The 1982 Tron Holiday Special

[ClearwaterMK2]

They forgot the cartoon segment.

[nuculearbazooka]

I'VE NEVAR PROCESSED SO MUCH JOY DATA.

[talktal]

children who only listen to kayne west and lady gaga... this is a satire off of the star wars holiday children. child, look it up.

[Senicks]

Victor Lucas sent me here.

[gabe0083]

dude. is this real?

[sidereuslyricify]

hahahaha "most" of your favorite characters, lol

[nuculearbazooka]

F'n brilliant XD

[cityofsnowband]

amazeballs



[IntellivisionProd]

Since I did special effects for The Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978 and programmed the Intellivision video game TRON: Solar Sailer in 1982, I feel that this video was created specifically for me! Thanks, Santa! I love it!

[Kelvington]

That was some genius level stuff there. As satire goes, that was dead on!

[b3ans4eva]

I'd watch that.

[Dorknoob]

i did not even laugh on the inside.

[spamviking]

I love the emphasis on "most" of your favourite characters

[Skylinesandsunsets]

129 viewers were probably born way after 1982 and therefore can't relate to the content.

[rancidrabbit100]

129 people didn't get the tron back.

[QueenDemonDoll]

LOL! WOW! But..My bf looks more like Dan Shor. :P

[moonglum125]

Wow, this is almost as good as "The Greatest American Hero".

[tsntana]

Y'know what would make this complete?  To see this on a 19 inch Zenith System 3 television with Space Command. :)

[Scifimaster92]

I know that the Jefferson Starship part is a reference to the "Star Wars Holiday Special", just like the rest of the video, but for me a better choice for musical guest appearance in a "Tr0n" related production would've been Kraftwerk, because some of their works (especially "Computerwelt") remind me of the film.

[Scifimaster92]

@Scifimaster92 The Christmas songs performed on a Moog Minimoog synthesizer was a nice touch, though.

[whoregay]

I logged in just so I can give this very unoriginal peice of shit a thumbs down.

[smartguest]

at 0:50 LOL

[SuperDuperAtheist]

awesome!

[pseudonamex2]

125 people can not process joy data.

[MUNIRBINJULAIHI]

124 infected programs derezzed.

[dndrequiem]

That was Geektacular. :)

[marinegny70]

WOW, truely entertaining, it was so damn funny, (and cheesy) as are most of the late 70s and early 80s shows were, lol, keep it up it was a reat parody.......

[vigo894]

All the 123 dislikes are a joke. They prefer to watch Jersey Shore and Rebecca Black.

[brb1994]

Rip Taylor, LOL.

[jezmundberserker]

Thanks Funny or Die for helping me get back in touch with my geeknes. 

[Grooveraider]

123 fuckin jerks who didn't get the joke.

[xX10tXx]

funny but tank gunner was actually clue who got killed in the begining and was made to get the proof of who made the game and clue in the second one was clue 2.

[Stigmatainmypants]

@xX10tXx Surprisingly, if you go and look up the cast of Tron, their cast listings are accurate, There really IS a Pierre Vuilleumier listed as Tank Gunner #1.

I believe he appears in the scene where Tron, Ram and Flynn are escaping the lightcycle grid. There are some tanks in pursuit, and they do cut to the inside of 1 or 2 and you see Tank operators that are definitely not CLU...

[Perktube1]

classy.

[fenixdown22]

funniest thing i've seen all year

[recon500]

122 people celebrate cyber Haunnaka

[vicentox1999]

the guy with the mustache looks like Ron Jeremy the porn star

[angel198634]

Did Burt Reynolds just turn his dick into a motorcycle?

[JustSomeRoflCopter]

I've never processed so much joy data either, master control program. I wish I got a compupresent this Cyberchristmas

[propjam2]

god.. isnt rib taylor dead yet!

[simpsonsdumbhead]

what's with rip taylor and confetti?

[jazzfan4ever]

Merry Christmas Master Control Program... LOL!! Ahh shit, this made my day

[mejsmith1]

This pretty much nailed some of the horrible holiday specials from the late 70s and early 80s. You'd never guess the TV execs were taking huge amounts of drugs during this era, would you?

[WidgetOtaku]

:D This is the BEST Tron parody! +1

[TheROBReviews]

HE WAS KILLED!

