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Happy Hour #44: Life Day · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. I welcome to Staph
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  Speaker 1: I've never told you production of I Heart Radio. It
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  Speaker 1: is time for another happy hour. Um as always drink
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  Speaker 1: responsibly if you choose to do so, um and as
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  Speaker 1: this one comes out. It is Thanksgiving here in the US,
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  Speaker 1: but we're actually going to talk about it different holiday. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we trying to arrange it to be like perfectly in sync,
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  Speaker 1: but we just could not get it together enough. But yes, yes, um,
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  Speaker 1: we are talking about life day. But before we get
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  Speaker 1: into that, Savantha, what are you sitting on? I am
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  Speaker 1: keeping it chill and easy because I think I'm just
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  Speaker 1: trying to take it easy on myself talking about the
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  Speaker 1: subject which I understand the context, but the reason behind
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  Speaker 1: it I'm still a little irritated by because it was
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  Speaker 1: one of the worst things I've ever witnessed in my
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  Speaker 1: life ever. So with that, just start to my doll
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  Speaker 1: bottle of wine the Veno Bede from Trader Joe's, keeping
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  Speaker 1: like refreshing and chill and pretending like I am not
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  Speaker 1: here perfect well, I have enough enthusiasm for the both
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  Speaker 1: of us, I promise, So I am. I am drinking
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  Speaker 1: basically a gin and tonic, but I put blue Contro
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  Speaker 1: in there, says quite blue. Samanthe can see. Yeah. I
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  Speaker 1: was gonna put Grandee in there, but my grenadine bottle
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  Speaker 1: is stuck. It will not open, so it was gonna
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  Speaker 1: be like a reddish purple color. Yep um, and it's
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  Speaker 1: out of my Boba Fette cup that my mom gave me.
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  Speaker 1: Or when I went to college, she was like, you're
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  Speaker 1: needing dishes and she gave me. At least it's ours dishes.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate it. So, yes, we are a bit late
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  Speaker 1: on this one, but we did want to talk about it,
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  Speaker 1: or I wanted to talk about it in Samantha is
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  Speaker 1: letting me. Um Like Day is typically celebrated on November
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  Speaker 1: sev and it's you know, kind of called the Star
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  Speaker 1: Wars Holiday Christmas Holiday, I guess, and I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: talk about it because I love it. I'm thankful for it.
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  Speaker 1: Um the Star Wars Holiday Special. It's just given me
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  Speaker 1: so much joy. I watched it last night and I
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  Speaker 1: was laughing. I exam please, I just I need to.
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  Speaker 1: So the first time we decided to watch this, this
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  Speaker 1: was my first run through of all things Star Wars.
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  Speaker 1: Because yes, I did not watch it until literally twenty,
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  Speaker 1: which I would have been forty about to be forty.
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  Speaker 1: And I was like, you know what, because any loves it,
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  Speaker 1: because my partner loves it, and because if I don't
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  Speaker 1: watch this, I will be forever confused by the many
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  Speaker 1: times we're going to address anything Star Wars related. Let's
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  Speaker 1: go ahead, let's watch all of them. Um. And it
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  Speaker 1: did include this, and I watched about half of it.
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  Speaker 1: Two thirds of it I can't remember. And I was
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  Speaker 1: so disturbed by the entirety of the holiday special. I
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  Speaker 1: did miss the author I do feel bad about that part, however,
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  Speaker 1: watching the random was it porn that the grandpa was watching?
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  Speaker 1: Watching the dancers come out of nowhere? With concusion, the
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  Speaker 1: very high luke, the very high layout, the very uninterested, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: all of that made up for what is happening. I've
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  Speaker 1: been drinking today. I think it's one am. At this
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  Speaker 1: point I was like, okay, I'm done, I'm done, and
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  Speaker 1: I left and I'm like, what is going on? And
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  Speaker 1: I went to bed because this is what I do.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, i'm out, I'm done, tapping out and I
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  Speaker 1: came back. I think was it forty five minutes later?
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  Speaker 1: And were rewatching it for the second time, and I
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  Speaker 1: all I could think was what is wrong with you?
