04x05 - Junior Faces the Music

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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!

A Fraggle!

Hey, look, Ma.

I caught a Fraggle!

Dance your cares away

Worry's for another
day Let the music play

Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock
Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock.

I got it, Sprocket.

You know, the letter
of recommendation

that Mrs. Faithat the
radio station wanted

before she'd hire meas
the new technical consultant.

Ms. Ardath wrote it for me.

I better put this here

in case I forget to
bring itwith me later on.

I wonder what Ms.
Ardath said about me.

You know, if I hold this up to
the light, I could probably read it.

What am I thinking about?

That's wrong.

Here, Sprockie, you better hold
ituntil I have to give it to Mrs. Faith.

Hey, wow! What's that?

That's the magic pipe.

That means Cantus
the Minstrel is here!

-He only comes on
magical occasions.-Yeah.

Hark, Fraggles.

Hark, magical,
mystical minstrel.

I need five Fraggle witnesses.

You will do.

-But there's only
two of us.-Two.

Two can soon become five.

Get three others, and
meet me as soon as you can

at the entrance to the Gorg garden.
At the entrance to the Gorg garden.

Gorgs' garden? Tonight?

Tonight is the Blue Moon.

I thought Blue Moons
were only in legends.

This particular Blue Moon isof
particular importance to Junior Gorg.

And you must help him.

Help a Gorg?

And behold, the brave Gorg
princesaved the little radishes

from the terrible Fraggles.

And they lived
happily ever after.

Isn't that a nice story?

Yeah. Good night,
Geraldine. You sleep tight.

You too, Betty.

And the rest of you, my
preciouslittle radishes, I love you all.

What a beautiful night.

A Blue Moon!

Oh, boy! Wait till I tell Pa!

Hey, Pa. Pa!

-Hey, Pa! Pa!-Just hold still.

-What is it?-Do you
know what tonight is?

- What?-Tonight is the Blue Moon!
- What?-Tonight is the Blue Moon!

-Blue Moon?-The Blue Moon!

Yeah. And rememberwhen I
was young, I used to ask you

when I could try
the Royal Kazoo?

And you said, "Maybe
once in a Blue Moon."

Oh, boy, tonight's the night!

Junior, why don't you
waituntil the next Blue Moon?

But, Pa, I could be old by then.

I wanna know if I'm
gonna bea great Gorg ruler.

And according to the
ancient Gorg legend,

only when you try to play the Royal
Kazoowill you know if you are truly great.

But, Junior, you need
five Fraggle witnesses.

Now, why bother with all that?

But, Pa, you must have
playedthe Royal Kazoo.

Now it's my turn to
find outif I'm truly great.

Yeah, you're a truly
great pain in the...

Be careful with that pin!

Sorry, sweetykins. You moved.

Pa, what are you
doing in this dress?

Never mind, Junior!

Now, what I'm saying is,
Now, what I'm saying is,

you got a crown in the
closet, and we call you prince.

What more do you want?

Besides, I don't even
knowwhere that old Royal Kazoo is.

I know where it is, Pa.

Yeah, it's in the
fireplace, where you hid it.

Pa, now you know
how I hate to interfere,

but maybe you should
just let Junior try.

My sugarplum queen, trust me.

I know what I'm doing.

Now, Junior, give
me the Royal Kazoo,

and you go out and
checkyour mother's laundry.

Go on, that's a good Gorg.

Stand still.

I hate being a dress model.

I don't feel like
checking the laundry.

I'm gonna go in there and tell Pa
whatl feel like doing is playing the kazoo.

Yeah, I'll show him who's boss.

Pa, why don't you want
Juniorto try the Royal Kazoo?

Sweetykins, think what would happen
Sweetykins, think what would happen

if Junior tried the
Royal Kazooand failed.

We'd have to banish him to
the swampfor a hundred years.

Banish?

To the swamp?

For a hundred years?

Don't look at me. I
don't make the rules.

I'm only the king.

Pa, do you really think Junior
won'tbe able to play the Royal Kazoo?

Let's face it.

His lantern's lit, but it's
not giving off much light.

Now, I'm just gonna put the
Royal Kazooat the foot of our bed,

and tomorrow I'll bury it
somewherewhere he will never find it.

Oh, no!

Pa thinks I'm gonna fail.

Then I'll be banished to the
swampfor a hundred years.

Oh, no!

Young master Gorg.

Who said that?

Cease this weeping.
Cease this weeping.

And get your chin
up, both of 'em.

Who are you?

You should be thinking
less about who I am

and more about who you are.

You could be a great Gorg king.

Me?

No, I'm just a dumb Gorg prince.

You could be a coward

You could be a king

You could be the kind of
kidWho teaches us to sing

You could be whatever

Your little heart desires

You could be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

Sometimes a mountain

Sometimes a stone

Sometimes a river windin'
roundTo find a home

Sometimes a river windin'
roundTo find a home

You could crawl away

You could fly higher

You could be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

You could be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

Why do I keep wanderingln
my dreams today?

