{"id":30973,"date":"2025-12-05T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T08:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:51:02","slug":"the-first-snow-of-fraggle-rocks-john-tartaglia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-first-snow-of-fraggle-rocks-john-tartaglia\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: The First Snow of Fraggle Rock\u2019s John Tartaglia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The characters of <em>Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock<\/em>\u2014a reboot of The Jim Henson Company\u2019s \u201980s puppet show\u2014experience their own bit of holiday magic in the new special\u00a0<em>The First Snow of Fraggle Rock<\/em>, out now on Apple TV.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6385976688112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the Fraggles await the first snowfall of the season, their plans and traditions are ruined when only one snowflake arrives. 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