Friday, December 26, 2008

A few Christmas goodies....

The Star Wars Holiday Special

"The Star Wars Holiday Special was a two-hour television special set in the Star Wars galaxy. It was the first official Star Wars spinoff produced.
In it, Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk, Chewbacca's home world, to celebrate Life Day. Along the way, they are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire who are searching for rebels on the planet.
The main storyline of the film contains a variety-show segments as well as a cartoon produced by Toronto-based Nelvana that officially introduces the bounty hunter Boba Fett.
The film is notorious for the almost universal hatred it garners from the nerd platoon, or really anyone with any taste. George Lucas had limited involvement with the film's production, and he was understandably unhappy with the outcome."

Cribbed from Wikipedia

This film is shit. But funny as hell after a few drinks, and it's kitch value makes it one of the more bearable Christmas specials.

Click here for the highlights clip




This is 2 hours long, just warning ya.


Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane - XXXmas Freestyle

Recorded live at Club Uptown, Worcester MA. 1987, this is a classic early Hip Hop routine between 2 of the best to ever pick up the mic. Biz Markie invented the Beatbox (really, he invented it), and spits some tight beats here, but more importantly than the beats themselves is the way he responds to Big Daddy Kane's rhymes, which is the sign of a truly great beatbox. Just like a great drummer, it's about more than creating a metronome beat for an MC to rhyme on, it's about reacting and responding to highlight the flow of the MC. And very few can fuck with Big Daddy Kane on the Move the Crowd tip.



Jason Alexander and the Aristocrats


To close it out, if you haven't seen the Aristocrats yet, get to it ASAP. It's unrated (meaning it's too filthy to get a rating from the OFLC) so be prepared to hear the dirtiest language you've ever heard, but it is hilariously funny. It's worth buying or renting just to hear Kevin Pollack do his famous Christopher Walken impression.
For now, here's Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame riffing for 5 minutes or so on the infamous Aristocrats joke.

"Never open with that....". Classic.

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