[TheROBReviews]

HOW IS THE MCP STILL ALIVE?z,

[VJFranzK]

One of the better Tron parodies on here. ;-) And there are a lot.

[OptimalDistortion]

Happy Lifeday!

[geekmontreal]

I don't know why but this reminded me of the Watchmen Movie

[dproia1]

It sucked

[JohnRambo]

Tap the number 8 repeatively. :)

[JohnRambo]

I soiled myself at 0:34 from laughing so hard.

[zeldafreak71]

dude i want to see the trailer for the batlestar galactichristmas

[Hot5six4231]

@zeldafreak71

I bet it'll be a bunch of cylons around a table with baltar teaching 'em the meaning of xmas, while richard hatch sells hair product and boxey being nailed to the cross.

[MiKikaIwaShizaru]

I remember this show!

O.J. shows up halfway through (in drag) on the TV , demonstrating how to make Tronta Surprise!

[Stigmatainmypants]

@MiKikaIwaShizaru I still can't believe i watched that, or that it even exited and actually happened!

[xiaopang254]

This is the best commercial ever.

If we're back in 80s technology.

[stuch11]

Thats a total rip off of the TRON movie!

[BellissimaSari]

This is right up there with the Star Wars Christmas Special! So many classics!

[Stacey431967]

I am old enough to get what you were going for...still SUCKS out loud

[angry1278]

Wow, can't believe so many kids on youtube. You have to be pretty dumb and young to not get the references.

[ObsessedFantage12]

THIS WAS A FAIL

thumb up if u agree

[dswynne]

Too bad the naysayers here either don't understand satire or didn't get the references...

[Stigmatainmypants]

I hope my parents let me stay up till 10 to watch "A Very Battlestar Galactichristmas"!

Seriously, that was pretty cute. I would totally have devoted a whole night to watching this thing, back in the 80's.

[rjones197]

YAY, I downloaded this special from the interwebs and watched it with Sark.

[triggerhare]

Oh FOD, I am so happy you absorbed zoltarkill into your lifeforce.

[LinaLatte]

YOU KILLED SANTA YOU ASS HOLES!!

[chunterr39]

Narrator: Zoltarkill, please start doing your channel again

[kamisue21]

Yeah.. I'll admit I didn't get it.

[kobyfan81]

HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrStoopidMonkiy]

penis 1:01

[siliconsurf]

the mcp was an old crusty fuck

[flyingpyro87]

is the big red guy thing.... from power rangers? lol

[Stigmatainmypants]

@flyingpyro87 Negative. Power Rangers stole him from Tron! END OF LINE!

[123christianlover]

lmfaoo! 0:32 total fail!

[expresso83]

Is that Danny McBride as Burt Reynolds?

[killa420herb]

die

[xX31173Xx]

its sad cause id love to actually love to see this.

[Vahkahron]

gf top comment XD fuck you funnyordie now i have to turn my computer off and get molested in my mothers basement :(

[jaras56]

still ...... NOT (Fail)

[olewka237]

Die (

[sweetemonster]

I wish i was old enough to have seen this in its pay day:P

[vukvuk5]

for the re-upload you get a thumbs down

[djmazai]

Best!))))))))))))))))))

[Kevart1208]

OMG santa got bladed!!

[infrafan]

END OF LINE SANTA!!!

[CrowDroppings]

I heard the 307th viewer is an asshole.

[mtregi]

master control program looks like ZORDON

[pisceslernin]

Noooooooooooo Santa!!!!

[sabrebIade]

I want "A Very Battlestar Galactichristmas!"

[JOZZ145]

I thought the reason why the actors in Tron wore helmets was because they couldn't create detailed animated hair.

[GARATINAW]

this is stuid i want 1min and 39 seconds of my life back..

[VCAPINT]

tron is next fraggle rock

[kylestaff]

im the 308th

[310sucks]

No MCP in Tron Legacy? Boooo!!!!!

[marxdesign]

But the Tron movie just came out? Why is this looking so old? I just want the Osmond holiday specials back.

[66AngelOfDeath66]

@marxdesign there was an 80's tron movie

[FarhanC99]

I cant wait till the nostalgia critic reviews this :)

[Mrtitmice]

most of these viewers don't know who hawk-eye is or how you gotta hold play and rec together to record on a tape deck.

[Kolfritz]

"Guys, we gotta get the Tron back.... Tron!"