Why do I keep
seemingLike so many mes?

How can I be turned
aroundSo many ways?

When will I know
who I want to be?

Oh, no! Nuts!

You could be a cowboy

You could be a creep

You could be the kingOf all
the good things in your sleep

I could?

You could be the person

That you most admire

-Wow.-You could
be a walkin', talkin'

Breathin' ball of fire

I could be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire?

I could be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire?

Yeah! You could
be a walkin', talkin'

Breathin' ball of fire

Wow! I wish I could
be a great Gorg ruler.

You could, if you swearto
play the Royal Kazoo

before five Fraggle
witnesses tonight,

when the Blue Moon is full.

Gee, I don't know. I just...

-I just don't know.-Yes
or no, or no or yes?

So many questions.

Well, yes.

Do you swearby the
solemn oath of the Gorgs?

Hey, nonny, nonny, nonny.
Hey, nonny, ha cha cha.

All right.

Meet me tonightwhen
the Blue Moon is full.

Okay, Your Shadowyship.

-Wembley, what are
you doing?-Red, Red...

He told you to come
up to the garden now?

-I'm practicing witnessing.-As
soon as possible.

Why does he need five witnesses?

Who's for not going?

-I am.-Boober, wait, wait.

If Cantus said to meet him, he
must have a good reason for it.

Yeah.

Well, Cantus better
have a great reason

if he thinks he's
gonna drag me up to

theGorgs' garden in
the middle of the night.

And I'm going to tell
him when I see him.

Tell me what?

Cantus...

I wanted to tell youl have
complete confidence in you.

Thank you.

Yeah, we all do.

But it would be nice
to knowwhat's going on.

-Yeah.-I shall talk as we walk.

And you will know
all you need to know.

Walk this way.

Okay.

Oh, you...

Pa!

Did you hear that?

What?

I think there's somethingmoving
about around in this room.

I don't hear anything,
my little radish bud.

You must have been dreamin'.

But, Pa, don't you want to
seeif there's something in here?

Not really.

Why don't you just
go back to sleep,

and your brave kingy
wingywill watch you all night.

Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

I got it. I got it.

Oh, no!

I'm gonna be banished!

So now you know
all you need to know.

I don't know about that.

Even as we speak...

Sorry.

The Blue Moon waxes,

and Junior Gorg is putting the
Royal Kazooback where he found it.

Come.

Wow.

What was that?

Maybe it's Junior.

Junior's too old to
climbinto bed with us.

Besides, he always knocks.

You better get up
and investigate, Pa.

Me? No. I don't
think that's necessary.

I think it's just you dreaming.

Pa, how could it be me dreamingif
you're the one who heard it?

Well, we sleep pretty close,
and you dream pretty loud.

Let's go back to sleep.

Okay.

Okay, we're here.

-Now what do we do?-Yeah.

Listen and look.

I did it. I did it. I brought
backthe Royal Kazoo,

and they'll never
even know I took it.

And I won't have
to be banished. No.

But I gave my oath
to the shadowy figure.

The solemn oath of the Gorgs.

I can't go against
my oath, can I?

I confess!

-I did it! I did it!-What?

Junior, what are
you talking about?

I took the Royal Kazoo,
and I tried to play it.

Holy horseradish,
Junior! What happened?

Nothing came out.

I couldn't play it.

Oh, no! My baby's
gonna be banished!

Not if I run away first.

-What? Junior, wait.
Come back!-Junior.

I still don't see why we
should careabout the Gorgs.

We are coming to the time of answers.
We are coming to the time of answers.

The moon is almost full.

I can't.

Junior.

What's the matter, baby?

I couldn't play the
Royal Kazoo at all.

I'm nothing.

You're not nothing, Junior.

Don't you ever
say you're nothing.

He's not nothing. Right, Pa?

Oh, yeah!

Junior, you're not nothing.

You're big, and you eat well,
and you can really fill a room.

You're just trying to
make me feel good.

-I wish I'd never seen the
shadow.-Shadow? What shadow?

The big shadow on Ma's sheet.

The shadow said if I tried the Royal
Kazooin front of five Fraggle witnesses,

-when the moon
was full...-That's us.

I would get my wish and
becomea great Gorg ruler.

Drat and Deuteronomy, Junior!
Drat and Deuteronomy, Junior!

Why do you listen to a shadow?

Maybe we can bury the kazooand
pretend it never happened.

But I gave my
solemn oath as a Gorg.

Your solemn oath?

It doesn't apply to shadows.

Pa! The solemn oath is solemn.

It's not that solemn, Ma.

Junior, we'll think
of something.

Pa, maybe you should teach
Juniorto play the Royal Kazoo.

I don't know.

The Royal Kazoo is
somethingyou can play or you can't.

