A song entitled " Oh Bantha ", which paid tribute to the gastronomy of these fictional characters, was written and performed by popular actor John O ' Hurley and released on " Tusken Raider Tunes, Parody Songs from a Galaxy Far Far Away ", a limited edition Star Wars-themed novelty album.

After the Special Edition original trilogy re-release in 1997, LucasArts published two other novelty titles, Star Wars: Yoda Stories and Star Wars Monopoly, sequels Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and Star Wars: X-Wing vs.

In 1975 Pickett recorded a novelty spoof on Star Trek called " Star Drek " with Peter Ferrara, again performing some of the various voices, which was played on Dr. Demento's radio show for many years.

Regarded as something of a camp novelty, Star Maidens tuned in to the sexual equality revolution of the time, and features some Femdom elements.

The novelty of the invention is the focus ; while the invention may in the end accomplish some good, that social end is usually far from the inventor's mind ... inventions seem to be either for the military, especially during World War I ( giant cannon, aerial warship, war tank, and air scout ) or for the wealthy, who buy the Swift Pigeon Special as a private plane, all contributing to the bottom line for Swift Enterprises ... invention is an avocation, a diversion, made possible by wealth and the already existing advanced technology.

Jelly Belly also produces sugar-coated hot cinnamon candies in the shape of gummi bears, a line of gummi and sour gummi worms, and large novelty gummies in the shapes of crocodiles, dinosaurs, rats, and tarantulas.

The original series has spawned: several successful novelty western / folk albums from 1962 – 1965 ; three dozen Dell and Gold Key comic books from 1962 through 1970 ; Jim Beam Whiskey Ponderosa Ranch decanters 1964 – 1966 ; a series of " Big-Little " books from 1966 – 1969 ; Revel Bonanza model character sets from 1966 – 1968 ; a chain of Bonanza and Ponderosa steakhouses from 1963 – present ; the Lake Tahoe-based " Ponderosa " theme park from 1967 – 2004 ; a line of American Character action figures in 1966 – 1967 ; Aladdin lunch buckets and thermos bottles in 1966 – 1968 ; View Master slide sets from 1965 – 1973 ; Ponderosa tin cups from 1967 – 2004 ; a series of Hamilton collector plates in 1989 – 1990 ; and most recently, Breyer Fiftieth Anniversary Ponderosa Stable sets, with horses and Cartwright figures in 2009 – 2011.

Hansen's opening line, " Wind up your radios ," refers to the rare 78rpm novelty records from the days of wind-up phonographs that he has featured on the show, especially in its early years.

However it is natural to include in this category such groups of dances as circle dances, line dances, novelty dances, or simply club dancing in solo.

Dart Flipcards Inc. market a line of novelty Mini Lunch Boxes, with licensed images on them.

The fact that the 1st and 10th Armoured Divisions had not broken through into the open areas west of the line as originally planned, meant that Montgomery had to change his orders – moving to an attritional World War I type of battle, which Montgomery in a semblance of a novelty – dubbed " Crumbling Actions.

" The obscure novelty song, selected by Garland and Schlatter over CBS's objections ( the network wanted a few bars of Over the Rainbow ), included the line " And President Coolidge is a cousin of mine.

In 1999, he launched his first line of floral perfume, and in 2000 he finished a line of novelty accessories which included semi-precious jewelry.

There is a line of chorus girls, practically mandatory in early musicals, but in their featured spot the novelty is that they are seated.

During the 1966 season Shack broke out, scoring a career high 26 goals on a line with Ron Ellis and Bob Pulford, and his popularity was such that a novelty song called Clear The Track, Here Comes Shack written in his honour and played by " Douglas Rankine with the Secrets ".

Human birth was no novelty to Mr. Robards.

Caravaggio's novelty was a radical naturalism that combined close physical observation with a dramatic, even theatrical, use of chiaroscuro.

Early film ( pre-1900 ) was dominated by the novelty of showing an event.

But the novelty of realistically moving photographs was enough for a motion picture industry to mushroom before the end of the century, in countries around the world.

Punk historian Ian Glasper indicates that " For several months gob-smacked audiences weren't sure whether Napalm Death were actually a serious band any longer, such was the undeniable novelty of their hyper-speed new drummer.

Erik Satie was also considered in this category, though his approach was regarded as less serious, more musical novelty in nature.

In 1932 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in the comedy division for producing The Loud Mouth ( with Matt McHugh, in the sports-heckler role later taken in Columbia Pictures remakes by Charley Chase and Shemp Howard ), and he won in the novelty division for his film Wrestling Swordfish.

Concurrently, the novelty of Quake movies was waning.

Although Mazda's concept was for the MX-5 to be an inexpensive sports car, the market proved extremely eager for it ; the car became an overnight novelty, resulting in many dealers placing customers on lists for pre-order due to the demand exceeding the anticipated supply.

Accepting the overlordship of the king of the English was no novelty, previous kings had done so without result.

A live Dog Toby which sat on the playboard and performed ' with ' the puppets was once a regular featured novelty routine.

A novelty variation on the standard format was the use of multiple concentric spirals with different recordings.

