Fraggle Rock: The Great Radish Famine

Marjory the Trash Heap gets into one of her save-the-world moods. She decides to cast a spell that makes all the radishesin the Gorgs' Garden disappear, hoping that in the ensuing crisis the Fraggles, Doozers and Gorgs will learn how much they all need each other.

In Outer Space, Doc ends up getting into an argument with Ned Shimmelfinney when he finds out that he tampered with the fuel gauge in Doc's car to make it look like that Doc hasn't used up fuel.

Fraggle Facts

 * All of the creatures of Fraggle Rock are connected through radishes. The Doozers make Doozer sticks, their building material, out of ground-up radish dust. The Fraggles' two main food sources are radishes and Doozer sticks. The Gorgs need radishes to make their youth and beauty cream...and if they don't use the cream, they vanish! This environmental interconnection is one of the main overarching themes of the series.

International versions
UK version: Sprocket has fleas, and The Captain gets rid of them using a concoction of stale radishes and kipper oil.

Songs

 * "Doozer March Song (Set Your Shoulder)"
 * "Doozer Knitting Song"
 * "Perfect Harmony"

Video releases

 * The Fraggles Search and Find (Jim Henson Video, 1993) -- closing credits cut
 * Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season (HIT!, 2005)
 * Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection (HIT!, 2008)
 * Wembley's Egg Surprise (Lions Gate Entertainment, 2010)

International episode titles

 * Denmark: "Den store radisemangel"
 * Finland: "Suuri retiisinälkä"
 * France: "La grande pénurie de radis" (The Great Radish Shortage)
 * Germany: "Die große Radieschen-Hungersnot" (The Great Radish Famine)
 * Netherlands: "Radijshongersnood" (Radish Famine)
 * Norway: "Den store reddikmangelen" (The large radish shortage)
 * Poland: "Rzodkiewkowy kataklizm"
 * Spain: "La gran escasez de rábano" (The acute storage of horseradish)

Cast

 * Kathryn Mullen as Mokey Fraggle and Baby Doozer
 * Karen Prell as Red Fraggle and Wingnut Doozer
 * Steve Whitmire as Wembley Fraggle, Sprocket and Flange Doozer
 * Dave Goelz as Boober Fraggle and Phlio
 * David Rudman as Junior Gorg and Gunge (Dubbing over Richard Hunt's lines)
 * Myra Fried as Ma Gorg
 * Matt Vogel as Marjory the Trash Heap and Pa Gorg (Dubbing over Jerry Nelson's lines)
 * Rob Mills as Junior Gorg body
 * Gord Robertson as Pa Gorg body
 * Trish Leeper as Ma Gorg body
 * Gerry Parkes as Jerome "Doc" Crystal