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SMNTY Classics: Life Day · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha, and welcome to Stephan
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  Speaker 1: Never Told You a production but iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: And today, because I just can't help myself, I am
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  Speaker 2: bringing back the first episode I did.
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  Speaker 1: On Life Day.
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  Speaker 3: Yay.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so excited. My friends have been texting me all
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  Speaker 1: of these decorations they're gonna bring, and some of them
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  Speaker 1: are so funny. I cannot I can't believe it, but
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  Speaker 1: I can't. Oh man, I'm very very happy.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to report back honestly about how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: Because it's tomorrow as we record this. But yeah, especially
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  Speaker 2: since we're moving into hopefully joy but we all acknowledge
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: stressful holiday times that I'll just give you a taste
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  Speaker 2: to be Arthur, you know, And that's that's great? That yes,
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  Speaker 2: well I think so. So please enjoy this classic episode.
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. I don't come. It's
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: definitely Never Told You production of iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: It is time for another happy hour as I always
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  Speaker 2: drink responsibly if you.
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  Speaker 1: Choose to do so.
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  Speaker 2: And as this one comes out, it is Thanksgiving here
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  Speaker 2: in the US, but we're actually gonna talk about a
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  Speaker 2: different holiday.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we try to arrange it to be like perfectly
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  Speaker 3: in sync, but we just could not get it together enough.
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  Speaker 2: But yes, yes we are Jackie out life day. But
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  Speaker 2: before we get into that, Samantha, what are you sipping on?
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  Speaker 1: I am keeping it.
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  Speaker 3: Chill and easy because I think I'm just trying to
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  Speaker 3: take it easy on myself talking about the subject which
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  Speaker 3: I understand the context, but the reason behind it I'm
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  Speaker 3: still a little irritated by because it was one of
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  Speaker 3: the worst things I've ever witnessed in my life.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: Ever, so with that, just start to my four ninety
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  Speaker 3: nine four dollars ninety nine cent bottle of wine the
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  Speaker 3: Veno Bear Day prom Trader Joe's at keeping it refreshing
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  Speaker 3: and chill and pretending like I am not here.
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  Speaker 2: Perfect well, I have enough enthusiasm for the both of us,
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  Speaker 2: I promise you do, so I am.
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  Speaker 1: I am drinking basically a gin and tonic.
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  Speaker 2: But I put blue Contra in there, says quite blue,
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  Speaker 2: Samantha can see. Yes, I was going to put Grandee
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  Speaker 2: in there, but my grenadine bottle is stuck.
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  Speaker 1: It will so it.
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  Speaker 2: Was gonna be like a reddish purple color gold blue yep,
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  Speaker 2: and it's out of my Boba Fett cup that my
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  Speaker 2: mom gave me, or when I went to college, she
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  Speaker 2: was like, you need dishes, and she gave me all
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  Speaker 2: these Star Wars dishes.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: So, yes, we are a bit late on this one,
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  Speaker 2: but we did want to talk about it, or I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to talk about it, and Samantha is letting me
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  Speaker 2: a life. Day is typically celebrated on November seventeenth, and
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  Speaker 2: it's you know, kind of called the Star Wars Holiday
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  Speaker 2: Christmas Holiday, I guess. And I wanted to talk about
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  Speaker 2: it because I love it. I'm thankful for it, the
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  Speaker 2: Star Wars Holiday Special.
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  Speaker 1: It's just given me so much joy. I watched it
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  Speaker 1: last night and I was laughing, Please, I just need to.
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  Speaker 3: So the first time we decided to watch this, this
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  Speaker 3: was my first run through of all things Star Wars,
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  Speaker 3: because yes, I did not watch it until literally twenty twenty,
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  Speaker 3: which I would have been forty about to be forty,
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  Speaker 3: And I was like, you know what, because Annie loves it,
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  Speaker 3: because my partner loves it, and because if I don't
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  Speaker 3: watch this, I will be forever confused by the many
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  Speaker 3: times we're going to address anything Star Wars related. Let's
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  Speaker 3: go ahead, let's watch all of them. And it did
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  Speaker 3: include this, and I watched about half of it. Two
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  Speaker 3: thirds of it I can't remember. And I was so
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  Speaker 3: disturbed by the entirety of the holiday special. I did
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  Speaker 3: miss the author I do feel bad about that part, however,
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  Speaker 3: watching the random was.
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  Speaker 1: It porn that the grandpa was watching?