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  Speaker 1: And walked away. That's fair questions. People don't go out
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  Speaker 1: of their way to watch it again. I have watched
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  Speaker 1: it many, many times, repeatedly. Yes, but oh my god.
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  Speaker 1: The fact that you went to a back to back
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  Speaker 1: run through was like, excuse me, Well, your partner never
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  Speaker 1: seen it before, and he was like, is this a
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  Speaker 1: fever dream I'm living? And I'm like, you know, it's reality, friend.
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  Speaker 1: I think we just we got to talking. I think
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  Speaker 1: it played again. I'm not sure we actually chose to
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  Speaker 1: do it, is what I'm saying. Okay, that's what you'll say.
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  Speaker 1: I walked in. I was like, what we At one
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  Speaker 1: point we were watching like The Making Up the Empire
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  Speaker 1: Strikes Back, which was amazing, but we definitely that was
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  Speaker 1: like an auto play thing. We didn't seek it out,
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  Speaker 1: so I think like it just came on again and
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  Speaker 1: we were like, well who we are. I will say though,
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  Speaker 1: for any of the specials and I want to keep it.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna get back to the life day because that
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  Speaker 1: is just stuff. Was like, yeah, I'm cool with that.
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  Speaker 1: I will be down for any of the Ewalk specials
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  Speaker 1: that we watched. Oh yeah, I was a fan of those. Okay, tea,
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  Speaker 1: you really like to tea. I really love to teake
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  Speaker 1: so much, Like so we're talking about that's okay, that's okay. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So I did watch this last night. And I also
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  Speaker 1: found Disco Looke recently, which I can't describe. You have
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  Speaker 1: to look it up, but it's basically a German special
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  Speaker 1: Mark Camill did where he's dressed up in his gold
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  Speaker 1: disco outfit. And I watched it last night for the
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  Speaker 1: first time and I'm dying laughing. So I'm making that costume.
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  Speaker 1: I'm already working on it. It's going to be like
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  Speaker 1: the jewel in my crown of Star Wars lo Skywalker ountfits.
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  Speaker 1: And I didn't want to say. Recently a cookbook came
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  Speaker 1: out about I mean, I guess it's not about Life Day,
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  Speaker 1: but most of the recipes in their kind of life
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  Speaker 1: they inspired. It's called Star Wars The Life Day Cookbook
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  Speaker 1: Official Holiday Recipes from a Galaxy Far Far Away by
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  Speaker 1: Jin Fujikawa and Mark Sumrik and our friend and co
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  Speaker 1: worker Holly has been on this show. I was trying
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  Speaker 1: to get Instagram ideas the Life of Day ideas for
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  Speaker 1: foods that I can make, um, and she did not
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  Speaker 1: fall through, and she was going through this cookbook. So
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  Speaker 1: if you're interested, the food looks great. Oh no, wait wait, wait,
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  Speaker 1: not what the Wookie was making, because I have no
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  Speaker 1: idea what was happening there. But Holly was made look great.
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  Speaker 1: And I think the Banta surprise is one of the things.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I'm sure it's better from the cookbook
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  Speaker 1: than what is happening on the show. All right, So briefly,
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  Speaker 1: Life Day is a Wookie filebration of peace, harmony, family, joy,
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  Speaker 1: and life, typically held at the Tree of Life on
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  Speaker 1: the Wookie home planet, which in the holiday special is,
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  Speaker 1: without explanation, seemingly in the middle of the stars anyway.
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  Speaker 1: The tree was typically decorated with crystal Life Day orbs,
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  Speaker 1: and just like Christmas, there are traditional foods, decorations, and
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  Speaker 1: gift giving practices. The Wookies wear red robes um. And
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  Speaker 1: when the Empire enslaved the Wookie population, it took on
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  Speaker 1: another meeting, and when the Empire fell, people across the
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  Speaker 1: galaxy started celebrating Life Day. Uh. The holiday was first
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  Speaker 1: introduced in the Star Wars Holiday special in nine eight
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  Speaker 1: and has since been revisited. The Lego Special came out
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  Speaker 1: recently much on Disney Plus, though of note, the Star
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  Speaker 1: Wars Holiday Special is no longer canon. Disney was like, nope, no,
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  Speaker 1: no no, So it's part of Legends. So the holiday
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  Speaker 1: itself exists in both Cannon and Legends, and I believe
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  Speaker 1: the Arthur her character is canon. Um, some of the
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  Speaker 1: some of the things from the Holiday Special arts they
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  Speaker 1: picking choosing. I'm very confused by the Scannon thing, but
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  Speaker 1: keep going. Yes, well, this is also when Boba Fette
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  Speaker 1: was introduced, which is probably most people's favorite part of it.
