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Your favorite Thanksgiving tv episodes and movies

I'll start. Master of None, Thanksgiving episode, starring Angela Bassett and Jackee as Dev's best friend's mom and aunt. Poignant, hilarious, sweet and cozy. Hand's down THE best Thanksgiving episode of all time.

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by Anonymousreply 35November 27, 2024 8:23 PM

Close second is Home for the Holidays, naturally. Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft, RDG, Dermont Mulroney...

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by Anonymousreply 1November 22, 2024 3:36 PM

There is no other.

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by Anonymousreply 2November 22, 2024 3:37 PM

The Thanksgiving Promise, starring 3 generations of the Bridges family.

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by Anonymousreply 3November 22, 2024 3:46 PM

Those aren’t pillows!

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by Anonymousreply 4November 22, 2024 3:50 PM

For me, it's the classics. Obligatory WKRP mention:

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by Anonymousreply 5November 22, 2024 4:07 PM

OP, you’re a cooze.

by Anonymousreply 6November 22, 2024 4:45 PM

Alien Abduction: Incident In Lake County

A found footage film predating The Blair Witch Project in which a teenage boy is recording his family's Thanksgiving dinner and then aliens show up and wreak their havoc.

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by Anonymousreply 7November 22, 2024 5:17 PM

Frasier.

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by Anonymousreply 8November 22, 2024 5:20 PM

The Cheers Thanksgiving food fight episode is up there.

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by Anonymousreply 9November 22, 2024 5:26 PM

"Mad About You" when they had to keep replacing the turkeys (Jamie even threw one out the window at one point).

by Anonymousreply 10November 22, 2024 5:29 PM

I know she is now out there where the trains don't run, but I still love Roseanne's Thanksgiving episodes from the early 90s.

by Anonymousreply 11November 22, 2024 5:29 PM

Bob's Burgers has the best Thanksgiving episodes. Even the bad ones are good

by Anonymousreply 12November 22, 2024 6:16 PM

The Addams Family Values

by Anonymousreply 13November 22, 2024 6:19 PM

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973):

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by Anonymousreply 14November 22, 2024 6:39 PM

[quote]Hand's down THE best Thanksgiving episode of all time.

Oh, dear.

[quote]RDG, Dermont Mulroney...

Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 15November 22, 2024 6:41 PM

In "The Doors" when Jim Morrison pisses all over the Thanksgiving turkey.

by Anonymousreply 16November 22, 2024 6:42 PM

Blood Rage (1987)

"It's not cranberry sauce."

by Anonymousreply 17November 22, 2024 6:44 PM

The Friends episode with Brad Pitt. He and Ross were in the I Hate Rachel Club in HS. Joey says he can eat an entire turkey. While wearing jeans, he decides he needs to put on his 'eatin' pants. They turn out to be Phoebe's old maternity pants.

by Anonymousreply 18November 22, 2024 7:53 PM

Anne of Green Gables. The one with Colleen Dewhurst. I really enjoy that show.

by Anonymousreply 19November 22, 2024 7:56 PM

Thanksgiving is for the Kennedy Assassination. Christmas we watch The Godfather.

by Anonymousreply 20November 22, 2024 8:24 PM

Planes, Trains and Automobiles....I had a mad crush on Steve Martin.

Yes, and this is me in the scene....always, representing DL.

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by Anonymousreply 21November 22, 2024 8:31 PM

That was a duck, r16.

by Anonymousreply 22November 23, 2024 12:48 AM

‘’Caroline in the city’’Her namesake Macy's parade balloon breaks free and knocks Florence Henderson off the Wesson Oil float and goes up-up and away-very funny.

by Anonymousreply 23November 23, 2024 2:31 AM

Hannah and Her Sisters. Begins with a Thanksgiving and ends with the following year's Thanksgiving.

All occurring in Mia Farrow's rent-controlled apartment.

by Anonymousreply 24November 23, 2024 2:48 AM

Mama's Family. A tornado hits Raytown on Thanksgiving.

Mama: "Lord, I should have known every time this family gets together there’s a disaster!"

by Anonymousreply 25November 23, 2024 4:43 AM

THAT was a good Mama's Family episode. Hunkered down in Vint's and Naomi's basement love nest. Playing board games and getting drunk off of rum balls.

I love those kinds of episodes. People forced together under dire circumstances.

by Anonymousreply 26November 23, 2024 5:54 AM

How about least favorite? I hated one of the Will & Grace Thanksgiving episodes. The one where we're supposed to believe Rosario ate an entire turkey by herself in one sitting.

I thought it was really offensive, and I was embarrassed for Shelley Morrison, who I'd loved since The Flying Nun.

by Anonymousreply 27November 23, 2024 9:37 AM

Dawson’s 50 Loads Turkey: Stuffed and Never Satisfied.

New episodes coming spring 25!!!

by Anonymousreply 28November 23, 2024 10:07 AM

TV’s 30 Best Thanksgiving Episodes (at least according to TV Line):

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by Anonymousreply 29November 27, 2024 5:28 PM

Strangers With Candy. Trail of Tears. When Jerri discovers her American Indian heritage during casting of the Thanksgiving play, she attends a camp run by a councilor who teaches adopted Indian children about aspects of their culture, such as alcoholism and gambling.

Chuck Noblet: Hey, this'll be fun. Let's have a debate. Jerri will defend the godless savages, and everyone else will attack Jerri.

Jerri Blank: What?

Chuck Noblet: Don't be afraid to get personal. The objective is to win, or, rather, to attack Jerri.

Jerri Blank: I don't know anything about Indians because I'm *not* an Indian!

Chuck Noblet: A cunningly savage denial, Jerri. Alright, fact: a peaceful, napping General Custer was murdered in his sleep by bloodthirsty Indians while he was on a family camping trip!

by Anonymousreply 30November 27, 2024 5:55 PM

[quote] I know she is now out there where the trains don't run, but I still love Roseanne's Thanksgiving episodes from the early 90s.

There's nothing wrong with still loving the original Roseanne sitcom. Roseanne Barr as a person is a nutso, but her sitcom is still one of my favorites because I could relate to it because it showed a family dealing with struggles and not always being in happy circumstances.

by Anonymousreply 31November 27, 2024 7:58 PM

"To Serve Man" is Thanksgiving, right?

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by Anonymousreply 32November 27, 2024 8:02 PM

The Friends episode with the football game

by Anonymousreply 33November 27, 2024 8:10 PM

The Waltons Homecoming. Or maybe that’s Christmas?

by Anonymousreply 34November 27, 2024 8:11 PM

[quote]Mama's Family. A tornado hits Raytown on Thanksgiving.

The best! "Tiko tiko!"

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by Anonymousreply 35November 27, 2024 8:23 PM
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