The Bells of Fraggle Rock

<p>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.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2><p>Tom Coombs (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/popdaddytom">The Pop Daddy</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/thepopdaddy">@thepopdaddy</a>).  </p><p>Donnie Storms (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/bronwensghost">Bronwen’s Ghost</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/boxcar45">@boxcar45</a>).  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>1. A clip from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJcnYGHssA">British airing of <i>The Bells of Fraggle Rock</i></a>, in which Doc is replaced by a lighthouse captain.  </p><p>2. Gerald Parkes (Doc) in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEYZwN-MLQ"><i>An American Christmas Carol</i></a> as the Ghost of Christmas Present.  </p><p>3. <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_301:_The_Bells_of_Fraggle_Rock?file=Bells_workshop.jpg">Doc’s tool-themed Christmas tree</a>.  </p><p>4. <a href="https://wanamakerorgan.com/christmas-light-show/">Macy’s Christmas Light Show and Dickens Village</a> in Philadelphia.  </p><p>5. The <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Weebabeast">Weebabeast</a>, in pictures.  </p><p>6. Gobo’s maze-like <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_301:_The_Bells_of_Fraggle_Rock?file=CoGB_Map.jpg">map to the Cave of the Great Bell</a>.  </p><p>7. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Day">St. Nicholas Day</a>.  </p><p>8. <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Mokey_and_the_Festival_of_the_Bells"><i>Mokey and the Festival of the Bells</i></a>, a Christmas-themed <i>Fraggle Rock</i> storybook.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>📼 Retro Commercial Break:  </h2><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2lhITTQbdc">Fraggle Rock Book Club</a>, 1985.  </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/wa