Fraggle Rock (1983–1987): Season 2, Episode 5 - Uncle Matt Comes Home - full transcript

[upbeat music playing]

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Work your cares away

I Dancing's for another day

I Let the Fraggles play

We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red!

“Whoopee!
Wowee!

Ooh, a Fraggle!



[chuckles] Look, Ma. I got a Fraggle!

Argh!

Whoopee!

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

Down in Fraggle Rock.

Oh, you should learn the noble art
of knot-tying, Sprocket.

Everyone should know what is a knot
and what is not a knot.

It's a knotty problem.

[Sprocket whimpers]

[Doc] Get it? Knotty.



Oh, nuts. That is not a knot.

[barks]
-Oh, Sprocket,

how many times have I told you,

there is no intelligent life
behind that baseboard.

Mice, maybe, but that's it.

[whimpers)

[barks]

Boy, they're right outside the hole, Gobo.

“Wembley.
“What?

Look, Uncle Matt's marked this postcard
"special announcement."

Wow.

Old houses occasionally
have small rodents,

but not these silly creatures
you go on about.

[Gobo] Whoopee!

[whispers] Sprocket, did you hear that?

You may be right, Sprocket.
There may be life beyond this hole.

No, no, keep back. It might bite you.
You just keep an eye on the hole.

Let's see...

Sound-activated tape recorder,
automatic trip-wire camera.

I tell you, Sprocket,
if there are wall creatures,

we'll prove it once and for all.

Mice do not go, "Whoopee."

[Sprocket whines]

Wembley, what's the most amazing thing
you can imagine?

Uh... owning more than one shirt.

What? No. Wembley, a wonderful thing
is about to happen.

Hey! Hey! My Uncle Traveling Matt's
coming home.

He says he's tired
of exploring Outer Space

and he wants to see me,
and he's coming home to stay.

I was there when Gobo got the news.

-He's coming back for good?
-Yeah.

I share a room with a Fraggle whose
famous uncle is coming home.

Oh, Gobo, I know how you miss your uncle.

-And-and I'l enjoy seeing him.
“Well, of course you will.

Anybody back from a long trip
will have piles of laundry.

You know how I love challenges.

[laughing]

Well, at least we won't have to put up
with any more postcards.

Hey, Red, you don't understand.

Oh, yes, I do.
We'll have to put up with him instead.

[niggers]

Red, have a heart.

Oh, okay, okay.

So what are you
and the postcard king gonna do?

Well... when my Uncle Matt went away,
Iwas just a kid.

Now I'm an explorer, too.

-Yeah
-Together, he and I, we could do anything.

Why, we could, oh,
map the Red Ridge Caves.

-Yeah
-Oh, sure you could.

-Explore the Outer Barrens.
-Sure.

Yeah, and probably
start an avalanche doing it. [giggles]

Listen, my Uncle Matt and I could
find the Crystal Caverns.

Oh, give us a break, Gobo.
I mean, Crystal Cavern?

Even the legends say it can't be found.

Yeah. Well--

[stammers] Don't you kid yourself.
Gobo and his Uncle Matt could find it.

Yeah.

Gobo, we must welcome your uncle
with loud huzzahs.

-Huzzahs!
Huzzah.

A grateful people
welcoming back their hero.

Yes.

We could drape moss into a triumphal arch.

Of course.

That's it. A welcome-home celebration.

-A party!
Hey, everybody!

A party? Why didn't you say s0?

Any excuse for a party.

Okay, everybody. Everybody, yes.

Now Gobo's Uncle Matt
could be here at any moment.

Let's rehearse our whoopee cantata
one last time.

[trumpeting]

Let's start with the boings.

Boing. Boing. Boing.

Boing, boing. Boing, boing.

Now the dingalings.

I Dingaling

I Dingaling

I Dingaling, dingaling ♪

The Fraggle choir.

I Aahbh?

I Aahhh aahhh

The welcome.

Welcome.
‘Welcome.

Welcome.
‘Welcome.

Welcome.
‘Welcome.

Now, everybody!

I Ticker tape and drummers drumming

I Tell the world the hero's coming ♪

I While we're dozing,
While we're stumbling

I Heroes have to roam}

7 If you wander in your wending

I Just remember, no pretending

I Every journey has an ending

I Time to hurry home?

