Fraggle Talk: The Unofficial Fraggle Rock Podcast
Jun 13, 2026 · 55 min · 13 segments
In which Wembley tries to get revenge on Boober for scaring him, with explosive consequences! PLUS: Very special guest, Fraggle Rock writer Jocelyn Stevenson! The real life psychodrama that inspired…
Jocelyn StevensonGuestBeth CookHost
Julia GaskellHostuh i love the intro to this one of the things that i love so much about this episode is just the little every every scene gets its little setup moment every scene and all those setup moments are so full of character like it's not just we start off seeing doc get pranked it's we start off seeing doc and sprocket come home from getting groceries and there's like a little conversation and we get some little dialogue and then we also get to see doc being forgetful and he sends sprocket in to get the key so we're getting character details we're not just here's the action it's like no hey here's the characters here's the build up it's it's it is a really nice sort of pacing that you don't see a lot in any kind of show these days but especially not in children's media and it warms my heart it's a very respectful for the viewer
I can't tell you how much that means to me that you noticed that and that you've said that.
Oh, thank you.
It's something I would try to do and have enough time in the episodes to do that.
And I will default to character and story rather than to the joke as a writer.
Oh, this episode is full of it, and I'm going to be pointing it out as we go.
I have it in my notes.
I was an elementary school teacher for nine years, and I have a lot of really strong opinions about children's media and what the parts of it that we examine versus don't examine say, and the fact that kids will examine all of it subconsciously, whether we meant to put stuff in there or not.
and
People often ask me, why don't you want to write for adults? My big answer to that is no.
Well, you know, this episode is less of a was less of a sort of just an episode for me.
Yes.
Interesting.
Yes, because Dave and Steve, the puppeteers for Boober and Wembley, right? Dave and Steve never stopped scaring people, me in particular, and I could never get them back.
uh i love the intro to this one of the things that i love so much about this episode is just the little every every scene gets its little setup moment every scene and all those setup moments are so full of character like it's not just we start off seeing doc get pranked it's we start off seeing doc and sprocket come home from getting groceries and there's like a little conversation and we get some little dialogue and then we also get to see doc being forgetful and he sends sprocket in to get the key so we're getting character details we're not just here's the action it's like no hey here's the characters here's the build up it's it's it is a really nice sort of pacing that you don't see a lot in any kind of show these days but especially not in children's media and it warms my heart it's a very respectful for the viewer
I can't tell you how much that means to me that you noticed that and that you've said that.
Oh, thank you.
It's something I would try to do and have enough time in the episodes to do that.
And I will default to character and story rather than to the joke as a writer.
Oh, this episode is full of it, and I'm going to be pointing it out as we go.
I have it in my notes.
I was an elementary school teacher for nine years, and I have a lot of really strong opinions about children's media and what the parts of it that we examine versus don't examine say, and the fact that kids will examine all of it subconsciously, whether we meant to put stuff in there or not.
and
People often ask me, why don't you want to write for adults? My big answer to that is no.
Well, you know, this episode is less of a was less of a sort of just an episode for me.
Yes.
Interesting.
Yes, because Dave and Steve, the puppeteers for Boober and Wembley, right? Dave and Steve never stopped scaring people, me in particular, and I could never get them back.
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