EPISODE · Jul 1, 2022 · 1H 10M
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
from Advent Calendar House · host Mike Westfall
🎄 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. 🎙 Tommy Coombs and Donnie Storms join us on a journey to Outer Space as Doc teaches Sprocket — and us — about the Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, and Christmas around the world. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: A clip from the British airing of “The Bells of Fraggle Rock,” in which Doc is replaced by a lighthouse captain. Gerald Parkes (Doc) as the Ghost of Christmas Present in “An American Christmas Carol.” Doc’s tool-themed Christmas tree. Philadelphia’s John Wanamaker Christmas Light Show and Dickens Village. The Weebabeast, in pictures. Gobo’s maze-like map to the Cave of the Great Bell. St. Nicholas Day. “Mokey and the Festival of the Bells,” a Christmas-themed Fraggle Rock storybook. **** 📼 Commercials: Fraggle Rock Book Club (1985) McDonald’s Fraggle Rock Happy Meal Toys (1988) Hyrule Podcasters, an audio “Let’s Play” through The Legend of Zelda. **** “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” © 1984 Jim Henson Productions. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s8 #1980s #muppets
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🎄 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. 🎙 Tommy Coombs and Donnie Storms join us on a journey to Outer Space as Doc teaches Sprocket — and us — about the Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, and Christmas around the world. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: A clip from the British airing of “The Bells of Fraggle Rock,” in which Doc is replaced by a lighthouse captain. Gerald Parkes (Doc) as the Ghost of Christmas Present in “An American Christmas Carol.” Doc’s tool-themed Christmas tree. Philadelphia’s John Wanamaker Christmas Light Show and Dickens Village. The Weebabeast, in pictures. Gobo’s maze-like map to the Cave of the Great Bell. St. Nicholas Day. “Mokey and the Festival of the Bells,” a Christmas-themed Fraggle Rock storybook. **** 📼 Commercials: Fraggle Rock Book Club (1985) McDonald’s Fraggle Rock Happy Meal Toys (1988) Hyrule Podcasters, an audio “Let’s Play” through The Legend of Zelda. **** “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” © 1984 Jim Henson Productions. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s8 #1980s #muppets
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