About this episode
🎄 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. **** 🎙 Guests: Tom Coombs ( The Pop Daddy , @thepopdaddy ). Donnie Storms ( Bronwen’s Ghost , @boxcar45 ). **** 💬 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. The John Wanamaker 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. **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Fraggle Rock Book Club , 1985. McDonald’s Fraggle Rock Happy Meal Toys , 1988. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Hyrule Podcasters , an audio “Let’s Play” through The Legend of Zelda. **** “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” © 1984 Jim Henson Productions. Say hi on Twitter and Instagram . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .