warning: do not read, stupid post follows.

so today, as i do on wednesdays, i was reading penny arcade. there was this link, on the front page, to a little film called the lost skeleton of cadavra. made is the classic style of good old b-grade horror/sci-fi films of "back in the day," this film features a massive alien mutant pet, aliens, a "lost skeleton," aparently bent on ruleing the world, a mad scientist, and a cat girl. obviously, it bears watching. after all, as the preview points out, it's from the came company that brought you lawrence of arabia. also, it is presented in trademark "skeletorama."
as i was perusing the cast and crew list, i discovered that the director/writer/star larry balmire also directed a film called "steam wars," described as an "epic retro sci-fi project." with my penchant for things retro as well as things sci-fi, i decided to try and find this movie. various searches, however, yielded no results, although a search for steam wars on imdb DID turn up, of course, Star Wars. this, in turn, lead me to the dreaded Star Wars Holiday Special, which is described thus: "luke skywalker and han solo battle evil Imperial forces to help chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the wookie planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!" if that doesn't just make you quiver in your pants with fear, i honestly don't know how you can consider yourself human. nonetheless, in a half-hearted attempt, spured by a badly-typed post on the IMDB star wars holiday special message board, i went to a site claiming to have the holiday shit-storm avalible for download. it did, but i was unable to bring myself to download and watch it. what i DID watch, were screen tests for some of the principal actors in the series; carrie fisher, mark hammil etc. this, in turn, lead me to yet ANOTHER site, with even MORE screen tests, screen tests with the likes of kurt russell and yes, william katt. william katt, the star of the TV show that probably no one my age (including me) has ever seen, called the greatest american hero, about a schoolteacher who gains superpowers when aliens give him a spandex suit. yes. it takes an uncommon mind to think of genius like this. nonetheless, i personally thought mr. katt, despite his freakishly misspelled last name, did a delightful job as luke "crop duster" skyewalker. his reading partner, mr. russell, was, as far as i was concerned, somewhat lackluster as han "black vest" solo, but that's OK because he got to col. jack o'neil. although, now that i think about it, he got upstaged by macguyver later, in the tv series. poor kurt. anyway, if you're a dork like me, and want to see these screen tests, you can go here, as well as here. marjor dork bonus points if you know why that first site is called "blue harvest." as for me, it's almost two in the afternoon by this point, so i think it's high time i had breakfast.