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The Next Rifftrax is for…the worst thing ever

The next Rifftrax was announced today: The track will be for (gulp) “The Star Wars Holiday Special.”

 

May God have mercy on our souls.

Now, I know many of you are staring at your computers saying “But that’s not commercially available!”
There are ways of seeing it (though I have a feeling these things may disappear when Lucasfilm gets wind of this…)

Fight the frizzies!

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  1. Torgoballz says:

    Well, early speculation was that this would be Cinematic Titanic’s debut. While those rumors seem to have been dashed, this is just as awesome.

    I hope they riff on the commercials too. Those were probably the best part of that abomination.

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  2. Kurt says:

    A merry riff-day for all! I can’t wait to hear them skewer that cartoon with boba fett.

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  3. Nanner says:

    All I can think of when I hear Star Wars Holiday Special is when Weird Al discreetly buys it in that music video lol.

    This is going to be quite the rifftrax!

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  4. Bobo "BuckDat" Briggs says:

    :( I dunno if i’ll be able to watch again it even with their riffs. Especially since it cant be trimmed down. NOOOOOOOOOO! :eek:

    I havent seen it in years but i still feel the pain. :cry: I never bargained for This! :(

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  5. Diamond Joe says:

    I’d love to see what the sales for this one end up like, compared to the usual Rifftrax. If it turns out that a lot of their customers have access to unreleased stuff like this, that opens up a whole new field of riff targets. Dare we hope for the Roger Corman Fantastic Four?

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  6. ety3 says:

    I’d just like to point out something. Not huge, but …

    The “Fight the Frizzies” quote in the article made me laugh hard because it references a New York local news guy who appears several times throughout the special, promoting a story on the 11 o’clock news. That is the version I have of the show.

    The version Rifftrax will be using is the one you “Get frOm yOur friend Greg, in LakE VIDEO,” and that is from — I believe — a Maryland station. In other words, no frizzies.

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  7. Cheepnis says:

    Torgoballz,
    From their ad copy, it seems like they are recommending that we use a version with commercials. Remember when ads were only 20% of a show’s airtime instead of 50?

    Ahhh… 1978… my first Dead concert, my first car (a VW bug), my first… ahem …”time”….

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  8. The Professor says:

    I love the South Park christams episode that references the “Fighting the frizzies” commercials. The episode ends with the newscaster boxing a giant, furry man-thing underneath the credits. Funny stuff.

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  9. Sampo says:

    Torgoballz: Isn’t it interesting that when people thought Joel would do this, ooh, he was all daring and transgressive. When Mike actually DOES it…yawn, big deal. :-)

    ETY: Aw, I’m disappointed. I was at a gathering of MSTies several years ago where we riffed the “frizzies” version. It hurt. I assumed that was part of the “commercials” they were talking about… too bad…

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  10. Matty-O says:

    Friggin’ Awesome! This movie is so bad it truly is worthy of the MST3K treatment… even if it is Riff Trax instead. I can’t wait! :grin:

    I ordered a DVD of the Star Wars Holiday Special two minutes ago *just* because of this. (FYI, got it at MegoStore.com for $7.95 in case you were wondering)

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  11. max_jaybo says:

    wait, they’re riffing bootlegs now?

    What’s next, the Roger Corman “Fantastic Four” movie?

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  12. Philip Frey says:

    @Matty-O:

    Why on Earth would you pay someone money for something so readily available for nothing?

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  13. Matty-O says:

    @ Philip Frey

    Because (A) I haven’t seen it in, like 30 years (saw it on TV as a wee one), and (B) I hate watching movies and/or TV on my computer.

    With that said. The DVD+R came in today and I’m pleased to say it actually plays fine in my DVD player. All I need is the Rifftrax MP3 track and I’m set! :mrgreen:

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