But if you played it, Junior
could see how it's played

and what the Royal
Kazooshould sound like.

Yeah! That's right, Dad.

Well, I never actually
playedthe Royal Kazoo.

You never played the kazoo?

I always wanted to,

but my daddy kept putting it offand
telling me not to take the chance,

just like his daddy and
his daddybefore that daddy.

- That's a lot of daddy.-So I never did.
- That's a lot of daddy.-So I never did.

Pa, this is a good time
for youto take the chance.

What's the point?

Even if I can play
the Royal Kazoo,

that won't help Junior.

And if I can't play,
then I'll be banished too.

What are we going to do?

Here. Try again, Junior.

I'm gonna be banished!

Maybe the kazoo is broken

or rusted from being
left unplayedfor so long.

Junior, get me the old
bellowsby the castle.

What are you doing, Ma?

I'm gonna find out once
and for allif it's broken or not.

Oh, boy. I'm glad
I'm witnessing this.

Now, push down
when I tell you to.

Now.

Hey! Hey, it's not broken!

It's not broken!
It's not broken!

It's not broken?

-Oh, no!-Oh, no!

Sprocket, I just wanted
to seeif you were awake.

Anyway, it's time for
meto go and see Mrs. Faith.

"He's a slow worker,

and you could probably
get someone else

to do the job cheaper."

Serves me rightfor
holding it up to the light.

After Mrs. Faith reads this,

she'll never hire
mefor the radio station.

In fact, she probably
won't evenlet me listen to it.

Well, I made the appointment.

Now it's time to face the music.

Go ahead, Junior. Try it.
Go ahead, Junior. Try it.

-Are you sure this is
gonna work?-Trust me.

Yeah.

Wow!

Just when I thought I
was gonnaget rid of him.

It works. I'm a genius!

What are you doing?

Put that away.
Somebody might see.

That's cheating!

But, Pa, that's cheating.

Junior, it's being creative.

You can't play any other way.

I don't know. It just
doesn't feel right.

What's the difference
how it feels?

This way, you'll be
able to keep your oath,

and you won't have to be banishedto
the swamp for a hundred years.

I just couldn't copeif you
were banished, Junior.

It wouldn't bemy
first choice either, Ma,

but I don't think I
can do it this way.

Maybe I better tell
the shadow the truth.

-What?-Pa, maybe Junior's right.

The tru... Right? Why, you'll
makea laughingstock of yourself

in front of a bunch
of Fraggles.-Fraggles!

In front of a bunch
of Fraggles.-Fraggles!

I keep forgetting
about that part.

Junior, maybe
your father's right.

This hook-up is brilliant.

Please.

Ma, Pa, I have decidedto
decide this myself.

-I'm starting to
like this guy.-Yeah.

Wait inside.

"Wait inside"?

It's okay. It's
okay. Come on, Pa.

I think he's growing up.

I think he's too big already.

To kazoo, or not to kazoo?

What is the answer?
Should I follow my parents?

No, no.

Or should I follow
my conscience?

Yes, yes!

Maybe I should just run away.

No, no.

What was it the
shadowy figure said?

I could be a creep,

or I could be all the good
thingsthat I dream of in my sleep.

Me,

a walkin', talkin' breathin' ball of fire.
A walkin', talkin' breathin' ball of fire.

It's time to face the music.

Or the lack thereof.

Our little boy Gorgis
making his first big decision.

Yeah. We won't be seeing
himfor a hundred years.

I'm here.

I gave my solemn oath as a
Gorgl would appear, and here I am.

You must be the five
Fraggle witnesses.

That's us! That's us!

Yeah, right. It's us.

Where's the shadow?

The shadowy figure's
supposed to be here.

I am here.

Does that shadowy
figureremind you of someone?

Yeah.

The Blue Moon is full.

Junior Gorg, do you
have your Royal Kazoo?

Yes, Your Shadowyship.

Then it is time
to hear you play.

Uh-oh.

Why do you hesitate?

The moon is full.
It's time to play.

I can't play it.
I can't play it.

But I gave my
oath, so I'll still try.

I played it!

He played it!

But how come I can play it now?

Junior Gorg, you are
the first Gorgin memory

to take the chanceto
play the Royal Kazoo.

And you succeededbecause
you honored your oath.

That is the way of greatness.

Yippee!

I knew he had greatness in him.

Of course, my dear.
He takes after me.

You can be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

You can be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

I can be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

You can be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

You can be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

You can be a walkin',
talkin'Breathin' ball of fire

Yippee!

So I gave the letter to Mrs. Faith,
and it did say I'm a slow worker

and that someone
elsecould do the job cheaper.

Then it went on to say
thatbecause I'm a slow worker,

I rarely make mistakes.

And that I'm the kind of a workmanthat
you come across once in a Blue Moon!

-So I got the job,
Sprockie.-Whoo-hoo!

And you and I are
going to celebrate!

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 Let the music play

Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock