Fraggle Rock (1983–1987): Season 2, Episode 7 - Mokey and the Minstrels - 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.

-[door opening]
-[Doc] Sprocket.

Look what I just bought.

It was second-hand,
and in perfect condition.

[sniffing]
-Isn'tit a beauty?

[whines]



Why, Sprocket, it's a saxophone.

My favorite musical instrument
in the world.

-And you know what, Sprocket?
[whines]

I'm gonna learn how to play it.

Yeah, there might be all sorts
of undiscovered talents

hidden in here,
just waiting to be released.

I've got lots of books and charts.

And I'm gonna teach myself...

Hold this.

-...how to play the saxophone
[clattering]

-starting now.
-[groaning]

-Thanks, Sprocket.
[grunts]

Now.

[yelps]

Sprocket,

did you know the saxophone
is a mixture of several instruments?

[grunts]
Neither did I.

It's got a conical tube like an oboe,

a single reed like a clarinet,

fingers like a flute,

and it's made of brass.

[sniffing]
[popping]

I wonder what it's like on the inside.

[whines]

[Mokey] & Follow the song of your heart

I Follow it into the sky }

1 Never be frightened
In thunder and lightning

I Follow it way up high }

I Follow it way up high }

Oh, I'love to sing. [chuckles]

[male voice] And I love to listen.

[whimpers] Who said that?

-I did.
-Huh? [gasps]

Cantus. Oh, you came back.

Oh. Are the other Minstrels with you?

We've traveled far and wide,

uniting the Rock with music.

Now we are here...

-Oh.
-.. listening.

Oh, well then,
you must've heard my song. Um...

What did you think?

Thinking had nothing to do with it.

Your song came from you.

I know.

I was listening.

Does that mean you liked it?

That means I heard it.

-Oh.
-And I believe you're traveling our way.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Perhaps you'd journey with us
from here to there.

You want me to join you?

Only if you're going
in the same direction.

Well, I... Uh...

-Rack high.
Rock high.

[laughing]

-[soft music playing]
-Listen.

The magic pipe.

Ooh, the Minstrels are coming.

-Yeah.
[whooping]

[music continues playing]

Oh.

Ooh, ooh, I'm so glad you're back.

Oh, play for us, please. Please.

It's good to be somewhere.

And here's where we now are best.

-Yeah,
-That goes for all of you.

-Oh, Red, Red, he liked my song.
[gasps]

-My song sung by me.
[both squealing]

We've heard many, many, many songs

-from all over the Rock.
[Minstrels agreeing]

-Oh.
We cannot play what we have not heard.

-Mm-hmm.
-That's right.

Gee, eh, you must have to be
pretty special to be a Minstrel, huh?

Only a Minstrel can be a Minstrel.

Yes, but...

if I were a Minstrel,

then I could be a Minstrel.

True.

Then,

I must be a Minstrel.

[gasps]

I love music, and...

He heard my song, and--

All that is not enough.

-Oh.
-Everyone in the Rock loves music.

Well...
But a Minstrel hears an...

an inner ping.

-Ping?
-Ping.

Oh...

Uh... Ping?

Ping?

Yes. Yes.

I hear a ping. I do.

It's a ping, all right,

butis it the ping?

Oh.

-[soft music playing]
Music.

Music in the air.

Music moving everywhere.

What I know I must declare...

I Music makes us real, ping ♪

7 Make a Minstrel out of stone I

I Make them out of rag and bone ♪

I Make them from a royal throne ♪

I Music makes us real, hey }

I Round and round, around we go

I Where we stop we never know ♪

♪ Round and round, to and fro

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I If you think the gig is cool?

I Think again, you silly fool §

I It's no picnic in this school

I Music makes us roam, hey

I What we are is what we play }

I Never get a holiday

I Ecstasy's the only pay

I Music makes us roam, hey

I Round and round, around we go

I Where we stop we never know ♪

♪ Round and round, to and fro

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Every time I turned around

I All I heard was battle sounds

7 Till the Minstrel way was found ♪

I Music makes us one I

I can barely tie my shoe ♪

I If I got some gum to chew

♪ I can't count from one to two ♪

♪ But music's number one, whoo §

I Round and round, around we go

I Where we stop we never know ♪

♪ Round and round, to and fro

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Singing as we go ♪

I Some beginners can achieve I

I Some beginners come to grieve

I I'm beginning to believe }

I Music makes us real I

7 If some day you lear to play ©

I Music in the Minstrel way ♪

I You can sing and you can say ♪

I Music makes us real, hey }

I Round and round, around we go

I Where we stop we never know ♪

♪ Round and round, to and fro

I Singing as we go ♪

I Round and round, around we go

I Where we stop we never know ♪

♪ Round and round, to and fro

I Singing as we go ♪

I Heyl?

