Thanksgiving 2015 is nearly here! This national holiday serves the purpose of expressing thanks for your blessings -- a tradition which goes back to 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
It is a time for family togetherness, counting
one’s blessings, and -- yes -- for bad movies and Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Thanksgiving has also featured prominently in
many television programs across the decades.
Two classic“Thanksgiving” episodes first aired
in the year 1978.
On Happy Days (1974 - 1984), the episode “The First
Thanksgiving” concerned an historical flashback to an early Thanksgiving in
Milwaukee, with the Fonz (Henry Winkler) and other characters playing crucial roles. Ayyyyy!
And on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978 - 1982) the infamous “Turkeys
Away” episode featured a radio station promotion for the holiday gone horribly
wrong. The promotion involved turkeys, a
helicopter, and reporter-on-the-street, Les Nessman…
In more genre-oriented programming, Dexter Morgan
has broken bread with another serial killer – played by John Lithgow -- for
Thanksgiving on Dexter (2006 - 2013).
And Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s fourth season featured an episode called “Pangs.” That episode saw the vampire Spike (James Marsters) sharing the holiday dinner with the Scooby Gang, and was gleefully incorrect in terms of its politics, as the holiday devolved into modern day Californians fighting ghosts of wronged Native Americans.
And Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s fourth season featured an episode called “Pangs.” That episode saw the vampire Spike (James Marsters) sharing the holiday dinner with the Scooby Gang, and was gleefully incorrect in terms of its politics, as the holiday devolved into modern day Californians fighting ghosts of wronged Native Americans.
From 1991 through 1995, Mystery Science Theater 3000
celebrated “Turkey Day” with marathons of bad movies.
In particular though, I remember the host
segments of 1995, wherein Jack Perkins, Mr. B. Natural, Pitch (A devil…) and
the Kitten with a Whip showed up to celebrate Thanksgiving with Dr. Forrester (Trace
Beaulieu) and his mother, Pearl (Mary Jo Pehl).
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
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