Red), who currently works at PIXAR & the semi-retired Kathy Mullen (Mokey and Cotterpin) also. Ditto for Dave Goelz (Boober and Uncle Travelling Matt), who is the only left who routinely portrays his Muppet characters. The others have been replaced due to passing away and Frank Oz, while alive, retired from Muppet performing.

[@KBAFourthtime]

TherealRNO They weren't in this video clip.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Ricky M Well, both Steve Whitmire and Karen Prell perform Sprocket. Steve is the front half and Karen is the back end.

[@KBAFourthtime]

Is that so?

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Ricky M Yes. As is always the case with most hand "Muppets", one performer does the upper half (the head) and one hand, whilst another does the opposite hand and lower half (the bottom). Of course, to save on exhaustion from performers, larger characters are a tandem effort, with the Gorgs being voiced off-camera by the main performers using the waldo (the oven mit-like hand device that radio controls the character's head) and the bodies' animated movements being done by an artist well-versed in mime and dance. Full-bodied characters like Big Bird of Sesame Street, however, have the performer themselves (either Carroll Spinney or Matt Vogel) inside the costume, thereby literally becoming the character whom they're portraying. The advances in CGI have allowed for characters now to be rendered using computers and allow for the performers to be the characters remotely using motion capture. Such an example is Sid the Science Kid.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

This must've been Fraggle Rock's Snuffy Revealed episode from Sesamse Street for you adults

[@schemer1991]

I remember that Gerald parkes was on shining Time station in the early 1990s on PBS and Fraggle rock

[@Bryankirshon]

my favorite episode

[@Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent]

1:17 rip both these guys

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

If Jerry Nelson died, who's gonna take his place?

I'm not sure. I like Jerry Nelson. He's a great singer and performer.

[@kayeleighlautner9554]

FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY FOR FRAGGLE ROCK, JOHN TARTAGLIA PERFORMED GOBO, AND KAREN PRELL CAME BACK TO PERFORM RED.

[@collgoff]

+Kayeleigh Lautner yeah Johnny's Gobo voice doesn't sound like Jerry's Gobo but it's close.

[@krystians5996]

po raz pierwszy widzę jak fragles normalnie podszedł do niego

[@bcrunch4232]

I headcanon that Doc and Ned have known each other for many years, maybe even since childhood.

[@kylewyman20]

Had to see doc in his original role as doc he was great in boondocks saints

[@jasperminer]

doc then hires the saints to fix things

[@AlexS0405]

1:47 doc is like a fraggle! WTF!

[@bryankirshon3436]

From my childhood

[@scorefuxxon2753]

Just once in my life I'd like to meet a youtuber that like me, actually tells people which episodes their clips come from. ;)

[@nh2f]

+Score Fuxxon Sorry, I'll throw that in the description

[@selenahansen7795]

I want to meet Gobo and spend the night at Fraggle Rock.

[@DEBTCOLLECTDOG2]

good one :)

[@christoperfleming6832]

How could he not see him?

[@sadflute8639]

I just found out he's in boondock saints

[@Glarrimore2]

Porr Doc

[@TheInkPitOx]

www.cbc.ca/news/arts/gerard-parkes-fraggle-rock-actor-dead-at-90-1.2805925 RIP

[@user-sx5ds2rl9z]

Наконецто 😢 гобо

[@Ettibridget]

1.56 What does that "Can't I" mean?

[@torgosaves427]

:,)

[@timothy790110]

Haha 38 year old. Male tearing up.

[@thatonecommentor7758]

Gender and age should have no baring on what emotionally impacts you.

[@segachildstarspawn2624]

Even though I find the Muppets a little creepy...but...the Fraggles hold a special place in my heart...the Terrible Tunnel is what made me not like them as much...but they still hold a special place in me... because...the fraggles grew up with me...

[@alexseis2549]

Um things do live behind the hole doc nice try

[@xxoxia]

I want to know why Ned Shimmelfinney has to move for his health. Do they live in a highly radioactive area, or is he a drug addict and needs to get away from his routine?

[@DimitryRotstein]

My best guess is tuberculosis. Indeed, in the old days, doctors often recommended their patients to move to a warm and dry area in order to ease the symptoms. Although the series takes place in a more modern world, the script writer might have had outdated ideas about tuberculosis, or perhaps in Ned's case antibiotics proved ineffective (it happens sometimes, even today).

[@xxoxia]

Hahaha, that would be a really advanced plot line for a kid's show.

[@DimitryRotstein]

xxoxia More advanced than radioactive drug addict?

[@LauraSquirrel]

Dimitry Rotstein I always thought that maybe he was asthmatic.

[@DarthSutekh]

***** In a Q&A session I saw years ago Ned had Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it was decided to leave it vague. COPD makes it hard to breath at best and is worsened by environmental factors like air pollution, high moisture, and large pollen counts. So those who can move to small towns in places like Arizona, that are dry have lots of deserts and low populations so have less air pollution. Especially when they get older, COPD is degenerative an worsens with age. This is also why Sprocket in earlier seasons made hacking cough noises when Ned was mentioned, Ned was suppose to start the series as a chain smoker and his health slowly degenerate over time, with him quitting seeming to be fine for a while, then get worse again.

[@derekdespie4462]

What episode of Fraggle Rock is this taken from?

[@NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast]

Derek Despie episode 1

[@alsublett]

you suck at lying, Nathan. it was not episode 1

[@jayo1212]

The penultimate episode.

[@captainjax_vs_games]

The honk of honks

[@Husker_XIII]

How you doing Fuck Ass i'm Gobo.