I Welcome back, Uncle Matt

I Welcome home, welcome home §

I Welcome home 2

Again.

I Welcome back, Uncle Matt

I Welcome home, welcome home §

I Welcome home 2

Hooray!

I Ticker tape and drummers drumming

I Tell the world the hero's coming ♪

I While we're dozing
While we're stumbling

I Heroes have to roam}

7 If you wander in your wending

I Just remember, no pretending

I Every journey has an ending

I Time to hurry home?

I Welcome back, Uncle Matt

I Welcome home, welcome home §

I Welcome home, welcome home, Uncle Matt?

Bravo!

I Welcome, Matt?

I Welcome home, welcome home §

I Welcome home, Uncle Matt

And that was pretty good.

Next time, let's do it in tune, okay?

I thought it was pretty good.

[all chattering]

[chomping]

[gasps] Wembley, Red, how could you eat
the Uncle Matt statue

from the radish meringue cake?

I can see we weren't alone. Ha!

Oh, yeah, I see some radish frosting
on your upper lip, Gobo.

Huh? Oh, uh...

Oh, what are we gonna do?
Uncle Matt's not even here yet.

Wasn't he invited?

He better hurry. He's missing all the fun.

[laughing]

Well, that's one thing you can't do
is hurry Uncle Matt.

Yeah. Sometimes he's lost
for months at a time.

Listen here, moss mind.
Quit insulting my uncle.

Yeah.

Would insult the Fraggle
who's gonna find the Crystal Cavern?

No.

I didn't say he was going
to find the Crystal Cavern.

I said we could, uh, he and I.

-Yeah.
-If we wanted to.

Yeah, but you don't want to.

-No. Maybe.
‘We might.

Oh, Wembley, go lie down and rest.

Oh, well, it's getting awfully late.

-Mm-hmm.
[sighs]

Red, my Uncle Matt is a great explorer.

And with the experience I've had,
why, why, we could be great together.

Oh, you two couldn't find
your way from here to the pool.

Oh, yes, we could, Gorg-breath.

And we'll find the Crystal Cavern.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, and someday, we'll hand you
a golden crystal that we brought back

and you'll say, "I'm sorry.”

Oh. And then I'l turn green
and grow a second head.

-Oh. Ooh.
[screams]

[laughter]

See, I fold you I could find my way
to the pool.

[laughs]

We've been waiting here for hours.

Did you hear any more noises, Sprocket?

[snoring]

[chuckles] Poor dog.

-This scientific research does take time
-[knocking on door]

and self-sacrifice.

A knock at the door at this hour?

[Sprocket snoring]

Hello. Anyone out there?

No, I didn't think so.

Thank you very much.

[humming]

[Doc] Look at those stars.

Ah.

Hmm.

[Sprocket snoring]

Ah.

Hmm.

Woof. [laughs]
-{whimpers]

-[camera shutter clicks]
[whimpering]

[grunting]

Whoa. Behold. Traveling Matt is home.

Hello? Hello? Nephew Gobo?

Where is that little fella?

Beho-- ooh.

Behold, Traveling Matt is home.

Oh. Uh, uh... Huzzah! Huzzah!

Play the welcome-home song, Wembley.

The whoopee cantata.

[trumpeting]
[screams]

-Oh. For me? Aah!
Wembley] Hey, hey, look out there.

Huh?

Whoa. You were right, Gobo.
He is a great explorer.

-Delicious.
-[Red] He found the cake.

Look. A picture, Sprocket.
Maybe it's our wall creature.

Sprocket, this is a picture of you.

[barks]

I'm sorry. This is not a picture
of a wall creature.

I'd know those whiskers of yours anywhere.

I'm gonna go check the sound.

[barks]

[whimpers)

Barking.

Sprocket, machines don't lie.

So no more jokes, okay?

Hmph.

[sighs]

Uncle Matt, it sure is great
to have you back.

Ah, home.

How I longed for this moment
when I was in Outer Space.

Oh, but it must have been
exciting out there.

-Oh, yes, it is exciting, yes.
-Tell us about it.

[sighs] Well, Outer Space is
this, this big... space out there.

No kidding?

Yes. It's filled with silly creatures,
but you can't make frignds with them.

