Rankin/Bass’s first Christmas special after Rudolph was the traditionally animated “Cricket on the Hearth.” This version takes a hard left turn into a song about fish ’n’ chips performed by a burlesque cat, and it only gets weirder.
So here’s an old podcast about it with @christmaspast.bsky.social.
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Advent Calendar House | Cricket on the Hearth
Rankin/Bass presents a Dickens of a story, but not that one.
Guest: Brian Earl.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
