What's Wrong With the Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Bonnie Burton

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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From the minds of Ken Napzok (Schmoes Know, ScreenJunkies, co-creator of Jedi Alliance) and Joseph Scrimshaw (comedian, writer, host of the Obsessed podcast, co-host of Jedi Alliance) comes the ForceCenter Podcast Feed. Here you will feed a series of shows exploring, discussing, and celebrating everything about Star Wars. Welcome to the first episode of The Jedi Beat with Jennifer Landa. Like an intrepid, intergalactic report, Jennifer is here to guide you through the Star Wars Universe. All the stories, memories, and moments that help make Star Wars the greatest saga every told. On this episode, Jennifer trains her keen reporter eye on the infamous and legendary Star Wars Holiday special that first aired on television on November 17th, 1978 featuring insight, history, and a wonderful, celebratory perspective from Star Wars Craft Book author and CNET contributor Bonnie Burton.Celebrate Life Day with Jennifer Landa on the first episode of The Jedi Beat!!!Subscribe on iTunes! Twitter - @ForceCenterPod@JenniferLanda @bonniegrrl--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/forcecenter/message

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app.
0:20.1	Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.
0:23.5	Thank you for calling National Lottery and I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?
0:27.5	Yeah, I think I have. I should take a double check for the car wheel.
0:31.0	Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million.
0:35.0	Oh my word! Happy Christmas! Why do you know?
0:39.0	You have the best Christmas ever.
0:41.0	I got a hair thing.
0:42.0	This Christmas, it could be you. The National Lottery. Rules and procedures apply. Players must be 18 or over.
0:50.0	The following is a presentation of Morning Drive Media. The Star Wars Holiday Special. Those five words elicit
0:54.0	of Morning Drive Media.
0:59.0	The Star Wars Holiday Special.
1:02.0	Those five words elicit sounds of disgust, nay hatred from many Star Wars fans.
1:08.8	Like Jarjar and Jacks and the Rabbit is one of the few things in the world of Star Wars that people would love to forget and bury far far away.
1:17.8	A year after Star Wars A New Hope was in theaters, the Holiday Special aired only once on CBS at 8 o'clock on November 17, 1978.
1:28.8	And for one night only, you saw a variety show featuring Cheubaka's Woke family, a singing be Arthur, a Boba Fek cartoon, and the original Star Wars cast putting on a brave face
1:41.0	to make it through this odd mash-up. on the
1:44.0	Star Wars Holiday Special.
1:49.0	It might have been nothing but a psychedelic dream.
1:51.0	If people hadn't recorded it on their VCRs and years later
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