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#1 2009-03-18 8:45 am
A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
A little something from the dusty nooks and crannies of my garage:
Since some of you nerf-herders recently got all upset over me putting several hundred images in one post, I'll just link to my scans of the cover story's pages:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … ageone.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … agetwo.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … ethree.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … gefour.jpg
And here's an advertisement from the same magazine (Starlog, February 1979) to show you youngsters what we did back when you couldn't get your movies from the iTunes store and the advertisers who could provide those movies had no desktop publishing software:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … gefive.jpg
Enjoy...
Oh, and Happy Life Day to all of you!
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#2 2009-03-18 9:15 am
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Backstage with Galactica's Athena
Oooh, Maren Jensen. She's sooooooo HOTTT111!!!11! (I actually had quite a crush on her back in those days.)
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#3 2009-03-18 1:30 pm
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I'm too good to you people. Here's the rest:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … na_two.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … _three.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … a_four.jpg
Enjoy...
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#4 2009-03-18 1:32 pm
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By the way, for anybody who hasn't noticed, you should be aware that with all of the linked scans, clicking on them once will enlarge the images.
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#5 2009-03-18 4:34 pm
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Very fun! Thanks for sharing!
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#6 2009-03-18 4:43 pm
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I miss old photography like that... with its chiaroscuro...
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#7 2009-03-18 5:59 pm
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Hey, my pleasure, Malkin!
Antonio, what's "chiaros..."
Chiaroscu..
Isn't that a type of bread roll?
Wait, no, it's an Italian meat, right?
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#8 2009-03-18 8:01 pm
Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
The Star Wars special is INSANE. The Beau Arthur Cantina musical number is just the tip of the iceburg. There's a scene where Chewbacca's son Itchy (!) uses some holocrystal that fades 70s disco ball style into a musical ballet of a funkytown romance virtual love-partner--hyper Star Wars underage wookie bestiality fantasies. It's no wonder George Lucas wants to desperately keep that thing burried and forgotten. The Boba Fett animation still rules though.
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#9 2009-03-18 8:07 pm
Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Bren wrote:
Hey, my pleasure, Malkin!
Antonio, what's "chiaros..."
Chiaroscu..
Isn't that a type of bread roll?
Wait, no, it's an Italian meat, right?
lol.
"light/dark"
There's just a tad of sfumato in that photo, too.
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#10 2009-03-18 8:20 pm
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Metacell wrote:
The Star Wars special is INSANE. The Beau Arthur Cantina musical number is just the tip of the iceburg. There's a scene where Chewbacca's son Itchy (!) uses some holocrystal that fades 70s disco ball style into a musical ballet of a funkytown romance virtual love-partner--hyper Star Wars underage wookie bestiality fantasies. It's no wonder George Lucas wants to desperately keep that thing burried and forgotten. The Boba Fett animation still rules though.
Is that available on BT?
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#11 2009-03-18 11:00 pm
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
I remember reading some character guide that mentioned Boba Fett's original appearance was in the Holiday Special. I had no idea what it was, assumed it had to be some convention or charity event of some kind.
The truth, it seems, can be much more horrifying.
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#12 2009-03-19 1:08 am
Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Metacell wrote:
The Star Wars special is INSANE. The Beau Arthur Cantina musical number is just the tip of the iceburg. There's a scene where Chewbacca's son Itchy (!) uses some holocrystal that fades 70s disco ball style into a musical ballet of a funkytown romance virtual love-partner--hyper Star Wars underage wookie bestiality fantasies. It's no wonder George Lucas wants to desperately keep that thing burried and forgotten. The Boba Fett animation still rules though.
Actually, Itchy is Chewbacca's elderly father; his son's name is Lumpy. Please note that page 52 of Starlog #19 incorrectly states that the photo of the grey-haired wookie holding the X-wing model is a picture of young Lumpy. It is, in fact, an image of the geriatric Itchy.
Young Lumpy does, in fact, enjoy an entertainment device which uses technology similar to that of the Millenium Falcon's holographic chess board to project a tiny, holographic troupe of cartwheeling, somersaulting escapees from Cirque du Soleil, complete with fruity calliope music and LSD-inspired leotards.
