Friday evening at 6 p.m. Phoenix Art Museum
hosts “A Very Merry Sci-Fi Christmas,” featuring a rare showing of
The Star Wars Holiday Special…
This ghastly ‘70s-style variety TV show aired in the U.S. only once, in November of 1978. It’s been much repented-of, with characteristic humorlessness, by George Lucas, and is now regarded as sort of the deformed-relation-locked-in-the-attic of the
Star Wars franchise. It marked the debut of fan favorite Boba Fett, and it’s the only
Star Wars entry that includes an appearance by the great Bea Arthur. It’s almost too skin-crawlingly embarrassing to be hilarious. But only almost.
So…
Monster-of-the-Week: …let’s recognize the long-necked dragonish critter, a native of the viscous oceans of the planet Panna…
…from the Canadian cartoon included in the special.
RIP to the great Dave Brubeck, departed at 91.
