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/