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(io9) Scary Man, not sufficiently scarred by the first airing of the Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978, holds a Life Day celebration for his friends, lives to talk about it   (io9.com) divider line 31
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2009-12-25 05:47:15 PM
Carrie Fisher singing Life Day song is hot.
 
2009-12-25 06:08:47 PM
FTA: "This place will be a Hobbesian state of nature in minutes."

Haha, I bet this douche has been waiting to use the word "Hobbesian" since his sophomore year of college. What a jackass. Seriously 50+ people crammed into his little apartment? I guaurantee you that this guy knew only about 15 of those people, of which only four or maybe five were actual friends.

He probably say that "Julie and Julia" movie & figured "hey, I can blog too. I'll write a blog about my lame-ass holiday party and everyone will think I'm cool and hip." I got news for this chucklehead, this only confirms your douchiness to all the people in your life who suspected you were one for a long time.
 
2009-12-25 06:14:43 PM
2.bp.blogspot.com
 
2009-12-25 06:36:55 PM
Saying that Boba Fett makes up for this piece of horror is like saying Ron Jeremy porn is worth it because there are attractive women rolling around on his horrible body. We don't need either since we have National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and lesbian porn.
 
2009-12-25 06:53:07 PM
Star Wars Holiday Special trifecta in play?
 
2009-12-25 06:55:14 PM
the_vegetarian_cannibal: Star Wars Holiday Special trifecta in play?

Oh God no, George might hear you and make a prequel! SHUT IT OFF!
 
2009-12-25 07:02:20 PM
Fark needs a "DORK" tag.
 
2009-12-25 07:12:54 PM
Given the irreverence he was exhibiting about it... I thought it was amusing. I particularly like how next year will force everybody to suffer through the special :)

/can't remember it, since she was only about 3 1/2 years old... and is smart enough to NOT look it up online.
 
2009-12-25 07:14:09 PM
lisarenee3505: FTA: "This place will be a Hobbesian state of nature in minutes."

Haha, I bet this douche has been waiting to use the word "Hobbesian" since his sophomore year of college. What a jackass. Seriously 50+ people crammed into his little apartment? I guaurantee you that this guy knew only about 15 of those people, of which only four or maybe five were actual friends.

He probably say that "Julie and Julia" movie & figured "hey, I can blog too. I'll write a blog about my lame-ass holiday party and everyone will think I'm cool and hip." I got news for this chucklehead, this only confirms your douchiness to all the people in your life who suspected you were one for a long time.


I'm sorry he didn't invite you. I can tell it stings. You'll get over it soon enough.
 
2009-12-25 09:01:28 PM
That's one man who's definitely on George Lucas's hit list.
 
2009-12-25 10:26:19 PM
Jaws_Victim: the_vegetarian_cannibal: Star Wars Holiday Special trifecta in play?

Oh God no, George might hear you and make a prequel! SHUT IT OFF!


Or, God forbid, the Star Wars Holiday Special Special Edition featuring an extended Itchy and his VR porn scene.
 
2009-12-25 11:29:39 PM
The Star Wars Holiday special IMO will never be topped in it's trainwreckie goodness.
 
2009-12-25 11:43:13 PM
My friends and I do this every year: Life Day is celebrated the Saturday after Thanksgiving. No masks or anything--we're far too lazy--so we just dutifully sit through it from beginning to end and try to finish off all the Thanksgiving leftovers. Our VHS copy has Legends of the Superheroes after the Holiday Special, so after the Diahann Carroll porn we get a dose of Ghetto Man. I have to admit, though, after about seven or so years of this we are starting to get a little burned out.
 
2009-12-25 11:58:51 PM
there4igraham: Saying that Boba Fett makes up for this piece of horror is like saying Ron Jeremy porn is worth it because there are attractive women rolling around on his horrible body. We don't need either since we have National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and lesbian porn.

Welp, I gotta say that just about covers it. Thread over in 4.
 
2009-12-26 01:12:05 AM
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2009-12-26 02:36:50 AM
Christ, I never even SAW the "Star Wars Holiday Special" and I've been irreparably scarred just by knowing it even exists in this time-space continuum.
 
2009-12-26 03:39:42 AM
It actually could be worse - "An Arbor Day with Jar Jar".
 
2009-12-26 05:35:44 AM
when i was six years old this was the most awesome thing my friends and i had ever seen besides star wars itself.
 
2009-12-26 09:03:43 AM
lisarenee3505: FTA: "This place will be a Hobbesian state of nature in minutes."

Haha, I bet this douche has been waiting to use the word "Hobbesian" since his sophomore year of college. What a jackass.