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  Speaker 1: And it's really funny to me because you can't watch
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  Speaker 1: the Holiday Special anywhere, like you have to search for it.
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  Speaker 1: And George Lucas Wants said he if he could destroy
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  Speaker 1: every copy with a hammer, he would, but they have
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  Speaker 1: pieces of it on Disney Plus. And the one that
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  Speaker 1: I'm thinking of is the Boba Fette introduction. So they're like,
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  Speaker 1: not the whole thing, but this part this starts, okay,
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, the Holiday Star Wars Special debut in nine
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  Speaker 1: and it's a variety show that really defies explanation. I
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  Speaker 1: always tell my friends just as was told to me,
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  Speaker 1: you cannot describe how bad it is. You really have
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  Speaker 1: to witness it for yourself. Do understand is bad? It's
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  Speaker 1: really bad And one of my favorite text messages change
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  Speaker 1: I've ever had. I actually took snapshots of it. Was
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  Speaker 1: the first time I was watching this and I was
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  Speaker 1: texting my friend Katie like what say and she was like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I know. Um I actually did. Last Christmas, me and
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  Speaker 1: my mom watched this together with my little brother and
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  Speaker 1: it was one of our most fun memories we've made together,
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion, in a long time, because it was
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  Speaker 1: so funny and she was just laughing and laughing. She's like,
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  Speaker 1: what is this and I'm like, no one knows. Well,
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  Speaker 1: no one knows, but yeah. So these variety shows are
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  Speaker 1: really popular at the time, and I was reading interviews
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  Speaker 1: with some of the people who made it and they're like, no,
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  Speaker 1: it was good at the time. They like, uh, they
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  Speaker 1: are making a documentary about it, which I cannot wait
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  Speaker 1: to watch. It features Jefferson Airplane set to LA, the
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  Speaker 1: first appearance of Boba Fett, Yes Art Carney b Arthur,
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  Speaker 1: a shockingly different Mark Hambell in appearance of visibly high
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  Speaker 1: Carrie Fisher, who sings a visibly angry Harrison Ford and
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  Speaker 1: so I'm really creepy Wookies because it's centered on Chewbacca's family,
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  Speaker 1: his wife Mala, his son Lumpy, and his dad itchy Um,
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  Speaker 1: and he's trying to get home to celebrate life. They
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  Speaker 1: but mostly it's just this family. In fact, the first
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  Speaker 1: ten minutes is just them speaking Wookie with no translation. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
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  Speaker 1: According to the creators, Yeah, I've heard some people said
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  Speaker 1: it was enjoyable at the time, like when they watched
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  Speaker 1: on TV. I've heard other people say, like even as
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  Speaker 1: a kid, they're like, what is it? But yes, George
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  Speaker 1: Lucas hated it to the point they some people think
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  Speaker 1: that's why he financed Empire Strikes Back without a studio
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  Speaker 1: a k A. Perhaps the Holiday Special gave us that
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  Speaker 1: amazing movie, so maybe we should be thankful for it.
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  Speaker 1: So my big thoughts when it comes to women from
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  Speaker 1: this Holiday Special is number one Mala, whose Chewbacca's wife
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  Speaker 1: is underappreciated and she needs she could do better than Chebacca.
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  Speaker 1: Justice for Mala for sure. Oh yes, she is at home,
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  Speaker 1: she's trying to make these she's like watching this Julia
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  Speaker 1: child thing and trying to make a fant surprise. She's
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  Speaker 1: making the cookies, She's doing all this stuff, and what
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  Speaker 1: she gets. She has the grandfather who is, yes, watching
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  Speaker 1: porn in the living room, and then the sun who
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry but it is really annoying, kind of scary
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  Speaker 1: looking too. His his face is a name in itself. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I believed played by a young woman. But yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: she's at home doing all this, and Jubacca is just
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  Speaker 1: never around. He's he abandons her, he does, and you
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  Speaker 1: have to think when you're watching these movies, like I
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  Speaker 1: love Chebacca. Sure, but he's got a family at home.
