Info: Star Wars Holiday Special related - "fighting the frizzies"

Author: ReverendBeastly
Time: 29-May-2005 9:45 PM (Edited)
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Here’s this very small clip ripped from my very old Holiday Special VHS tape. I thought some of you might appreciate it, it’s built up quite a little mythology of its own (even being parodied on an episode of South Park once!).

I’ve uploaded it to yousendit.com

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Author: TheSessler
Time: 29-May-2005 10:16 PM
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Say what?

BTW, Check out that guy's 'stache and hairdo.

"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."

Author: SKot
Time: 29-May-2005 10:27 PM
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Finally! I've been wanting to see that clip for ages. Amazingly enough, none of my copies of the Holiday Special have that included.

BTW, what is the TV station shown there? It's Channel 2, W___-TV in some city...

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

Author: ReverendBeastly
Time: 29-May-2005 10:33 PM
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I checked the raw rip and I can just barely make out that it says "WCBS-TV New York".

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Author: Sluggo
Time: 30-May-2005 2:27 AM
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Considering the Wookiees, that's the coolest local tie-in story I have ever heard of.

Author: SKot
Time: 30-May-2005 3:12 AM
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
I checked the raw rip and I can just barely make out that it says "WCBS-TV New York".

Cool, thanks. Now take a look at your cartoon segment. Does it have a WCBS station ID in it somewhere? If so, can you make a screen shot of it?

Thanks...

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

Author: ReverendBeastly
Time: 30-May-2005 4:58 AM
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I just checked, and it does not. Sorry. Why were you interested in a station ID in that segment?

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Author: SKot
Time: 30-May-2005 4:38 PM
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
I just checked, and it does not. Sorry. Why were you interested in a station ID in that segment?

I wanted to find out which version that clip came from. All copies of the Holiday Special come from a limited number of originals that were taped on VCRs in various cities back in 1978. You can usually tell which version you have by checking the station ID during the cartoon segment. Here's a little comparison of versions I know of:

http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/versions.htm

There is at least one other version I know of that has no station ID at all, though. Yours apparently is like that.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

Author: SKot
Time: 5-Jun-2005 1:19 AM
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Fighting the Frizzies... at 11!

Okay, here's a new update you guys may find amusing:

http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/multimedia.htm

(scroll down to the Video section to see it)

Thanks again to ReverendBeastly for the original clip.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

Author: ReverendBeastly
Time: 5-Jun-2005 1:42 AM
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Excellent! Glad to be of help.

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