American Film Institute

We got home from volleyball last night and happened to stumble onto USA where they were showing the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for George Lucas. Now I have my issues with Lucas regarding his writing and directing, but there is no question the man has influenced generations, and changed the face of movies forever.

We only saw part of it, but the roast by Carrie Fisher was one of the funniest I've ever heard. The rest of his movie leads as well as others such as Tom Hanks and William Shatner (apparently he does a dance number with a bunch of stormtroopers) also spoke.

One of my favorite highlights was the story retold by Harrison Ford. One day, while shooting, he walked by to George and said, "George, you can type this s%&@, but you can't speak it."

Replays on USA Network:
June 25, 2am
June 26, 9am

There's also another AFI event tonight on CBS, the Top 100 Movie Quotes of All-time. Should be fun.