Star Wars Holiday Special

Started by besilarius, November 17, 2015, 07:21:42 PM

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besilarius

http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/

Reliably discussed as the worst single piece of tripe ever to make it to television.  Shown only once, 1978, and swept under the rug ever since.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

bayonetbrant

And yesterday (11/17) was the anniversary of it :)
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

MIGMaster

I remember watching it - that seems like many forevers ago now - and I still regret it  :coolsmiley:

BanzaiCat

Quote from: MIGMaster on November 18, 2015, 07:58:09 AM
I remember watching it - that seems like many forevers ago now - and I still regret it  :coolsmiley:

+1, me too.  :-\

Arctic Blast

I actually watched it a couple of years ago. I watch a lot of bad movies for the humor value. This...this is so bad that it leaves you an empty husk just waiting to die. So unspeakably awful.