Hilarious and profound, the new 'Fraggle Rock' is a thing of beauty

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After more than three decades, Jim Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” gets a full-series revival Friday on Apple TV+.

, who went to work on “Sesame Street” at 16, was nominated for a Tony for “Avenue Q” and has writing credits here — have experience on Henson shows, or have already performed these characters live.

The radishes are appropriated from the garden of the Gorgs, troll-ish creatures that recall Maurice Sendak illustrations and live above the Fraggles in the open air. They are represented entirely by Ma and Pa, who affect royal airs, and their son, Junior, whom they torment. A well in their garden leads to the Fraggles’ Great Hall; also on their property is an all-seeing trash heap named Marjory , with the voice of a Jewish mother, from whom the Fraggles receive mystical advice.

 

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