I missed you, Gobo.
I'm tired of being alone.

Great. We can explore together.

-Yeah,
-Hmm, good.

We can go off on a little jaunt, yes.

There's my old bed.

Uh, Uncle Matt,
that bed used to be yours, but...

It's okay, Gobo. Let him stay.

It would be selfish of me
to want to sleep in my own bed.

Il go stay at Boober's tonight.

Ooh, there's nothing like
your own bed back home.

[chuckles]

Well, uh, goodnight, Gobo.
Goodnight, Gobo's Uncle Matt.

Goodnight, Gobo's friend Wembley.

[chuckles]
Goodnight, Wembley.

Bye.

Uh, Uncle Matt, before you go to sleep,
well, I have this sort of favor to ask.

[sighs] Anything at all, Gobo.

What can an old uncle do
for a young whippersnapper like you?

Whippersn-- huh?

Oh, gee, Uncle Matt, nobody's called me
that since, whoa, since you left.

Uh... Well, anyway...

You see, well,
I kind of promised Red that...

Uncle Matt, do you think
we could find the Crystal Cavern?

[snoring]

[sighs] Gee, it sure is good
to have Uncle Matt home.

[burbling lips]

Ahh. You always sleep best
in your own bed at home

surrounded by your nearest and dearest.

Yeah, it's good to have you back, Matt.

Well, from now on it's gonna be just like

it used to be in the olden days,
my little laddie.

Little laddie?
We're going to be inseparable, Gobo.

Yeah, that's what I want, too, Uncle Matt.

Hi there, hotshot explorers. Ooh hoo hoo.

Oh, no, here she comes.

Uh, listen, Uncle Matt,
you gotta go along with this.

Last night, I told Red that we were gonna
go find the Crystal Cavern.

-And I know--
-The Crystal Cavern.

The most beautiful place in the universe.

According to legend, the place glows
and shimmers with a life of its own.

Good morning, guys. Hi.

H-Hello there, little Fraggle creatures.

Gobo has just asked me

to lead an expedition
to the Crystal Cavern.

Lead? I thought
you were doing it together.

Well, we are, but...

You mean you're really gonna
try to doit? When?

No time like the present.

[sighs] Lead.

Come on, little fella.
['l'lead, you follow.

Uh...

We're really doing it together.
I just like being nice to the old guy.

W-Wembley, uh, get my maps.

Coming, Uncle Matt.

Wow. They're really going to try to do it.

[Matt] Ah, here we are.
Out in the tunnels again.

Give us a chord on that guitar, Gobo.

I Every day, the world begins again I

7 Sunny skies or rain

♪ Come and follow me

Try to keep up, Gobo.

I Every sunrise shows me more and more ♪

I So much to explore

♪ Come and follow me

Ooh.

I Every moming

I Every day!

I Every evening?

I Showing me the way

I While the sun goes round,
I'l still be found 2

I Following the sound

I Something's calling me

[Matt clears throat]

What's wrong, uncle?

Thatis my song.

Oh, uh, sorry.

-Oh!
[screams]

Gobo. Gobo's Uncle Matt.
Oh, thank goodness I found you.

Ah, Wembley, you brought my maps.

-Yeah.
-Great.

Just what we're gonna need
if we're gonna find the Crystal Cavern.

Maps. I haven't used maps
since I left for Outer Space.

What else would you use, Uncle Matt?

What's your plan?

Plan? I haven't got a plan yet.

I'm waiting
for a typical stroke of genius.

I've always heard that there are only
two impossible things in the Rock:

finding the Crystal Cavern
and finding the home of the rock clingers.

Aah! I just had a typical
stroke of genius.

The rock clingers must live
in the Crystal Cavern.

I don't believe this.

Yes. So all we have to do
is follow a rock clinger home.

‘What? Oh.
Uh-huh.

That's terrible.

Rock clingers are the most disgustingly
cute things in the universe.

Yeah. Yeah, if you-if you follow one,
itll fall in love with you

and cling to you forever.

Eww.
Eww.

Occupational hazard, Wembley.

Now, where is a rock clinger?

Gosh, Gobo, your Uncle Matt sure
is amazing,

he will do anything to achieve his goal.

[Matt] Oof.

Yeah. Any dumb thing.