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  Speaker 3: Watching the dancers come out of nowhere with I'm collusion,
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  Speaker 3: the very high Luke, the very hi Leah, the very
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  Speaker 3: uninterested hungry. Yeah, all of that made up for what
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  Speaker 3: is happening. I've been drinking today. I think it was
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  Speaker 3: one am at this point I was like, Okay, I'm done.
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  Speaker 3: I'm done, and I left and I'm like, what is
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  Speaker 3: going on? And I went to bed because this is
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  Speaker 3: what I do. I'm like, I'm out, I'm done, tapping
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  Speaker 3: out and I came back I think, like, was it
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  Speaker 3: forty five minutes later? And you guys were rewatching it
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  Speaker 3: for this second time? And all I could think was
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  Speaker 3: what is wrong with you?
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  Speaker 1: And walked away.
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  Speaker 2: That's a fair question. Those people don't go out of
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  Speaker 2: their way to watch it again. I have watched it many,
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  Speaker 2: many times, repeatedly.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, But oh my god, the fact that you went
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  Speaker 3: to a back to back run through.
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  Speaker 1: Was like, excuse me.
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  Speaker 2: Well, your partner never seen it before, and he was like,
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  Speaker 2: is this a fever dream I'm living?
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  Speaker 1: And I'm like, no, it's reality. Friend. I think we
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  Speaker 1: just we got to talk talking. I think it played again.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure we actually chose to do it, is
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  Speaker 1: what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, that's what you'll say.
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  Speaker 1: I walked in.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, what, Well, at one point we were
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  Speaker 2: watching like The Making Up the Empire Strikes Back, which
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  Speaker 2: was amazing, but we definitely that was like an audit
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  Speaker 2: play thing.
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  Speaker 1: We didn't seek it out.
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  Speaker 2: So I think like it just came on again and
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  Speaker 2: we were like, well, who we are.
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  Speaker 3: I will say though, for any of the specials, and
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  Speaker 3: I'm don't want to keep We're going to go back
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  Speaker 3: to the Life Day because that is itself. Was like, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I'm cool with that. I will be down for any
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  Speaker 3: of the e Walk specials that we watched. Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I was a fan of those.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Teek, you really liked Teak.
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  Speaker 3: I really loved to Teak so much.
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  Speaker 2: Like no one listens, so we're talking about that's okay,
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  Speaker 2: that's okay. Yeah, So I did rewatch this last night.
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  Speaker 2: And I also found Disco Lute recently, which I can't describe.
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  Speaker 2: You have to look it up, but it's basically a
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  Speaker 2: German special market Amimal did where he's dressed up in
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  Speaker 2: his gold disco outfit, and I watched it last night
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  Speaker 2: for the first time and I was dying laughing. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm making that costume. I'm already working on it. It's
• 7:10
  Speaker 2: going to be like the jewel in my crown of Star.
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  Speaker 1: Wars look Skywalker outfits. And I didn't want to say.
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  Speaker 2: Recently a cookbook came out about I mean, I guess
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  Speaker 2: it's not about Life Day, but most of the recipes
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  Speaker 2: in there kind of Life Day inspired.
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  Speaker 1: It's called Star Wars The.
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  Speaker 2: Life Day Cookbook Official Holiday Recipes from a Galaxy Far
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  Speaker 2: Far Away by Jin Fujikawa and Mark Sumerk, and our
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  Speaker 2: friend and coworker Holly has been on the show. I
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  Speaker 2: was trying to get Instagram ideas life a day ideas
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  Speaker 2: for foods that I can make, and she did not
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  Speaker 2: fall through, and she was going through this cookbook.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're interested, the food was great.
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  Speaker 3: Oh well wait wait, wait, not what the Wookie was
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  Speaker 3: making because I have no idea what was happening there,
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  Speaker 3: Holly was made looked 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.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure it's better from the cookbook than what is
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  Speaker 2: happening on the show. All right, So briefly, Life Day
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  Speaker 2: is a Wookie celebration of peace, harmony, family, joy, and life,
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  Speaker 2: typically held at the Tree of Life on the Wookie
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  Speaker 2: home planet, which in the Holiday special is, without explanation,
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  Speaker 2: seemingly in the middle of the stars.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, The tree.
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  Speaker 2: Was typically decorated with crystal Life Day orbs, and just
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  Speaker 2: like Christmas, there are traditional foods, decorations, and gift giving practices.
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  Speaker 1: The Wookies wear red robes.