-[cheering]
-A Minstrel's life is devoted

-to uniting the Rock with music.
[Minstrels agreeing]

There are five of us, as far as I know,

and I know pretty far.

[Minstrels agreeing]
-Oh, yes.

[music continues playing]

Oh.

It's so wonderful.

So good.

So right, so special.

Yeah, well, it's got its strong points,
but the hours are long.

[sighs]

Ping.

Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping.

The Minstrels have arrived,

and I have heard the ping.

Are you sure it's the same ping
Cantus was talking about, Mokey?

Oh, positive.

I heard a squd once,

but it turned out
I had just stepped in a puddle.

[Wembley] Mmm.
~The ping I heard

was the ping it takes to be a Minstrel.

Ah...

-The squd I heard was wet socks.
-Ah..

Mokey, are you sure
you want to be a Minstrel?

-Uh-huh.
-You'll have to wander all over the Rock.

Yeah, you'll have to leave us, Mokey.

Ping.

[sighs]
-Mokey, will you stop pinging

and think about what this means.

Thinking has nothing to do with it, no.

I hear my destiny calling,

-"Mokey.
[gasps]

Mokey."

Wow, clear as a bell.

Now wait a minute, Mokey--

And Cantus hears it, too.

That's why he has come.

He has asked me to join him

and unite the Rock with music.

[sighs] And as much as I hate
fo leave you,

I must go.

-Good.
[gasps]

Meet us tomorrow at Balancing Boulder.

[all gasping]

I knew it.

I knew it. I am a Minstrel.

Oh, oh...

Oh, I must prepare. I must...

I must answer my destiny.

Ping.

No, no, no, no.

Oh, what am I going to wear?

How can I be a Minstrel
without the right clothes?

Mokey, are you sure
you know what you're doing?

Of course I'm sure.

A Minstrel is always sure.

And being a Minstrel
is all I've ever lived for.

But you never even mentioned it
until the Minstrels came yesterday.

Well, that's when I first knew, Red.

I have been pinging all my life.

I just never knew it, that's all.

[groans]
-Oh, Red.

I'm so happy.

You should be glad.

You should be glad because,

well, I'm glad.

Well, I'm not glad.

Oh.

But I'l work on it for you.

Oh, good.

Ha.
-But you could be gone a long time.

Oh, what's a few days to a Minstrel
who has heard the etemal ping?

Mmm.
-A few days?

Mokey, sometimes
we don't see Cantus for ages.

Well, um...

I shall see him.

I shall see him with every note I sing.

Huh.

Well, Mokey,

even if I do get to be glad

about my best friend
going off to be a Minstrel,

I'm still gonna miss you.

Oh, Red,

[I miss you, too.

Uh... Hey, uh...

-[Mokey singing]
-Hey, boss. Psst.

Here she comes, right on time.

Mmm.

7 Good-bye ♪

7 Oh, good-bye, good-bye, good-bye...

-I hate musical good-byes.
[Mokey sighs]

-Mokey.
Hmm?

-Here's a postcard from my Uncle Matt...
-[Boober] Aww.

...I thought you might enjoy.

-Oh.
Read it if you ever...

get lonely.

Oh.

Gee, Gobo.

Thank you.

[Wembley] ♪ Good-bye, Mokey ♪

I Uh, come back soon I

I And unite the Rock with music

[giggles] Don't you worry, Wembley.

You will be the first one that I'l unite.

Aww.
-[chuckles]

♪ Good-bye, Boober?

[moans]

Boober. [crying]

-Boober.
-[sniffling]

Uh, Mokey.

Uh...

Well, um...

Bye, Red.

Good-bye, Mokey.

Gee, you're really leaving.

Yeah.

I... I quess I really am.

[Boober gasps]

-Come, Mokey.
-Oh.

We must be going.

Yes, uh... Um...

Uh... Oh.

Uh...

Bye.

Bye.

[sniffles]

[Mokey] So, uh,

who should we unite with music first?

To unite the parts,

you must listen to the whole.

-Oh.
Allis all.

-Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Asis.

Yes.

You must work hard and long.

-Mm-hmm.
-And listen.

Hey, don't worry.

All he ever says is, "Listen."

Uh-huh.
Problem is,

every time he says it,
it means something different.

laughs]
-Oh, no, no, no.

It's perfectly clear. Listen.

Um, for instance,

if I sing a nice little song
to those Doozers over there,

they can listen.

Well, um...
[clearing throat]

You see, um...

7 Follow the song of your heart

-! Follow it into the sky
[sighs]

I Never be... }

Unsympathetic vibrations
in Fraggle frequency range.

Relocate immediately.

What the...

Hmph!

[pipe music playing]

Sound vibrations now classify as music.

Maintain present position.

