Good spot. Duly corrected.How could I mistype the name of the Fawlty Towers Waldorf salad guy? As to the question the article posed, I was a ten-year-old boy in 1978, and that kind of says it all. Star Wars had blown my mind a year and a ha…
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I may have stated this same comment in a previous post you made about the Holiday Special but I certainly remember watching this when it aired in the US. I'm sure all my friends did as well. We were 10 and obsessed with all things Star Wars…
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I was 20 when Star Wars was released and saw it opening weekend with 4 other freshly minted sailors. After over drinks they talked glowingly of the film and when asked I simply replied it was dull and nonsensical, still feel the same 47 yea…
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I agree with all of that, Darren.It's uncanny how you've basically just re-told my childhood. I was mad into ALL of that stuff—plus: Action Man. Don't forget him!That 6 Million Dollar Man toy was an absolute must-have—and his nemesis 'Maska…
This a great piece--as usual--Darren. I felt that I should step up and pen something myself but I couldn't come up with anything like this.Jobn Thanks very much John -- but what you've written at Star Wars Age 9 is excellent. Nice job Darre…
I bet if you asked him Harrison Ford, a know pot-afficiando, would point to the shooting of this special as the highest he's ever been in his life. Yeah, maybe! Or perhaps (as per Carrie Fisher's memoir) the marijuana use has taken away a l…
I never missed Donny and Marie- what 10 year old in 77 didn't have a crush on one of them? And- with the show doing Star Wars? Well, I can't tell you how thrilled I was! Back then, I had seen the movie once, about three months prior, and wa…
I saw the teaser trailer while seeing For the Love of Benji with my mother. We were sitting in one of the front rows. She turned to me and asked "Would you like to go see that?" In my ten year old wisdom I said "Naw, that looks STUPID!" Six…
I remember these pop cultural signposts as if they were yesterday. Thanks a lot for commenting. We've lost some big figures in 2016, but between August 1977 and the end of the year, we saw the deaths of Elvis, Groucho, Bing Crosby and Chapl…