[High Praise! to Mental Floss]

The Star Wars Holiday Special

If you’ve ever wondered why this abomination exists, all is explained at the link above.

And yes, the full, high quality version of the movie in question is available for viewing at the link.

And no, there is no reason to sit through the whole thing. Not even morbid curiosity.

Although I admit to having done it twice in my lifetime.

BONUS LINK:

The Dark Side: An Oral History of ‘The Star Wars Holiday Special’

Wherein people associated with the production of SWHS reminisce.

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[High Praise! to Neatorama]

6 Barnyard Animals and How They Came to Be

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(From a suggestion by Anonymiss of Nuking Politics [High Praise!])

Normally works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.

Slightly different today:

Here’s Hillary Clinton’s idea of a Princess Bride reference:

In the Clinton post, the campaign writes, “Help elect a president who’ll fight harder than the Dread Pirate Roberts to make sure all Americans have a chance to get ahead, no matter what they look like, where they come from, or who they love.”

Make a better Princess Bride reference for the Clinton campaign