Comments on: 4 Turkey Day TV Specials (and Some Surprising Facts Behind Them)

By: Gordon Daily

Gordon Daily — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:43:10 +0000

My favorite is the classic WKRP episode. Gordon Jump, who played Arthur Carlson in WRKP, went on to become the Maytag Repairman. I met Mr. Jump at a Maytag event, and spoke with him briefly. Despite his new persona, he told me the most frequent question he was asked was to repeat that famous line, \As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly.\

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:01:19 +0000

Rre: the Will & Grace episode: Is it that odd for the character to have different colored hair at different moments in her life? Most women I know have colored their hair occasionally for a new look. Of the episode itself, I love the setup that prompts the memories, where the clueless girl doesn’t realize her boyfriend is gay. I also love Karen’s memory of dancing in a disco to The Power Station’s “Some Like It Hot.”

By: roi_ratt

roi_ratt — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:13:07 +0000

@ Brittany – you don’t understand it because you didn’t grow up there and that’s why you don’t live there. It’s ok for people to be different. /You/ choose not kill or consume animals but other people do and that’s /their/ choice.

Do a little research, the Turkey Drop releases /wild/ turkeys and they can fly (and land safely). So it’s not cruelty and therefore isn’t illegal. The turkey drop is part of a reintroduction of a natural species into the area.

Tudor said, “…Cro-magnons? Neanderthals? Knuckle-dragging, mouth-breeding [sic] inbreds who have the collective intelligence of a pice of turd? They’re the only ones who would enjoy something as disgusting as a turkey drop.”

@ Tenpole Tudor
Yes, it is too bad that not everybody can be a pretentious, hypocritical, arrogant and pompous hater.

Is that really how you view rural peoples Tenpole? How very sad.

By: CapitalCat

CapitalCat — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:47:42 +0000

Les Nessman’s commentary (”Oh, the humanity”) was taken from the radio report of the crash of the Hindenburg, widely considered the first out of studio radio news report.

By: Brit

Brit — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:03:10 +0000

Oh the West Wing has to be the best, with the Turkey’s in CJ’s office. Bartlet pardoning the second Turkey, oh so great. And Paul Revere’s knife that gets me every time!

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:51:47 +0000

Oh gosh I love that Friends episode with the rumor and I watched the one where Joey get the Turkey stuck on his head that was funny.

By: DC

DC — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:27:52 +0000

@Chris

Your right Sports Night is by far the best show no one ever watched.

By: _dss

_dss — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:32:32 +0000

Without a doubt, the WKRP episode is the funniest Thanksgiving episode ever. But (and I did not like the show) I remember the Mad About You episode, already mentioned above, that was very, very funny.

By: BD

BD — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:24:22 +0000

NORM!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Seanette

Seanette — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:03:28 +0000

I don’t remember the plot of one “Cheers” Thanksgiving episode too well (I do recall someone dressed as a Pilgrim), but have ever since then referred to the turkey as “Birdzilla”. ;)