Wow!

The Doozers know their songs.

A Minstrel knows all songs.

-Oh.
-You hear,

but you don't listen.

[stammers]

I don't?

Uh, hey, get used to it. [scoffs]

The guy appears out of nowhere, says,

"Listen," and then he's gone.

It's enough to drive you up a boulder.

[chuckles]
Yeah.

Uh, one day, you'll listen,

and you'll hear something
you've never heard before.

That's the first step
towards being a real Minstrel.

The... The first step?

-Listening is the first step
-[water dripping]

and the last step.

[sighs]

Then I'm on the last step. [chuckles]

You haven't even begun.

Oh, but I'm already there.

I mean, what about the ping?

-Ugh.
~The ping is the start.

But then comes the beginning.

Oh. But]...

Listen.
[water continues dripping]

To what?

To the water song.

Oh, but that's not a song.

[music playing]
-That's just water dripping.

Oh...

[gasps]

Oh. That's beautiful.

I've never heard that song before.

There are many songs you've never heard.

Tonight you'll have your first real test.

[groans]
Test?

If you're truly determined
to be a Minstrel,

you will pass.

Oh, uh...

Gee, uh...

What happens if I fail?

Nothing.

Noth... [stammers]

[sighs]

-Oh.
Tsk.

I don't like the way he said that.

[nervous chuckle]

So, um,

there's a, uh, test, is there?

[both] Mm-hmm.

Yeah, well, I'm sure it's nothing
an old Minstrel like me can't handle.

[sighs]
-Right? [nervous chuckle]

We know how you feel, Mokey.

-You do?
-Yeah, sure.

The first test is always sort of scary.

Yeah, sure,
but there's nothing to worry about.

-Uh...
Um...

Thats, if you're really a Minstrel.

Me?

Well, of course I'm a Minstrel.

I mean, look at me.

And, besides, uh,

if I weren't a Minstrel, uh,

I wouldn't be here.

[moans]

Um, where are we, anyway?

Not far from where we started.

-Oh.
-But you'd better get some rest, Mokey.

I'l tell you
when it's time for your test.

Right.

[Mokey] Oh, there's nothing
fo worry about.

I've got the right clothes,
and I've heard the ping, but...

Oh, I miss my friends.

I wish they were here.

Twonder if they ever think about me.

Here comes the sad part.

[sighs]

[sniffles] "And...

And then,

the mysterious stranger
slowly raised her hand

and tenderly waved good-bye.

She turned the comer...

[sniffles gasps]
-..and was gone,

never to be seen again."

I knew it.

"The end."

[Wembley gasps]

[sighing]

-It just chokes me up.
[sniffles]

It reminds me of how Mokey left.

[sniffles]

I know, but we gotta try to be glad.

For Mokey.

[Wembley moans]

I can't.

I'm sorry.

I've tried, but I am not glad.

- miss her.
-Me, too.

Me, too.

[harmonized snoring]

-Mokey, it's time.
[Mokey groaning]

gasps]
-Are you ready?

Uh, ready? Yes, oh...

[stammers] Yes, I'm ready.

[snoring continues]

[Mokey] Oh...

You'll discover much about the Rock

-by listening to its songs.
-[wind whistling]

[Mokey] Mm-hmm.

Uh, gee, this cave is so dark,

s0, uh, marvelously lightless.

[nervous chuckle]
“Hmm.

-[wind continues whistling]
Listen.

[stammers] What... I don't hear anything.

Just the wind.

Your first test as a Minstrel

is fo listen to this cave
until you leam its song.

But, uh, aren't I a Minstrel already?

I mean, couldn't we just, uh,
skip all this, huh?

No.
-Oh.

Being a Minstrel is much more
than just being a Minstrel.

-This is the Singing Cave.
-Ah.

If you've got what it takes,

you'll take what it's got.

-Right. [nervous chuckle]
-Even if you have to sit there forever.

Yes.

Forever, well...

Uh...

[gasps]

[echoing] Forever?

[shuddering]

Oh, if that wind
would only stop whistling,

I could hear the song.

Oh, brother.

This could take forever.

Hmm.

I don't think I have that kind of time.

No.

Red wouldn't quit. I'm not gonna quit.

Now.

Cave,

I am really listening this time.

Okay?

Sing for me, please.

[wind whooshing]

Oh. [gasps]

Oh.

Oh, my.

Oh, listen.

When I really listen,

the sound seems to be coming from...

Qver there.

[note playing]
[gasps]

Oh.

Could that be singing?

Um...

[note playing]

Oh, my.

My...

Ooh.

[note playing]

Yes. Yes, I've gotta keep trying.
I've gotta keep...

Uh, uh...

[note playing]

[note playing again]

[gasps]

Oh.

No. That doesn't sound like a song.

