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I remember watching this too – September 23, 1977 – and it was actually cooler than The official Star Wars Holiday Special. But  . . .  Donnie & Marie Osmond had an actual kooky variety show, so the bad jokes and goofy dance numbers were expected.

They were pretty much among the first to really jump on the Star Wars bandwagon. The toys weren’t even out yet; most of the Star Wars tie-ins started appearing in 1978. (And they sort of had the whole Luke/Leia, brother/sister thing figured wayyy before anyone else)

With Red Foxx, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Lynde, the guy who did the voice of Tony the Tiger. And Marie: pretty good stand in for Leia. The bun hairdo works.

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‘The Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most infamous television programs in history. And it’s so bad that it actually comes around to good again, but passes it right up.’ -Ralph Garman, voice actor, The Family Guy

I remember – as a kid – watching this in some sort of zombie-like shock. The Star Wars Holiday Special aired Friday night, November 17, 1978. Only once. It’s become a nerd cult classic. Lucasfilm would like to just  . . .  pretend it never happened.

Features the original movie cast, Bea Arthur, Jefferson Starship, the original aired commercials (not edited out; note that they used to air less commercials back then) and a not-so-bad first-ever-appearance of Boba Fett animated bit.

Sit back, it’s just under two unwatchable hours long.

Happy holidays!

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Marina and the Diamonds. MySpace here.

Found via Meiko

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The new single by Lightspeed Champion.

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‘Video for Beautiful Day for the U2 360° tour by Michael Paul Young’

More details at Planetary Folklore. Paul Michael Young is also the guy behind the scenes at YouWorkForThem.

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So colorful.

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40th Anniversary Woodstock tribute poster tied to a west coast music festival.

This was a collaborative project I designed with psychedelic light show legend George Holden. His liquid light backgrounds, my illustration and lettering.

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doug’s tour
This fall, Oklahoma City-based photographer Doug Schwarz followed LA-based band Normandie on tour. And I just happen to be designing for Normandie.

Normandie is a side project of theSTART – or another way to look at it, Doug also followed theSTART on tour because Normandie just happened to be in the same vehicle. Follow that? Hope so.

So it was fun when Doug pinged me and said he got my poster signed by everyone he talked to. It’s now part of his Wall of Inspiration (above); the signed poster (below).

tees-n-stuff
This year I also designed some tees for Normandie. They can be snagged via the new online Normandie store here. They’re running a holiday special too (details on page). One can also order a poster. [Read more →]

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Political message hidden within.

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Plus, here’s a 2008 update.

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