Christmas – Conrad Askland https://conradaskland.com/blog Music Director and Music Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:17:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 53388445 Star Wars Holiday Special 1978 https://conradaskland.com/blog/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/ https://conradaskland.com/blog/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:17:27 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/?p=4376 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXcb7VPw59s

Here is a segment from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia singing an ode to “Life Day” – the Star Wars Universe’s answer to Christmas.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.From 1978, the Star Wars Holiday Special about the celebration of “Life Day”, the Wookie equivalent of Christmas. Generally considered to be perhaps the worst show ever aired on tv. You can read all about it at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special

STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL PART ONE:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCNGjKnTzaQ

CANTINA SCENE – SW HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Bea Arthur runs the cantina!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbCS8vg8m0
Bea Arthur runs the cantina on Tatooine. Late 70s.

BEA ARTHUR SINGS!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzXKySxPFCI

This is a video of Bea Arthur singing in the Star Wars Holiday Special. Comedy Gold!

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ZAIA artists and staff helped wrap the gifts and even took the older children on shopping trips in Macau to pick out their own clothes. A couple days before Christmas the older children will get to see the ZAIA show live and meet Cirque artists in person. Merry Christmas Macau!

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Dr. Stephen Hawking discusses the physics needed for Santa’s gift delivery process on Christmas Eve.

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