Quick. I've found one. Over here.

Oh, it's so cute.

Oh, no. It's adorable.

Don't look, Wembley.
Don't let it fall in love with you.

I shall follow it thither.

Gee, Gobo, should we follow
the rock clinger thither, too?

Well, I'm going to follow my maps
like I always do.

And my maps indicate
the Crystal Cavern is that way.

Come on, Wembley. Follow me.

But you two heroic explorers
are going in two different directions.

Aah.

Okay, here we are.
Map 19, downward tunnel.

Yeah, and it says that the Crystal Cavern
should be somewhere in this general area.

Thank goodness for your maps.

Oh, there you are, Nephew Gobo.
What took you so long?

Uncle Matt, how did you get here
before we did?

Have you been peeking at my maps?

Certainly not.
I simply followed my rock clinger.

That's amazing, Gobo's Uncle Matt.

-Thank you.
-It's crazy is what it is.

Oh, there goes my rock clinger.
Come on, little Wembley.

The Crystal Cavern is hard enough to find
if you're being sensible like me.

I believe the word is stodgy, Nephew Gobo.

How did you get down here so fast?

Where-where is my rock clinger?

There.

Ah, yes. Come, Wembley.

Wembley... Okay, be that way.

But know that
the Crystal Cavern is this way.

[groans]

You know, I'd forgotten just how boring
these old caves are.

Yeah.

Well, well, well,
you guys finally made it, I see.

Wait just a minute.
Something sneaky is going on around here.

You couldn't have found these cavems
using just those foolish maps.

Don't call my maps foolish.

Well, look at you.
You're following a rock clinger.

Oh, look at the dumb little wimp.

I think it's falling in love with you.

Just a minute, just a minute.

Nephew, the point is that you're not
showing the proper courtesy

to your old uncle
as a little Fraggle should.

Who's a little Fraggle?

-You are.
-I'm as much an explorer as you are.

Wait a minute, I have an idea!
I have an idea. I have an idea.

Why don't we just sort of stand here
and rest for a few minutes, okay?

[all mumbling]

I know what we can do. We can do what
we always do at times like this.

Gobo can read a postcard
from his Uncle Tra

He's here.
How can I have a postcard from him?

Then I shall tell you of one
of my adventures in wonderful Outer Space.

-Yeah.
-Oh, brother.

You see...

1 once found this hilly place

where very brave and fortunate
silly creatures go.

They were sitting around
with white things on their legs

and being carefully looked after
by some other silly creatures.

These lucky creatures acquire white legs
through something called skiing.

Many try, but few are chosen.

Even though I'm a Fraggle, the temptation
to try for a white leg was great.

[screams]

1 finally made it.

Whoa!

It took tremendous courage
and quite a lot of pain,

but a hero's got to do
what a hero's got fo do.

And that's another adventure
from Gobo's Uncle Traveling Matt.

That was wonderful.
Wasn't that wonderful, Gobo?

That was wonderful, Gobo's Uncle Matt.

[both laughing]

-Yeah, that was interesting.
-Yes.

If true.
‘What?

Are you questioning my stories?

I question anyone
who follows rock clingers.

Oh, please don't fight.

My plan has gotten us closer
to the Crystal Caverns

than Fraggles have ever been before.

My maps are what got us close
to the Crystal Cavern.

Well, you've got to follow my methods.

Oh, you couldn't lead your way
to that rock.

What... This rock here?
This rock, Gobo? This rock?

Well, Il tell you something--

You're too clumsy to explore caves.

“Who wants to explore boring, old caves?
What?

I mean, it's not like exploring
Outer Space.

Or making up goofy postcards
claiming you explore Outer Space.

No, no... [screams]
-That does it, Gobo.

You're going to have to have a spanking.

-Oh, a spanking?
-Yes.

Oh, you and whose Gorg?

And I thought they were heroes.

You take that back.

Yeah, Il take it back
s0 I can give it to you again.

Well, I thought coming home
was going to be fun.

Oh. Nobody but a rock clinger
would want to go exploring with you.

Well, I certainly don't want
to go with you.

Oh, well, good. Good.
Let's call the whole thing off. Agreed?

Agreed.

-Okay. Come on, Wembley. Let's go home.
-Come on, Wembley. Let's go home.