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  Speaker 2: And when the Empire enslaved the Wookie population, it took
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  Speaker 2: on another meeting, and when the Empire fell, people across
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  Speaker 2: the galaxy started celebrating Life Day. The holiday was first
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  Speaker 2: introduced into the Star Wars Holidays Special in nineteen seventy
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  Speaker 2: eight and has since been revisited. The Lego special came
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  Speaker 2: out recently Watch on Disney Plus, though of note, the
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  Speaker 2: Star Wars Holiday Special is no longer canon. Disney was like, nope, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: so it's part of legends, So the holiday itself exists
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  Speaker 2: in both canon and legends, and I believe b Arthur
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  Speaker 2: her character is canon.
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  Speaker 1: Some of the things from the Holiday Special art they
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  Speaker 1: pick and choosing.
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  Speaker 3: I'm very confused about the cannon thing, but keep going.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, well, this is also when Boba Fett was introduced,
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  Speaker 2: which is probably most people's favorite part of it. And
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  Speaker 2: it's really funny to me because you can't watch the
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  Speaker 2: Holiday Special anywhere, like you have to search for it.
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  Speaker 2: And George Lucas once said if he could destroy every
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  Speaker 2: copy with a hammer, he would, but they.
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  Speaker 1: Have pieces of it on Disney Plus.
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  Speaker 2: And the one that I'm thinking of is the Boba
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  Speaker 2: Fett introduction.
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  Speaker 1: So they're like, not the whole thing, but this part,
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  Speaker 1: this part's okay. So yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The Holiday Star Wars Special debut in nineteen seventy eight.
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  Speaker 2: It's a variety show that really defies explanation. I always
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  Speaker 2: tell my friends, just as was told to me, you
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  Speaker 2: cannot describe how bad it is. You really have to
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  Speaker 2: witness it for yourself. Do you understand.
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  Speaker 1: It's bad? It's really bad.
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  Speaker 2: And one of my favorite text messages exchange I've ever had,
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  Speaker 2: I actually took snapshots of it. It was the first
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  Speaker 2: time I was watching this and I was texting my
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  Speaker 2: friend Katie like what and she was like, yeah, I know,
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  Speaker 2: I actually did. Last Christmas. Me and my mom watched
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  Speaker 2: this together with my little brother and it was one
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  Speaker 2: of our the most fun memories we've made together, in
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  Speaker 2: my opinion, in a long time, because it was so
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  Speaker 2: funny and she was just laughing and laughing.
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  Speaker 1: She's like, what is this and I'm like, no one knows, all,
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  Speaker 1: no one knows, but yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So these variety shows are really popular at the time,
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  Speaker 2: and I was reading interviews with some of the people
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  Speaker 2: who made it and they're like, no, it was good
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  Speaker 2: at the time.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, hmmm.
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  Speaker 2: They are making a documentary about it, which I cannot
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  Speaker 2: wait to watch. It features Jefferson Airplane Circasila, the first
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  Speaker 2: appearance of Boba Fett, yes Art Carney b Arthur, a
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  Speaker 2: shockingly different Mark Hampbell in appearance, a visibly high Carrie
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  Speaker 2: Fisher who sings I'm a visibly angry Harrison Ford and
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  Speaker 2: so I'm really creepy Wookies because it's centered on Chewbacca's family,
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  Speaker 2: his wife Mala, his son Lumpy, and his dad Itchy
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  Speaker 2: and he's trying to get home to celebrate life day.
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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.
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  Speaker 2: Nor Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, according to the creators. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I've heard some people said it was enjoyable at the time,
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  Speaker 2: like when they watched on TV. I've heard other people say,
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  Speaker 2: like even as a kid, they're like, what is this?
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  Speaker 1: But yes, George Lucas hated it.
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  Speaker 2: To the point some people think that's why he financed
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  Speaker 2: Empire Strikes Back without a studio.
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  Speaker 1: AKA.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps the Holiday Special gave us that amazing movie, so
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  Speaker 2: maybe we should be thankful for it. So my big
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  Speaker 2: thoughts when it comes to women from this Holiday Special
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  Speaker 2: is number one, Mala, who is Chewbacca's wife, is underappreciated
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  Speaker 2: and she needs She could be better than Chewbacca.
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  Speaker 1: Oh justice for Mala for sure. Oh yes, she is
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  Speaker 1: at home.
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  Speaker 2: She's trying to make these She's like watching this Julia
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  Speaker 2: child thing and trying to make a pand surprise, She's
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  Speaker 2: making the cookies.
