The best Thanksgiving movies/tv episodes

So..little known fact about me... I love holidays. I love all of the holidays. I love St.Patrick's day as much as Halloween and Labor day..and well I like all of them ok. The only thing I like more than holidays are movies that are about holidays.  So with thanksgiving coming up I thought I'd give everyone a list of the best Thanksgiving movies and tv episodes out there. Of course there are tons, and if you didn't know the Goldburgs, the Middle and New girl currently always do a Thanksgiving episode..below are some of my favorites I've seen over the years..

1. WKRP in Cincinnati -Turkeys away
This has to be one of the funniest moments in TV history. 
Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson has a big idea for an unforgettable Thanksgiving promo for the radio station he manages - drop live turkeys from a helicopter into a crowd waiting below. OH! The humanity!!!

2. Cheers- Thanksgiving Orphans
 This essential Cheers episode has only gotten funnier over the years. It’s now considered not only one of the best episodes of the NBC comedy, but one of TV’s greatest half-hours, ever. ... which saw the cast viciously pelting each other with Thanksgiving side dishes while the studio audience roared in approval.

3. Friends- The One With All the Thanksgivings
It’s tough to pick just one episode of  Friends, since the show made it an annual tradition to have a show devoted to Turkey Day, and quite honestly I usually watch all the thanksgiving episodes.I love how this one has the gang in their late teens and early college years.

4. Bob's Burgers- Turkey in a can
This show also has quite a few Thanksgiving episodes but my favorite has to be the Turkey in a Can episode. Bob has a new Turkey recipe he wants to try but every time he buys a turkey it mysteriously ends up in the toilet.

5.A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving-
Patty invites herself over for Thanksgiving. I'm guessing you have seen this one.

6. South Park- Starvin' Marvin
The boys send money to an African charity hoping to get a sports watch, but are instead sent an Ethiopian child whom they call "Starvin' Marvin".  Cartman gets sent to Ethiopia, where he learns Sally Struthers is hoarding the charity's food for herself. Also, genetically engineered turkeys attack South Park.

7. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia -The Gang Squashes Their Beefs
After the gang finds out they can’t rent the movie they want to watch over Thanksgiving due to an unsquashed beef with the McPoyles and they can’t eat the hoagies they want from the WaWa due to their unsquashed beef with Gail the Snail, they decide to bring everyone they have problems with over for a Thanksgiving to squash the beef. For the record..no beefs are squashed.

8. Plains, Trains, and Automobiles

Steve Martin's marketing executive just wants to get home to New York for Thanksgiving but well, fate and John Candy's shower-ring salesman stop that from happening. The pillow scene remains an all time classic gag.

 9. Dutch
Al bundy goes to pick up his girlfriends snobby son and they go on a crazy road trip.

10. Amazing Stories -Thanksgiving
A poor orphaned girl living in the desert with her mean stepfather gets a Thanksgiving suprise at the bottom of a well.

BONUS!
11. Aqua Teen Hunger Force- The Dressing
The Aqua Teens are visited by a robotic turkey the week after Thanksgiving

EXTRA BONUS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8AzKj5qlp0

HAPPY THANKSGIVNG EVERYONE!!!

Your election night/end of the world movie marathon

For your listening pleasure I suggest you listen to this song by REM  while you read the following blog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

So if you are reading this blog I assume you are part of the 70% of Americans frustrated over this election. In fact only 37% of you feel hopeful over this election. So I figure you have two options, sit in front of the TV all night hoping the person you want least in the office isn't elected OR you can spend your time more wisely. I suggest watching end of the world horror films so that you can learn how to prep for the end times.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
1. Alcohols. Notice i did not say alcohol. That's because serious matters call for many alcohols. Use this rule of thumb: in alcohol emergencies go pick up the amount you would normally buy...and then multiply that by 3.

 

2. A streaming device. Unless you happen to have all these films on DVD, even if you do its time to move into the new age. Get like a fire stick or a roku or something. 

 

3. Your still going to want to know who the new president is...so keep your phone handy. Just stay off social media while you are in the middle of your election day black out. 

THE FILMS:

1. Shawn of the dead.

...because you are pretty sure everyone not voting for your candidate is is a mindless zombie..or perhaps a moraless mindless zombie. Ah, a light take on the end of the world. Its message couldn't be more clear..there is nothing that a cold pint in your favorite bar can't fix. You will need to remember this over the next 4-8 years. 

 

2. Night of the Comet

...because maybe if you pray heard enough a comet will pass by taking out half of the population..whatever half you think needs to go. This movie teaches us that no matter the size of the population rules are there for a reason.  (remember the scene where one of them almost gets hit by jay walking?)  A lesson you are going to need when the riots begin.

 

3. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

..because this is going to prep you for the coming energy crisis and nuclear war.  Perhaps a nomadic lifestyle will fit you best, who's to say really? Mad Max teaches us that civilization as we know it could degenerate pretty quickly. Perhaps you shoud remember that next time you see people fighting on Facebook over a political meme..just imagine these people were fighting over fuel or food.  Also, dogs don't fare well in these situations. 

After you have watched all three films the new president elect should be selected, probably. Really who knows with this election. No matter who steps in office after these films you should be ready for the end..no matter what form our destructor comes in. May the odds be ever in your favor.