The Bells of Fraggle Rock
It’s 1984, and it’s time to let the music play down in Fraggle Rock as we ring in Christmas in July on a quest to find the true meaning of the Festival of the Bells. On the way, we’ll visit Outer Space as Doc teaches Sprocket — and us — about the Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, and Christmas around the world.
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???? Guests:
Tom Coombs (The Pop Daddy, @thepopdaddy).
Donnie Storms (Bronwen’s Ghost, @boxcar45).
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???? Topics & Tangents:
1. A clip from the British airing of The Bells of Fraggle Rock, in which Doc is replaced by a lighthouse captain.
2. Gerald Parkes (Doc) in An American Christmas Carol as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
3. Doc’s tool-themed Christmas tree.
4. Macy’s Christmas Light Show and Dickens Village in Philadelphia.
5. The Weebabeast, in pictures.
6. Gobo’s maze-like map to the Cave of the Great Bell.
7. St. Nicholas Day.
8. Mokey and the Festival of the Bells, a Christmas-themed Fraggle Rock storybook.
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???? Retro Commercial Break:
Fraggle Rock Book Club, 1985.
McDonald’s Fraggle Rock Happy Meal Toys, 1988.
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???? And Now, These Messages:
Hyrule Podcasters, an audio “Let’s Play” through The Legend of Zelda.
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“The Bells of Fraggle Rock” © 1984 Jim Henson Productions.
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Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