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  Speaker 1: She's doing all this stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And once she get she has the grandfather who is yes,
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  Speaker 2: watching porn in the living room, and then the son,
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  Speaker 2: who I'm sorry but is really annoying, kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of scary looking too. His face is a meme.
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  Speaker 3: His actuals are a gift in itself.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I believed played by a young woman.
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  Speaker 2: But yes, yes, she's at home doing all this, and
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  Speaker 2: Jewbacca is just never around.
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  Speaker 1: He abandons her.
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  Speaker 2: He does, and you have to think when you're watching
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  Speaker 2: these movies, like I loved you Abaka.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, but he's got a family at home. He's not
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  Speaker 1: ever talking about them or checking it out. I'm just saying,
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  Speaker 1: m hmm, I'm filled with rage.
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  Speaker 2: Me and a friend we have a joke fan fiction
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  Speaker 2: where Mala, you know it, gets attention from Lando and
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  Speaker 2: then because apparently originally Harrison for Han Solo was supposed
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  Speaker 2: to date a Wookie, so get some attention from Lando
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  Speaker 2: and then later from the Mandalorian and you got the
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  Speaker 2: Mando name.
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  Speaker 1: Like right there, Mala Lando Mando. See makes sense.
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  Speaker 3: Does it?
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Samantha, yes, but yes we could have had a romantic
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  Speaker 2: situation between Han Solo and a Wookie.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess we should also be thankful that that
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  Speaker 1: didn't happen.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know she needed that. I don't know if
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  Speaker 3: we should be thankful for us not seeing her getting
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  Speaker 3: some affection.
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  Speaker 2: You're right, you're right, you're right. That would have been
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  Speaker 2: an interesting triangle love triangle. And then there's some brief
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  Speaker 2: like moments that I just thought were interesting where there's
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  Speaker 2: kind of this assumption of he throughout of like I
• 14:18
  Speaker 2: can't tell if that's just bad writing, very well could
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  Speaker 2: have been, but just sort of always going for he.
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  Speaker 2: There is a moment in the Boba Fette part where
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  Speaker 2: there's an advertisement for this medication that they need.
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  Speaker 1: I know it sounds wild, but yes, this is a
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  Speaker 1: plot line in it.
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  Speaker 2: And there's a woman in a bikini on the advertisement,
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: which always catches my attention. Of course, the porn is
• 14:42
  Speaker 2: longer than you would think. Yeah, and it's yes, perhaps
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  Speaker 2: enough set on that one.
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  Speaker 1: And then yes, b Arthur is, in my opinion, the highlight.
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  Speaker 2: She is running this bar, this can Tina and Tattooine,
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  Speaker 2: and she is just so good at closing stuff down.
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  Speaker 2: Like this guy comes into the bar and he's flirting
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  Speaker 2: with her and like being really like handsy, and she
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  Speaker 2: just has like a quick comeback for everything he says.
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  Speaker 1: And is so kind of dismissive of him.
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  Speaker 2: Because he thinks that because she says, you know, like
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  Speaker 2: thank you come back soon, that that was it meant
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  Speaker 2: she was in love with him. But she's like, no,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry for whatever you think that I meant that
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  Speaker 2: you think she's really good And then just to run
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  Speaker 2: this like unruly bar and she does it so well
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  Speaker 2: and she knows all the names. But then yes, she
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  Speaker 2: also sings for about five minutes as she's trying to.
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  Speaker 1: Close the bar down.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean, it's definitely I'm glad that she
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  Speaker 2: is portrayed as like, yes, she this is annoying behavior
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  Speaker 2: and she's shutting it down. But it is one of
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: those things where I'm like, wow, this isn't too out
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  Speaker 2: of place today men being all.
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  Speaker 1: Creepy up a bar. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but those are my thoughts some of my thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: I had to limit my time on this one. On
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  Speaker 2: Life Day, holiday, special, happy whatever you are celebrating. If
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  Speaker 2: you're celebrating anything happy, maybe just random day, who knows
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  Speaker 2: if happy fall for life day? Oh happy rain, happy rain,
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  Speaker 2: happy whatever it is.
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  Speaker 3: If it's unhappy day to you as well, stay inside hi.
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  Speaker 2: If you need to be safe, take care of yourself.
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  Speaker 2: We love you We're thankful for you. I was very
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  Speaker 2: appreciative this life day of you the listeners. Yes, cheers.
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  Speaker 1: And thank you so much for listening.
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  Speaker 1: thankful for you too.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yes, oh yes, and thanks to you for listening stuff.
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