Imagine, if you will, a 10-year-old Lauren coming home from school. She gets a snack, settles down in front of the giant wooden piece of fine furniture that just happens to be the outer case of the television and turns it to the one of the four channels that come in to watch the Muppet Show….
And Luke Skywalker, C-3PO and R2D2 are hosting!!??!!
Mind. Blown.
I don’t actually remember watching it, although – knowing myself – there might have been tears involved. What I do remember is understanding what a ‘rerun’ was, and every day for days that turned into weeks that turned into months that sadly turned into years – waiting for them to show that episode again. It was so ingrained into me, that should there be some reason that I couldn’t watch t.v. that day, I was certain that they had played it and I missed it.
Flash forward to Sunday. I mentioned that in passing to Lloyd, and he mentioned a similar longing as a child.
But guess what? We are living in an amazing time!
Gob bless the Internet!
Brad says
Ha! And I just saw this today --
What Luke Skywalker might look like in Star Wars VII:
http://philnoto.tumblr.com/post/44300586387/jedi-master-luke-skywalker
Lauren says
I have to say, he’s looking pretty good!
Peggy says
He looks alot like Obi Wan Kenobi in that picture….are we sure he’s not Luke’s real father?
And geez…Mark Hamill is 61. I don’t know why, but that really surprised me.
Gretchen says
My kids watched this episode and afterwards they were a bit confused. They asked me if Luke Skywalker had a brother named Mark.