Can I Call You Right Back?
Saun Dann, played by Art Carney, is one of the few reasonably positive things to come out of the Holiday Special. I say reasonably positive in the context of the Holiday Special being… well, what it is. Leanne found an appreciation for him while drawing the character for BMS. Notice the double pen pockets on either lapel of his overcoat. It is an incorporation of the Imperial officer uniform, which shows that genuine effort was made by the design team to emulate the feel of the Star Wars film… at least, in the case of Saun Dann and the Wookiees, Itchy notwithstanding. Neither of us could be bothered having two versions of Saun Dann (with coat and without) so we just opted for the coat and so we’re not entirely faithful to this particular scene. But as my old uncle Ben would say, W.R.G.A.S.?
Other than that, I’m not sure if Leanne actually likes the bumbling rebel, but for some reason I find he’s charming in his own sort of way. Perhaps again, I’m looking at him out of context. A lot of things look good compared to the Holiday Special, after all.
Leanne just corrected me. She says “no, I don’t care for him”. She also adds that he says his name “Saundann” as if he has to say it really fast or he’ll explode. This has become a running joke in the BMS household with Leanne muttering “saundann” every so often out of the blue. For a minute I thought about working that into a strip, but I think it works better between the two of us. 😉 We are odd.
Watch the third part of the Holiday Special below… Note the weird voice effect for the Imperial Fleet trooper in Saun Dann’s general store. I don’t know why they dubbed him, but the echo and the performance is far from subtle. Actually, so is Saun Dann’s hint about a certain shaggy carpet made “by hand. Solo”.
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Sine he would total be on the planet but not at the house 😉 .
AGH! Could it be any more boring? How could they go from the most exciting movie ever made to THIS? How did they assemble the most inept group of people to write and make this? Where they on depressant drugs?
Art Carney tries valiantly to inject a bit of fun and drama into this bloated corpse of a show. Yet, despite his efforts, it still looks like the dullest, most leaden piece of TV ever made.
Now, I don’t live in the States so I have to ask: was this pretty much par for the course? I recall the Bing Crosby Xmas Special with David Bowie and that was a great big yawwwwwwn.
Good strip today!
I’ve gotten up through Part V on YouTube of this show. Dear God in heaven, NOTHING IS HAPPENING!! 20 or so minutes into this thing and there’s NOTHING. WTF?!?!
Nothing? What about the Cirque du Soleil’s surprise appearance? That was one for the books!
Was that ACTUALLY cirque do soleil? They are so crap.
It probably was. I mean, how many other circus performers have a rep for dressing like the weird and grotesque vs just being the typical old clowns and strong man? If it wasn’t them, then at the very least the costumes and the idea were inspired by them.
You might find that they are the long-forgotten ‘original and best’ of their medium, with ‘Cirque du Merde’ being a mere pale imitation.
LOL. Cirque du Merde… very good indeed.
Cirque wasn’t founded until 1984…… Sorry, but it can’t be them.
Sure it can? How else is Leia using an iPhone and we make contemporary pop culture reference? Time is immaterial! ;=
I don’t think I should even bother discussing and therefore dignifying the Special anymore. I just looked at a VERY amusing Wikipedia page on it – all is revealed.
What’s frightening me now is that I actually feel the urge to OWN a copy on DVD. I mean, I’ve watched 15 excruciating minutes of it here and now after reading about it I feel that i want to own it. I think I’m becoming a nerd.
It’s funny how ‘Plan 9 from Outer Space’ is hilarious to talk about – and the film ‘Ed Wood’ is brilliant – but you really shuldn’t watch it. These things seem to take on a seperate, larger life outside of themselves. The World of the Cult and Camp is terrific fun really.
Referencing the Kenner Actionn figures (still the coolest toys ever made).
I always called the “Imperial officers” by there carded “Death Squad Commander” title.
It just has a better ring to it, especially when contrasted with such things as Life day, and the Wookie purging the empire conducted so efficiently.
I mean who are you going to fear more an “officer” or someone who Commands groops of armored “Storm Troopers Death Squads”. Where did the title come from anyway, was it mede up by Kenner?
BTW when it comes to Imperial titles and such; I showed my 4-year-old a Star Wars Storm Trooper, which he liked a lot.
He later asked Grandpa if he liked Storm Troopers, and was told great Grandpa and some other of our ancestors used to shoot at them in the trenches of both great wars. He was further confused by a photo of a Nazi Storm Trooper which had no resemblance to his idea of storm trooper, but looks a great deal like a Death Squad Commander/Imperial officer (which I also showed him). It surprised me Grandps had no Idea that a Storm Trooper was also from Star Wars. I guess It’s a generational thing.
LOL. Great anecdote, T. I’m tempted to revert to the original nicknames for the characters and things in Star Wars. It’s kind of cute. Well, not that Death Squad Commander is cute… but Walrus Man is.
Who’s that Drag Queen playing Luke?
Don’t you remember the times when Harley Quinn used to put on Mr. J’s purple suit and a wig to try and confuse the Bat?
Hey wait a second I just realised that Art Carney/Saun Dann gets to say ass, but when I typed it in a previous forum it was edited to @$$ (or something like that)! How come?
Lucas once said there is no underwear in space, but there has to be some cussing!!! In The original Trilogy Even Solo said “Son of a Bitch” once. What is the rating for this Forum anyway? 😉
Han Solo said “son of a bitch?” Where was that? Oh wait… that was the scene where Han meets Lando.
Han Solo: “Lando… yoo son of a bitch!”
Han and Lando lock grips with a slap and arm wrestle in the air.
Han Solo: “What’s the matter, Lando? The Cloud City got yoo pooshing too many pencils?”
Lando: “Make it easy on yourself, Han.”
Han starts to twist Lando’s arm.
Lando: OK OK OK!
“Pooshing?” Was he training to play Sean Connery’s son in an Indy movie?
Quoting the scene from “Predator”, John.
I can’t find the unedited original of this awful scene on YouTube, just the million and one re-edits made for even more humorous effect. This one at least gives you the idea.
DAMMIT! Are you serious? I think I might have mis-quoted Carrie Fisher on my site today:
http://starwarsage9.com/index.php/part-i/stunning-leia-18
What does this error say about me – I wonder..?
I don’t know, John, but you’re definitely haunting the BMS comments thread today! 🙂
Yep, I need to work more!
He almost looks like imperial Biggs.
I actually made one of those trail tracker toys in a high school programming class.