The Star Wars Holiday Special

What, no Snuggies?

Damn, how did I ever miss this? Jefferson Starship was a special guest, and they were my all-time-favorite retread of a revival of a once very good band! I must have been out to sea when this was on.

Alan, I’m playing a game I never can win.

Everybody recalls the heartbreak of the STAR WARS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.Nobody seems to recall the soul-crushing badness of CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERHEROES.That one, I remember being actually angry during, and I was in, like 1st or 2nd grade, and had a high threshold for crap.

I dunno, Josh, does it compare to the agony of the Battle Of The Network Stars?(Bonus: Lynda Carter, Gabe Kaplan, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Ron Howard, Hal Linden and Penny Marshall compete, Howard Cosell provides color!)

Bob,Lucas started cracking down on the Youtube vids of it recently, which is hilarious in itself because he usually allows almost anyone to do anything with the Star Wars universe if it’s tasteful. Anyway, I had the extreme plesaure of watching that shit heap before Lucas Arts removed it (the version I watched was on Youtube for at least 8 months, so again the massive crack down began very recently).I must tell you… it’s so god awful that it’s almost beautiful. I’ve seen many student films that were made for $5 that were better than it. The fact that it had so many A list stars and a multi-million dollar budget.. my god, it’s just… it’s so beautiful.Anyway, thanks for the link. I will read the article now.

All I remember about that awful thing is when Solo danced the two-step with some Stormtrooper on a tree-house balcony, somehow managing to convince the guy to dance right off the edge. Even at that young age it was painfully embarrassing for me to watch.

If Lucas dies and goes to hell, he will find there an empty theatre with bad popcorn and an endles double feature: The Star Wars Christmas Special, and Howard the Duck.

No! You mean it was Lucas who pissed all over the legacy of his own product, diluted its good name, and basically contributed to the rape of millions of childhoods?That just doesn’t sound like something he’d do.

I would like to call a moratorium on the internet-nerd use of the verb “to rape” used in instances not involving actual rape.I know, it is supposed to be comedic hyperbole, but I cringe each time I see it. It seems to be an AIN’T-IT-COOL-ism; directly relating any experience to some sex act or bodily function involving piss, shit, or ejaculate or boners. (Movie reviews by online nerds often involve the soiling of one’s pants– both as a positive and negative review, and trailers for non-sexual, but nerd-exciting prospects, induce metaphorical erections.)I cringe every single time I see it, it gives me the douche chills.I would also like to call a moratorium on the phrase “douche chills” used by dudes who have no idea what a douche would feel like, chilled or no.

>>I would also like to call a moratorium on the phrase “douche chills” used by dudes who have no idea what a douche would feel like, chilled or no.This sentence belongs on a statue or something.

Nominating josh for commenter of the year.

“I would also like to call a moratorium on the phrase “douche chills” used by dudes who have no idea what a douche would feel like, chilled or no.”Speak for yourself…