With the Sears Wish Book and the JCPenney Christmas catalog spread out on the shag-carpeted living room floor and opened to the "TOYS" section while the console TV is blaring Nightmare from Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, shazbazzar and JediShua begin their last week waiting for Santa Claus with eager anticipation...forty years ago.

This week in 1977, Debby Boone enjoyed her tenth week at the top of Casey Kasem’s countdown, parents searched in vain for Kenner Star Wars toys, and C-3PO was just a ‘droid, not a cereal. Join shazbazzar and JediShua for 77 minutes of Star Wars hype as the 'Dads get ready to watch The Last Jedi in theaters this Thursday.

Bob Hope specials were known for one-liners, musical guests, a bit of Vaudeville, and (in 1977) a Star Wars parody. Mark Hamill shows up for The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special in 1977.

TechnoRetro Dads (shazbazzar and JediShua) watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind and discover some Aftershocks of 1977 from Spielberg's science-fiction classic as well as ripples through time from the Rankin/Bass TV special The Hobbit.

Thanksgiving with Star Wars news is always special for the holidays. JediShua and shazbazzar share tales of their younger days, some 1977 Thanksgiving specials, and a first person shooter arcade game from 1984 that will have you talkin' turkey all week!

After watching The Star Wars Holiday Special for the first time, many people come away, scratching their heads and asking themselves, "How did that even get made?" Well wonder no more, EarBuds. The answer is here in a 45 minute special Holiday Special from TechnoRetro Dads.

The Muppet Show introduces a space “soap” opera with “Pigs in Space” as the success of Star Wars continues to grip the nation while Disney draws families to see Pete’s Dragon.

JediShua and shazbazzar finally get some superpowers of their own, but the accident that gave them their powers caused a rift in time and space, opening a gateway to an evil dimension from whence arrive their callous counterparts. With lots of musical clips from the past fifty years.

From the 1972 TV movie to the mid-nineties Disney cartoon, Gargoyles grab our attention this week on TechnoRetro Dads.

JediShua and shazbazzar check out a 1977 NBC Halloween special they've never seen before -- and likely never will again. But there are always some redeeming characteristics in a TV show, so they search for them in Halloween with the New Addams Family. PLUS: Feedback from EarBuds.