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  Speaker 1: He's not ever talking about them or checking it out.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just saying I'm feeling I'm filled with rage. Me
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  Speaker 1: and a friend, Uh, we have a joke fan fiction
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  Speaker 1: where Mala, you know it, gets attention from Lando um
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  Speaker 1: and then because apparently originally Harrison Ford Han Sol that
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to date a Wookie, So get some attention
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  Speaker 1: from Lando and then later from the Mandalorian and you
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  Speaker 1: got the Mando name. Like right there, Mala Lando Mando.
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  Speaker 1: See makes sense, doesn't But yeah, yes, Samantha, Yes, but yes,
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  Speaker 1: we could have had a romantic situation between Han Sol
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  Speaker 1: and a wookie. So I guess we should also be
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  Speaker 1: thankful that that didn't happen. She I don't know she
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  Speaker 1: needed that. I don't know. I don't know if we
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  Speaker 1: should be thankful for us not seeing her getting so affection.
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  Speaker 1: You're right, you're right, you're right. That would have been
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  Speaker 1: an interesting triangle of triangle. And then there's some brief
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  Speaker 1: like moments that I just thought were interesting where there's
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  Speaker 1: kind of this assumption of he throughout, Like I can't
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  Speaker 1: tell if that's just bad writing. Um, very well could
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  Speaker 1: have been, but just sort of always going for he um.
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  Speaker 1: There is a moment in the Boba Fette part where
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  Speaker 1: there's an advertisement for this medication that they need. I
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  Speaker 1: know it sounds wild, but yes, this is a plot
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  Speaker 1: line in it, and there's a woman in a bikini
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  Speaker 1: on the advertisement, which always catches my attention. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: the porn is longer than you would think, um, and
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  Speaker 1: it's yes, perhaps enough said on that one. Uh. And
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  Speaker 1: then yes, b Arthur is, in my opinion, the highlight.
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  Speaker 1: She is running this bar, this cantina and tattooing, and
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  Speaker 1: she is just so good at closing stuff down. Like
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  Speaker 1: this guy comes into the bar and he's flirting with
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  Speaker 1: her and like being really like handsy, and she just
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  Speaker 1: has like a quick comeback for everything he says. And
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  Speaker 1: it's so kind of dismissive of him because he thinks
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  Speaker 1: that because she says, you know, like thank you, come
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  Speaker 1: back soon, that that was it meant she was in
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  Speaker 1: love with him. But she's like, no, I'm sorry for
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  Speaker 1: whatever you think that I meant that. You think she's
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  Speaker 1: really good And then just to run this like unruly
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  Speaker 1: bar and she does it so well and she knows
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  Speaker 1: all the names. But then yes, she also sings for
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  Speaker 1: about five minutes as she's trying to close the bar down. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean it's definitely I'm glad that she
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  Speaker 1: is portrayed. Is like, yes, she this is annoying behavior
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  Speaker 1: and she's shutting it down. But it is one of
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  Speaker 1: those things where I'm like, Wow, this isn't too out
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  Speaker 1: of place today men being all creepy at a bar. Uh. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but those are my thoughts some of my thoughts. I
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  Speaker 1: had to limit my time on this one. On Life Day,
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  Speaker 1: the holiday special, happy whatever you are celebrating. If you're
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  Speaker 1: celebrating anything happy, maybe just random day. Who knows. If
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  Speaker 1: you you happy fall for some day, oh, happy rain,
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  Speaker 1: happy rain, happy whatever it is. If it's unhappy day
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  Speaker 1: to you as well. Stay inside hid if you need
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  Speaker 1: to be safe, take care of yourself. We love you,
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  Speaker 1: We're thankful for you. I was very appreciative this life
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  Speaker 1: day of of you the listeners. Yes, yes, cheers um,
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