I had a great idea for December Cyberdelia, which was to do a screening of the Star Wars Holiday Special, the whole thing, commercials and all, because even people who have "seen" it probably haven't made it to the end, and definitely not while drunk in a nightclub.
But then someone wisely pointed out:
- There is probably no entity in the world willing to sell us a license to screen this;
- It's possible that nobody even knows who the copyright holder is any more (CBS? Lucas? Disney?)
- Despite all that, being even Star Wars-adjacent means that any attempt at an unlicensed screening would cause the sky to blacken with lawyers.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Previously, previously.