Star Wars Minute: LIVE! in L.A. Part 1

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Date

August 13th, 2014

Summary

Discussion of the 'Mark Hamill and the stars of Star Wars' episode of The Muppet Show.

Guests

Matt Belknap, Joseph Scrimshaw, and Tony Thaxton.

Notes

  • Recorded live at the Nerdmelt Showroom at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles.
  • We're between movies so we're going to talk about the Star Wars episode of The Muppet Show.
  • Mark Hamill looks terrified at the start of the show.
  • The show originally aired January 16th 1980.
  • Tony is a fan of the Muppet's and has met Animal and Gonzo. They don't have any legs!
  • All of the hosts remember and enjoy the show to some degree.
  • The show provided a Star Wars fix for kids.
  • This is the debut of Luke Skywalker's "Bespin fatigues" outfit.
  • At the start, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO and R2-D2 burst into the episode and become the hosts.
  • The continuity of this episode - both from a Star Wars and Muppet Show perspective.
  • The language that the letter from Chewbacca is written in.
  • A bunch of sheep sing "I Put The Bomp" and this is the reason that Pete likes the song as much as he does.
  • Guest stars on The Muppet Show usually appear as themselves not their characters - this episode is an unusual case reflecting how big Star Wars actually was at the time.
  • Luke Skywalker is Mark Hamill's cousin in the show.
  • A lot of action takes place backstage in the The Muppet Show. Tony's problem is that the audience reacts to the things that happen backstage - so is that the theater audience and, if so, how is that possible given that they can't see what is happening backstage?
    • Its a show within a show.
  • Kids didn't know that there was just an actor playing Luke Skywalker until they saw them together on this show.
  • The show happens before The Empire Strikes Back and yet Mark Hamill has his "Empire" (ie post accident) face.
  • On the show, Mark Hamill does impressions, dances and sings a duet with one of The Muppets.
  • This show is clearly an attempt to make the actor Mark Hamill step outside of the Star Wars movies and the Luke Skywalker role.
  • Luke Skywalker walks around backstage with his gun drawn. He doesn't have his lightsaber - probably due to special effects limitations on TV.
  • Luke says "Remember Alderaan" - this is a very political statement.


Meta Minute

  • 40:26 podcast episode length.

Quotes

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/08/13/star-wars-minute-live-in-l-a-part-1/


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