tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post8886129274565249707..comments2024-01-22T02:15:32.357-08:00Comments on Larry Marder's Beanworld: Larry Marder Podcast on Comic Geek Speak!Larry Marderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936917049779513696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post-84750044615612553522008-06-01T14:29:00.000-07:002008-06-01T14:29:00.000-07:00Looking forward to listening.I had made a Beanworl...Looking forward to listening.<BR/><BR/>I had made a Beanworld/Fraggle connection before, although a quick check shows it wasn't on-line anyplace. I think it was as part of an APA I was a member of in the 1990s. I did at various times consider writing something about it for Gunk'l'dunk, especially a few years ago when I got a Jim Henson sketchbook (some pages of which would fit in seamlessly in a Goofy Service Doodle Book). As the final FR story states "We're all a part of everything, and everything is a part of us", which is a sentiment which applies to the Beans, as well. I think my conclusion at the time was the Fraggle Rock was a Beanworld-type world several generations down (or possibly not retarded by whatever "poison" caused their early troubles). <BR/><BR/>Now that all those old comparisons are rushing back, I'll probably have to write it up for Gunk'l'dunk. Some key Beanworld comparisons to watch for if you get the DVDs include the equivalent of Break-outs (Wembly deciding what job he wants, Cotterpin deciding she doesn't like building) and an early episode that compares easily to "Too Much Chow". And their oracle, the Trashheap, can be as enigmatic as Gran'ma'pa.<BR/><BR/>To sum up, Fraggle Rock and Beanworld definitely tickle the same parts of the brain as they tackle some similar subjects.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357760578699371017noreply@blogger.com