Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/05/05 08:19

Mike wrote:

> Bad movies are fun to watch on DVD too but it looks like George wants to
> keep this buried (like The Star Wars Holiday Special)

And at this traditional point in the thread, I'll fulfill my official
duties as one of the three people in North America who remembers that
Lucas *didn't* write or direct it, and that the project was primarily
the brainchild of Willard "Radioland Murders" Huyck and Gloria "Temple
of Doom" Katz--
For whom no script was too stale-sitcom and borscht-belt for Lucas to
NOT sugar-daddy entire movie projects for, out of eternal gratitude for
their writing the first "American Graffiti". (qv. "More American Graffiti")

And who have had not a single screen credit to their names *since*
"Radioland", which, of course, was written ten years before "Howard"--
Just which of the two WAS the one official movie that permanently ended
their careers is a question we shall leave to the academics.

Derek Janssen (well, okay, there *was* "Best Defense", apparently even
George wouldn't touch that one)
djanss@charter.ent

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