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   From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   Doug Elrod wrote:   
      
   >>Meanwhile, for comparison, what are our jolly friends at RiffTrax up to?   
   >>Why look!  It's "Star Wars Holiday Special" this week!   
   >   
   > Wow!  So, has there been a release of the SWHS on DVD, or what?   
      
   Not as such.   
   (And no, it wasn't George's fault; he just paid the bills, and back   
   then, any TV exposure was a big deal--   
   Blame this one on Bruce Vilanch, just like the Whoopi Goldberg Oscars.)   
      
   Lucas still disowns it (when he's not trying to kissup to the   
   fan-bashers and pretend *he's* embarrassed by it too), but RT gives us   
   helpful advice:   
   ---   
   "But, Rifftrax," you say, "Rifftrax, please - The Star Wars Holiday   
   Special is not commercially available. How am I supposed to watch   
   this?!" Well, we assume you taped it off the TV back in 1978 using your   
   130 pound top loading Panasonic NV-9300 U-Matic VCR, just like we did.   
   If not, what were you thinking? Stop right now and GO Out and Get   
   Looking for onE. Because we taped ours off of the television set, and   
   our NV-9300 doesn't have an "edit" function printed on one of its dozens   
   of plastic piano key-style switches, we just left the commercials in   
   there. (We're sure the International Ladies Garment Workers Union won't   
   mind.) So ours is two hours long and has a descriptive scroll on the   
   front end, just like the one you can Get frOm yOur friend Greg, in LakE   
   VIDEO, Illinois. (Don't look it up, they don't like to draw attention to   
   themselves in Lake Video.)   
   ----   
      
   (And they don't like to draw attention that it's so saturated on   
   BitTorrent sites, we can probably expect a Song of the South riffing   
   next...)   
      
   Derek Janssen (vote now, in their "Why haven't you watched the 'Glitter'   
   Rifftrax yet?" poll--However, the obvious choice wasn't included.)   
   ejanss1@verizon.net   
      
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