Later in the story, Art Carney's Kashyyyk-based shopkeeper character conspiratorially gives Itchy a piece of software for use with the family's virtual-reality set, which is separate and distinct from Lumpy's holo-toy.
In trying to explain the nature of the software, Carney says, "It's just... wow!" His tone of voice and body language imply something unspeakably pornographic.
Then Itchy puts on a VR-goggle headset and soon finds himself having an erotic experience with Diahann Carroll, who says things like, "Mmmmm, I can feel you creating me!" and then starts singing a steamy torch song.
During this episode of inter-species cybersex, Itchy's hand moves in a rhythmic, masturbatory fashion, and the movement gets faster as his level of excitement increases.
And don't even get me started on Princess Leia, who looks seriously coked-out through the entire film and sings the Life Day song, which is set to the tune of John Williams' Star Wars theme music.
Oh, the humanity!
Or maybe that should be, "Oh, the humanoidity!"
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#13 2009-03-19 4:41 am
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
So... um... off the meth, you say?
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#14 2009-03-19 8:29 am
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Bren wrote:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … na_one.jpg
I'm too good to you people. Here's the rest:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … na_two.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … _three.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … a_four.jpg
Enjoy...
Is it just me or does she look like Jackie from "That 70's Show".
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#15 2009-03-19 10:13 am
Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Bat wrote:
So... um... off the meth, you say?
I can confirm that everything Bren described in that post is accurate, though experiencing it is certainly a mind-altering experience.
Oh and Mark Hamill is fresh out of plastic surgery and looks like a wax museum Shirley Temple caught on fire.
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#16 2009-03-19 2:51 pm
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Metacell wrote:
Bat wrote:
So... um... off the meth, you say?
I can confirm that everything Bren described in that post is accurate, though experiencing it is certainly a mind-altering experience.
Oh and Mark Hamill is fresh out of plastic surgery and looks like a wax museum Shirley Temple caught on fire.
So that's where the footage went. It's running thru some render farms as we write, after Lucas 're-imagined' and digitized it. It'll look and sound nothing like the original in the reissue.
Lucas ninjas are prolly hunting down and burning all copies of that issue right now. It never existed.
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#17 2009-03-19 4:45 pm
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So which was more bizarre? The Star Wars TV Special, or Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (for those who remember this acid trip)?
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#18 2009-03-19 6:45 pm
Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
mrreet2001 wrote:
Bren wrote:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … na_one.jpg
I'm too good to you people. Here's the rest:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … na_two.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … _three.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/ … a_four.jpg
Enjoy...Is it just me or does she look like Jackie from "That 70's Show".
Haha! I'm not the only one who noticed that!
Also, watch movies at home? Holy crap! What will they think of next?
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#19 2009-03-19 10:51 pm
Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Bat wrote:
So... um... off the meth, you say?
Yeah, why? What've you heard? Don't listen to Mr. Marmalade! He a liar! He a lyin' ass, mangy ole pole-cat!
And he owes me money!
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#20 2009-03-19 11:51 pm
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Bren wrote:
Bat wrote:
So... um... off the meth, you say?
Yeah, why? What've you heard? Don't listen to Mr. Marmalade! He a liar! He a lyin' ass, mangy ole pole-cat!
...and he hooked up with..? [/leading question ]
And he owes me money!
I'll be needing that brain surgery now
, followed by some cheese, I think.
What a dull life you must lead... at least you have public transit.
Oh well- start again. 
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#23 2009-03-20 7:24 am
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Beaver Cheese 

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#24 2009-03-21 3:11 pm
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
Bren wrote:
Dear God, some of those Python clips were worse than SNL!
Not to worry. It takes the brain awhile to rebalance. Try again in a few years.
Could be worse.
mrreet2001 wrote:
Beaver Cheese
Case in point. 
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#25 2009-03-21 3:51 pm
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Re: A Long Time Ago, on your CBS affiliate, a great debacle took place...
One of those Brits must have had a torrid affair with a REALLY nasty Venezuelan woman.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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