HAHAHAHA! Genious.

[YinMagoo1]

ha ha ha love MCP bit

[LimitedWard]

26 people don't know what tron is... :|

[Deadmansparty2002]

Lol, awesome! :)

[treyboog94]

This is almost as good as the Star Wars holiday special!!!!

[bwild61]

 awesome!

[SonofMrPeanut]

Still awesome!

[MrRiggyRiggs]

Awesome

[Brraaaappify]

Rip Taylor!? He's so rad!

[alkiemich0073]

cant wait to watch it

[looloorex]

lmfao!

[Magestrix]

OMG, yes!!! lol

[shelley9000]

Well I grew up in the 80's and this was hilarious!!!

[talktal]

apparently anyone who didnt like this is is because they didnt get it. holiday specials in the 80s with b list celebrities were huge, and this is obviously a spoof of the star wars holiday special. sad the new generation has little reference point to the past

[mattind69v3]

@talktal HEY Burt Reynolds is never b list

[HalfAssPictures]

@mattind69v3 It's his Mustache that is A-list.

[avskrap]

@talktal That's the main reason for everyone dissing Funny or Die. It's mostly old-school humor and references to the 80's and 90's.

[ldimillo19]

@talktal i get it, but it still wasn't funny.

[AnotherFallen1]

@talktal I think most people who didn't like this, didn't like it because it's not funny and it was just flat out stupid. Now, don't get me wrong, I watched the Star Wars Holiday Special and if you know as much about the 80's holiday specials as you let on, then you should know that it's not the idea that I don't like, it's just that this sucks and was seemingly poorly done...

...worse than the 80's Holiday Specials.

[Stigmatainmypants]

@AnotherFallen1 Oh no way man. I completely disagree. The quality level of this is about on par with the craptacular stuff we put up with in the late 70's and 80's! There are so many cool touches to this, and the video quality looks exactly what my old videos recorded on VHS would look like...

This was comedy gold!

[harryshimmin]

@talktal Probably because they didn't have anything to reference to. Sad the old generation was poorly educated.

[ihateirony]

@talktal Or they got annnoyted at the re-up....

[XxHITMAN11895xX]

@talktal yeah i know i was born in 1995 but yet i know more about the 40's 50's 60's 70' and 80's then most the people i know

[matthew9170]

@XxHITMAN11895xX same here.....im kinda pissed about the tron : legacy......in 1982 (i think thats when the origonal tron was made) tron was no the game tron was an (so to speak) anti-virus...the game was called light bike and somethin else that Flynn desinged and programed but then the prez of encom stole the game plans and flynn tried to hackk into the system in the laser controll room when the computer found out it turned the laser on he got sucked into the computer....lol thats tron 4 yea

[CyberToons]

@talktal Ugh! We get it! It's still not funny.

[Batmandee1]

@talktal it's just not funny..

[pleaseflamemessageme]

@talktal Your argument is dumb because not everyone has seen such specials. If people were to see them in this generation they would either have to download them or know someone who actually recorded them. Also not everyone likes Star Wars. Like I said, dumb argument :/

[a1374034]

@talktal i know right, it's so OBVIOUS

[ssjwarrior100]

@talktal lol did you see the tmnt holiday special so horribal

[nate198711]

@talktal well sorry half of us werent born in 1980

[crypter27]

Hahaha this was the 80s!

[AngeloProduction]

re-upload?

[Maxfin91]

17th

[waffleiron24]

funny

[Maxfin91]

@waffleiron24 I beg to differ

[diego8rojo]

15th

[mollyvision]

It's a STAR WARS " Life Day " - esque, Holiday Special Parody.........

[IdotFilms]

14th

[yeehe1]

lol tron halloween would be funny

[Umburrito]

OMG I WAS FIRST ON THIS FIRST UPLOAD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[PacmanNobre]

OJ Simpson FTW

[ChikaPyo]

why was this re-uploaded? 

[TheWakizashi]

@ChikaPyo i have no clue. i was just thinking that.

[TheWakizashi]

mother of god i've fallen in love again

[Blinksumk]

"i've never processed so much joy data..." :P

[jOsYiEbOy]

taco

[2noobmusic]

reupload?

[xxSmilingStephhxx]

4th

[FuckHairIsBogus]

I don't even know what I just watched

[iYaziRz]

1st ?