Happy Life Day, everyone!

Those mobster-themed videos are good fun, Ben. But nothing that can compare to The Star Wars Holiday Special, where the unintentional comedy scale redlined ... then exploded. This was the first sign that trouble was ahead for Lucas' franchise, decades before his abominable prequels.

I LOVE the intro, as we learn which "stars" will be sullying their careers by being connected to this debacle. Oh, and the interminably long minutes that tick by with nothing but Wookie language and maudlin music to keep us interested.

This is awesome! Because as soon as I saw Star Wars, I was insatiably curious about what life was like for Wookies on whatever planet they live on. Apparently, it's just like our lives — if we lived in trees, spoke in wails and grunts, and had a cheesy soundtrack running in the background. Oh, and if we were a lot hairier.


A very touching scene with Han, "Lumpy" and Chewy's family.


Oh, and let's not forget the big finish, with a song by Carrie Fisher!


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Grrrroooarrrwhoooarrr! Dug-dug-dug!

Incidentally, if you haven't yet witnessed the RiffTrax treatment of this steaming yule log, you should really check it out. I consider it the shining pinnacle of the MST3K style of comedy.

I. Can't. I just.

I got 56 seconds in. Chickened out. I'm old enough to have seen it, live, but missed it, then, and now -- well. I can't. It's like my fear of heights.

Maybe later. ;o/