I need to hunt around, but Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner produced and voiced a 2000-Year-Old Man animated special that ran on CBS in 1974. I was all of 7 when it ran (I was waiting for the Friday CBS Late Movie, “Willard”), and I still guffaw about the Man’s encounter with Robin Hood.
I know I am being nitpicky, but the Ewoks feasting on stormtroopers would make them "man-eaters," not cannibals (that would be Ewoks eating other Ewoks, which is never implied).
I have helped advocate the idea that the Ewoks are actually savage fighters who brutally killed the Imperials with their primitive weapons. Of all the notes I have written, I am most proud of this one for my post on The Battle of Endor:
Looking at that cute picnic book above, I'm understanding a little bit more of those "they're too cute" anti-Ewok people. The Ewok book I grew up with as a kid was "The Ewoks Join the Fight":
That's a fair point. Words matter. I do like the idea that the Ewoks are good fighters because it underscores the point the Empire has its collective head so far up its own ass it can't imagine these little teddy bears could hurt them.
I need to hunt around, but Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner produced and voiced a 2000-Year-Old Man animated special that ran on CBS in 1974. I was all of 7 when it ran (I was waiting for the Friday CBS Late Movie, “Willard”), and I still guffaw about the Man’s encounter with Robin Hood.
Excuse me: according to YouTube, it was 1975. Let’s see if I can add the link: https://youtu.be/2aHxL0gTbmQ?si=qOuVWGBo5xiJqyUB
Further edit: according to the copyright info at the end, it WAS made in 1974. Gad, I’m old.
Ha, that's great. Good find.
Love the Michelle Phillips Harrison Ford Story.
It is a fun one. I hear that the 70's were a strange time.
Strange for many reasons, yes. But one was that so many folks had their own personal drug dealer.
I know I am being nitpicky, but the Ewoks feasting on stormtroopers would make them "man-eaters," not cannibals (that would be Ewoks eating other Ewoks, which is never implied).
I have helped advocate the idea that the Ewoks are actually savage fighters who brutally killed the Imperials with their primitive weapons. Of all the notes I have written, I am most proud of this one for my post on The Battle of Endor:
https://substack.com/@christopherwilbur/note/c-211298052?r=3ulcqv
Looking at that cute picnic book above, I'm understanding a little bit more of those "they're too cute" anti-Ewok people. The Ewok book I grew up with as a kid was "The Ewoks Join the Fight":
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ewoks_Join_the_Fight_(storybook)
That's a fair point. Words matter. I do like the idea that the Ewoks are good fighters because it underscores the point the Empire has its collective head so far up its own ass it can't imagine these little teddy bears could hurt them.