As someone who uses "Hobbesian" on a regular basis, I am deeply offended.


And by offended, I mean amused.
 
2009-12-26 10:55:50 AM
How about a celebration where we're all on the same drugs Carrie Fisher was on during the filming of the Holiday Special?
 
2009-12-26 12:53:53 PM
1stgenwhtrash: How about a celebration where we're all on the same drugs Carrie Fisher was on during the filming of the Holiday Special?

Didn't we do that last week? Don't you remember? .... Odd, neither do I...
 
2009-12-26 01:46:46 PM
kelmeister: My friends and I do this every year: Life Day is celebrated the Saturday after Thanksgiving. No masks or anything--we're far too lazy--so we just dutifully sit through it from beginning to end and try to finish off all the Thanksgiving leftovers. Our VHS copy has Legends of the Superheroes after the Holiday Special, so after the Diahann Carroll porn we get a dose of Ghetto Man. I have to admit, though, after about seven or so years of this we are starting to get a little burned out.

I do not know where you live, but you are my new best friend by proxy. How much would you charge for a copy of that DVD (I had the Legends of the Superheroes years ago, but lost it in a basememt flooding incident years ago)?

/I can haz Ed McMahon?
 
2009-12-26 03:00:14 PM
imgs.xkcd.com
 
2009-12-26 05:53:16 PM
lord-humungus: when i was six years old this was the most awesome thing my friends and i had ever seen besides star wars itself.

Prior to the new trilogy, people forget how we starved for Star Wars-related things. Sat Trek nerds got movies and shows all the time. We Star Wars nerds had the OT, plus the Xmas special, the Ewoks cartoon, the Droids cartoon, and the Timothy Zahn books, I guess. The X-wing game and Tie Fighter game fed our hopes. We were STARVING for anything Star Wars related, which made it ok. Then the new trilogy came out.........dashing more than a DECADE of expectations.
 
2009-12-26 06:01:56 PM
Aboleth, the West End Games supplements fed my Star Wars hunger for years - I still cherish my Death Star Schematics one - but seeing that they made a Christmas Special one breaks my heart.
 
2009-12-26 07:22:15 PM
therecksays: The Star Wars Holiday special IMO will never be topped in it's trainwreckie goodness.

Robert Evan's Get High on Yourself special may prove you wrong.
 
2009-12-27 04:10:42 AM
Carrie Fisher was so coked out it was unbelievable. And Grandpa wookie was a freaking perv.
 
2009-12-27 07:49:54 AM
Fano: Aboleth, the West End Games supplements fed my Star Wars hunger for years - I still cherish my Death Star Schematics one - but seeing that they made a Christmas Special one breaks my heart.

That's a fake one someone made on the Rancorpit forums. That Rodian is up to no good behind Bea Arthur.
 
2009-12-27 08:53:37 AM
Fano:We Star Wars nerds had the OT, plus the Xmas special, the Ewoks cartoon, the Droids cartoon, and the Timothy Zahn books, I guess. The X-wing game and Tie Fighter game fed our hopes. We were STARVING for anything Star Wars related, which made it ok. Then the new trilogy came out.........dashing more than a DECADE of expectations.

Come on now! How can you all sit here and pretend those 2 EWOK movies never existed, The Ewok Adventure and The Battle for Endor ... talk about dashed...
 
2009-12-27 08:49:08 PM
kelmeister: My friends and I do this every year: Life Day is celebrated the Saturday after Thanksgiving. No masks or anything--we're far too lazy--so we just dutifully sit through it from beginning to end and try to finish off all the Thanksgiving leftovers. Our VHS copy has Legends of the Superheroes after the Holiday Special, so after the Diahann Carroll porn we get a dose of Ghetto Man. I have to admit, though, after about seven or so years of this we are starting to get a little burned out.

Your friends have a higher pain tolerance than mine did. We did it for two years in a row in college, but gave up and watched an MST3K double feature of Santa Claus and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians the next year.

Moray: Come on now! How can you all sit here and pretend those 2 EWOK movies never existed, The Ewok Adventure and The Battle for Endor ... talk about dashed...

I rented those from my library, because they were in the kids section for free.

After the Holiday Special, I'm scared to watch them.
 
2009-12-28 01:01:49 PM
rhelaien: 1stgenwhtrash: How about a celebration where we're all on the same drugs Carrie Fisher was on during the filming of the Holiday Special?

Didn't we do that last week? Don't you remember? .... Odd, neither do I...


Must've been the really old 'Ludes. I thought they might've had an expiration date.
 
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