One quote that stuck out in this has to do with how this might have come about, which was George Lucas had this meeting with Warner Bros. It doesn't feel as offensive as the 96 minute approach they took with the Holiday Special. I don't know how long the actual finale is, but it's like 10 minutes long. Why do you guys think that "Donny and Marie" special doesn't get quite as much of a spotlight shown on it in terms of hatred from the fan base?Ĭoon: I think a lot of people don't know about the "Donny and Marie" thing, at least that I've talked to, because they're like, "What's that? That's not the special." I think it's also the fact that it's part of a longer show. O ne of the cornerstones that you point to is this "Donny and Marie" special, and even by some people's own admission, that might have been worse than the Holiday Special. There was the Ringo Starr special, and the Paul Lynde Halloween special, and Wayne Newton and SeaWorld. Kozak: I think it also shows, like Jeremy started to say, that there was far worse stuff than the "Star Wars Holiday Special." I mean, there was the Telly Savalas special. Did you get permission to put the footage in the documentary, or how did you guys get around that sticky part of it? George Lucas famously tried to bury this thing for years and there's no official release of it.
The biggest thing that stood out to me is you guys have quite a bit of footage from the actual special in the doc.
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"You want Han Solo? I'm going to give you a whole movie of it." I knew that I wasn't going to get more than 10 minutes of Han Solo, but it was enough. There was a little bit for everyone, so that's what the Holiday Special was to me when I was a kid. They'd bring in this person for the kids, and this person for the adults. One of the things we discuss in the documentary is this kind of low bar that there is for a variety television. I'm ashamed that I was that old to have seen it when it came out. I mean, I think Steve actually saw it, didn't you? What was your first encounter with it?Ĭoon: I just know everyone has a different entry point, like you said. Some people didn't find out about this until years later. Send us feedback about these examples.As it relates to the doc, how did you guys come to be aware of the Holiday Special? Because as you go over in the movie, the thing only aired once and it was before VHS and it was before the internet. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'train wreck.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 Migration Hits a Breaking Point – The migrant crisis which first rocked our sanguine, northern world in 2015 with a photo of a child, prostrate and face down on a Turkish beach, is still a slow-motion train wreck today. 2022 Enter Email Sign Up The Sox’ outfield defense was a train wreck. 2023 These last two years have been an unbelievable train wreck of loss. Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023 Clearly not, but the spectacle of this train wreck risks reducing his dishonesty to a punchline, not a peril. 2023 Toxic train wreck Residents in the Ohio village of East Palestine are concerned about their health after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed there two weeks ago, sparking a massive dayslong blaze.
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