It... It sounds awful.

Oh, no, no, no.

I can't. I give up. I...

I can'tdo it.

I can't, [crying]

Mokey.

Mokey, you did it.

I didn't do anything.

I'm not a Minstrel.

I'm a failure.

Mokey, you're not a Minstrel,

but you're not a failure, either.

You've begun.

You've begun all this.

Listen.
[soft music playing]

I When you long
For the height of the mountains I

I When you long for the blue

I Leave your heart
Where it's deep and it's down again ©

I Lose your heart till it's new

7 Seek your heart
On the high blue skyway I

I Keep your heart in its bound ♪

♪ Steep your heart
In the deep of the earth again ♪

Lose your heart, and it's found

Once I thought I could fly
Like an eagle can;

I Once I thought I was brave

I Now I wait till my heart
Starts to beat again

I Deep in the heart of the cave ♪

7 Seek your heart
On the high blue skyway I

I Keep your heart in its bound ♪

♪ Steep your heart
In the deep of the earth again ♪

Lose your heart, and it's found

Lose your heart, and it's found

Lose your heart, and it's found

Lose your heart, and it's found

Oh.

That was beautiful, but...

I never would've heard all that.

If you lived in this cave by yourself

for many, many, many days,

you'd easily hear the whole song.

All it takes is dedication,
determination, and inspiration.

Also known as hard work.

Yes. Wonderful, isn't it?

Being a Minstrel
is enough hard work for your whole life.

My whole life?

Oh. Well, I didn't know about that part.

You didn't need to know until now.

Why, Mokey Fraggle,

-you could be a Minstrel if--
If...

If 1 left home,

and Fraggle Rock, and all my friends,

and everything I love.

No.

I can'tdo it.

Oh, but you can.

And maybe someday you will.

Someday?

How?

Good question.

Answer it.

No. I already have answered it.

I'm going home.

Back to my friends.

Yes, yes.

But what will you do there?

What...
“What must you always do?

Well, uh...

Uh...

You mean...

listen?

[cheering]
-I said you weren't a failure.

[laughing]

-Rack high.
[sighs]

You didn't even touch the ceiling.

[meekly] I know.
Rock high.

-[Boaber scoffs]
-[soft music playing]

Listen.

The magic pipe.

-[gasps] The Minstrels.
gasps]

Mokey.

Oh, Mokey!

You came back.

Oh, Mokey, you...

Mokey? Uh...

Is she with you?

Mokey?

Oh, no.

Mokey...

Oh, Mokey.

[sighs]

Am I allowed to hug a Minstrel?

Well, um,

I don't know about a Minstrel,

but you can hug me.

Oh, please hug me.

Oh.

Um...
-Mokey.

Contrary to what I said
before I left, I...

am not a Minstrel.

-Oh, I'm so glad.
Aww.

I' mean, I'm glad if you're glad.

-Yeah.
-Are you glad?

-Oh, yes. Yes.
[laughs]

‘Cause... 'cause now I can do
all the work I need to do

before I do all the work I need to do.

You know, boss,
she sounds kind of like you.

I know. She's really got potential.

[laughing]
-Yeah.

So what was it like?

Did you make any flowers bloom?

No.
-Yeah. Hey, did you find any new caves?

Well, not exactly.

It was different
than I thought it would be.

Did you learn any kind of different songs?

Well, I'l tell you, I...
Uh-huh, uh-huh.

-Hey.
[water dripping]

-What?
Listen.

[water continues dripping]

-What?
-I don't hear anything.

‘What?
-Uh-uh.

You know,

there could be a song in that.

[chuckles]
What?

Hey, let's play Rock High.

Yeah
[soft music playing]

-[Gobo] Rock high.
-[Red] Rock high.

[Wembley] Rock high.
[all cheering, whooping]

[Wembley] Rock high.
-[Mokey] Rock high.

[Wembley] Rock high.

[Red] Go for it, Mokey.

[whooping]

Sprocket, I know this saxophone
inside and out.

All I have to do now
is leam how to play it.

[Sprocket whines]
Okay. Ready?

[jarring notes playing]
[Sprocket whimpering]

-Oh, that sounded horrible.
-[whines]

Well, let me try again.
[yelps]

Ready?
-[whimpers]

[note playing]
howling]

You know, leaming to play this thing
could take years.

[howling]

Allright, all right.
It could take forever.

[grunts]
-I don't think I have that kind of time.

[woofing]

‘Well, what's this?
[whines]

[laughs] Oh.

[whining]
-You're absolutely right, Sprocket.

Now that we know so much
about the saxophone,

-We can appreciate how difficult it is
-[jazz music playing]

to make a conical tube with 22 holes

sound like that.

-[music continues playing]
[Sprocket humming]

[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 ♪