This was shown in 1978 to be composed of several distinct protein chains, a novelty among proteases at the time.

Though a marvel of the time, and a successful sideshow, it was considered little more than a novelty until the invention of the capsule in 1836.

His early juveniles were very much ahead of their time both in their explicit rejection of racism and in their inclusion of non-white protagonists — in the context of science fiction before the 1960s, the mere existence of non-white characters was a remarkable novelty, with green occurring more often than brown.

A form known as novelty piano ( or novelty ragtime ) emerged as the traditional rag was fading in popularity.

There is even disagreement about the term " ragtime " itself ; experts such as David Jasen and Trebor Tichenor choose to exclude ragtime songs from the definition but include novelty piano and stride piano ( a modern perspective ), while Edward A. Berlin includes ragtime songs and excludes the later styles ( which is closer to how ragtime was viewed originally ).

The graphic was popularized in the early 1970s by Philadelphia brothers Bernard and Murray Spain, who seized upon it in September 1970 in a campaign to sell novelty items.

As Australian television was in black and white until 1975 these theatrical releases all had the novelty of being in colour.

He was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer, which today is made and sold as a novelty item.

While the patent was initially rejected by the patent office as being a purely mathematical invention, following 12 years of appeals, Pardo and Landau won a landmark court case at the CCPA ( Predecessor Court of the Federal Circuit ) overturning the Patent Office in 1983 — establishing that " something does not cease to become patentable merely because the point of novelty is in an algorithm.

Even though it was in essence a novelty song, it actually peaked at # 41 on the Billboard charts and received a Grammy nomination for best R & B song by a group.

The next major innovation was by James W Gibb, a British enthusiast of table tennis, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the US in 1901 and found them to be ideal for the game.

Despite the opposition of the city newspapers, the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience, composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery, of many of our colored citizens, and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering ''.

As human culture advanced, different populations of humans introduced novelty to existing technologies: artifacts such as fish hooks, buttons and bone needles show signs of variation among different populations of humans, something that had not been seen in human cultures prior to 50, 000 BP.

A handful used novelty architecture such as wigwams or teepees or used decommissioned rail cars to create a Red Caboose Motel in which each " Caboose Motel " or " Caboose Inn " cabin is an individual rail car.

Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must meet the relevant patentability requirements such as novelty and non-obviousness.

Viz has had many different spoof adverts for various items, such as ornaments, dolls, sheds, china plates and novelty chess sets.

Other questionable accounts, such as Rimsky-Korsakov's, allege that there were additional reasons for rejection, such as the work's novelty:

The stadium was also utilised for greyhound racing, as well as ' novelty ' events such as cheetah racing.

Backed by such experienced professional R & B sidemen as lead guitarist Steve Cropper, sax man Lou Marini, trumpeter Alan Rubin and bass guitarist Donald " Duck " Dunn, the Blues Brothers proved more than an SNL novelty.

Even Nimoy got in on the act ; assuming the Spock character, Nimoy recorded a number of novelty songs, the first being " Highly Illogical ", in which Spock pointed out the foibles of human thought, such as relationships, automobiles, and greed.

Apart from neo-Darwinian mechanisms such as mutation, translocation and duplication of genes, novelty may also arise by mutation-driven changes in gene regulation.

Some other objects that may induce sparks are plastic / holographic print thermos ( such as Starbuck's novelty cups ) or cups with metal lining.

Bookmakers in the United Kingdom focus betting on professional sports, especially horse racing and football ( soccer ) football ; however, a wider range of bets, including on political elections, awards ceremonies such as The Oscars, and novelty bets can also be placed.

For the sake of novelty, Imax and other panoramic type theaters often show dramatic motions such as flying over a landscape or riding a roller coaster.

She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit " Come On-a My House " written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian ( better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks ), which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me " ( a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati ), " Mambo Italiano ", " Tenderly ", " Half as Much ", " Hey There " and " This Ole House ", although she had success as a jazz vocalist.

The use of CB radios in 1970s films such as Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ) and Convoy ( 1978 ), popular novelty songs such as C. W.

Redemption games reward winners with tickets that can be redeemed for prizes such as toys or novelty items.

Although Decca had set up the first of the British " progressive " labels, Deram Records, in 1966, with such stars as Cat Stevens and The Moody Blues, by the time the punk era set in 1977, Decca had pop success with such acts as John Miles, novelty creation Father Abraham and The Smurfs, and productions by longtime Decca associate Jonathan King.

The roughly half-dozen varied icons of the Virgin and Child in Rome from the 6th-8th century form the majority of the representations surviving from this period ; " isolated images of the Madonna and Child ... are so common ... to the present day in Catholic and Orthodox tradition, that it is difficult to recover a sense of the novelty of such images in the early Middle Ages, at least in western Europe ".

Due to the novelty classification, sex toys are permitted to contain known toxins in them such as phthalates ( some of which have been banned in children's toys by the CPSC ) and in some cases lead paint.

In circulation they are extraordinarily rare, but their novelty value offsets the unease most users feel at having such a large amount of money in a single coin.