Where'd he go?

I... I don't know.

Oh, Wembley always sticks with me.

Why would he leave?

He was upset about our fighting.
He wants everybody to always be friends.

Well, can he find his way home?

Wembley's a great guy, but...

-He's not an explorer, no.
Not an explorer.

He's been my best friend since you left.

We will look for him.

-Yeah. He would have gone this way.
-Yes. This...

No, I think this way.

No, no, I think I'm right.

No, I'm sure I'm right.

Matt... you go your way,
and I'll go my way.

I just hope one of us can find him.

Yes, yes, yes.

[Wembley] Gobo!

Matt!

Huh?

-[Gobo] Wembley.
[Matt] Wembley.

Gobo, Matt. Isn't it wonderful?

I should say. I found you.

You found him? What about me?

But you weren't lost.

Anyway, little green Wembley,
I'm glad you're safe.

We've called off the search
for the Crystal Cavern.

Matt, look around us.
We're surrounded by rock clingers.

-S0?
-So rock clingers live in...

~The Crystal Cavern.
[laughs]

[gasps]
-Oh, wow.

By golly! You're right.

I've discovered the Crystal Cavern.

Wait a minute.
Who discovered the Crystal Cavem?

-I did, of course.
“What about me?

Why would I discover you?

You're both driving me nuts.

[crystal shatters]

The fact of the matter is,
I discovered it.

Oh... well, yeah...

You've both been so busy fighting

that you haven't looked
for what you're looking for.

But we did both got here.

Well, yeah, but you weren't
doing it together.

Oh, well, I don't think we could
find our own tails working together.

But working alone, we're wonderful.

Yeah, but neither one of us
really discovered the Crystal Cavern.

Is it so important who discovered it?

What's important
is that it got discovered.

Discovery is the important thing,
all right.

I've discovered all sorts of things today.

Me, too.

Excuse me, guys, but the rock clingers
are starting to love us.

Oh, let's get out of here.

Quick. First pick up some crystal.
We got to prove we were here.

-Nice one.
-Let's go.

The most beautiful place in the universe?

Huh. Not after you've seen
a used-car lot at sunset.

Red, I told you one day I'd give you
a crystal from the Crystal Cavern.

-I kept my promise.
[yawns]

Gobo, Uncle Matt, I'm sorry I said
you guys weren't good explorers.

Oh, hey, don't apologize. Actually, it was
Wembley who found the Cavern.

Well, it was just
really sort of an accident.

I wouldn't have been anywhere near it
if I hadn't followed these two explorers.

Uncle Matt.

Uncle Matt is back.
We can sing the song again.

Oh, no.

-Matt, you have to leave.
“What?

You don't have to stay here. Go back
to Outer Space where you're happy.

Then you've noticed.
That is where I really want to be.

I can tell.

I thought I had changed,
but you have, too.

-You've grown up.
-Oh, thanks for noticing, Matt.

Besides, if I go back to Outer Space,
you can once again worship me from afar.

-I'd like that.
-Then would you please stop that song?

I Welcome back, Uncle Matt

Excuse me.

Just a minute.

Sorry, uh... I think my Uncle Matt
has an announcement.

Indeed I do. Traveling Matt is
returning to Outer Space.

[all gasp]
-It's okay. We have a rewrite.

I Fare you well, Uncle Matt }

I Fare you well, fare you well?

I Fare you well, Uncle Matt }

Well, so long, Uncle Matt.

Yeah. Don't forget to write.

Oh. Careful of your head here, Gobo.

Ooh.

You know, as soon as I get out there,
I'm gonna start missing you again, Gobo.

I'm gonna miss you too, Uncle Matt.

And if you ever get homesick,
well, come home.

Il be back for visits.

But now, I want
to leave you with something.

Really? What? Some words of wisdom?

No. My rock clinger.

Take good care of the little wimp.

Farewell, nephew.

Oh, no. I'm being worshiped from anear.

[grunting] Whoa!

[camera shutter clicks]

[snoring]

Hmm. What a postcard this will make.

Dear Nephew Gobo, the instant
I returned to Outer Space,

I was met by a little silver creature
who gave me a present.

How nice.

[door thuds]

[snoring]

[upbeat music playing]

[scatting]

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