{"id":44249,"date":"2014-08-08T09:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T15:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/a-couple-of-summers-ago-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T19:36:53","slug":"a-couple-of-summers-ago-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/a-couple-of-summers-ago-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away.html","title":{"rendered":"A couple of summers ago in a galaxy far, far away"},"content":{"rendered":"
+<\/span>Kay Hill<\/a><\/span>\u00a0wrangled us into watching the "Phineas and Ferb" Star Wars special last night (it's still available on On Demand on Comcast, at least), and, damn, it was a hoot. They managed to graft the characters — in-universe versions of them — into the "A New Hope" (mostly) storyline, with the main movie going on and the characters subtly participate in it. With musical numbers.<\/p>\n

It's extraordinarily cleverly done, and a hoot to boot, esp. if you like the (always funny and clever) "Phineas and Ferb" cartoon.<\/p>\n

If for no other reason, this one show made me glad that Disney bought the Star Wars franchise.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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+Kay Hill\u00a0wrangled us into watching the "Phineas and Ferb" Star Wars special last night (it's still available on On Demand on Comcast, at least), and, damn, it was a hoot. 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