# Most Memorable Turkey Moments on TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860 "2020-10-25T19:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/1 "2020-10-25T19:43:06Z")
Entertainment Weekly had a article on this, where Ruth Kinane listed her four Most Memorable Turkey Moments . What do you think was listed, SDMBers? And what 1000 pound mutant feral gorilla did she somehow skip? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/2 "2020-10-25T19:46:51Z")
> As God as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly. At 3:56 in for the exact quote. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lf3mgmEdfwg/hqdefault.jpg "WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg) **DrDeth** , I think you forgot your link. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/3 "2020-10-25T19:50:01Z")
That is indeed the **MOST Memorable Turkey Moment** ever on TV. Somehow, Ruth didnt know about that. How can you be a TV writer and not know that? Now, some of her choice are good- West Wing, Friends, and maybe even Little House. But somehow she thought New Girl More memorable than that. 🙄 đŸ„Ž đŸ˜± ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/4 "2020-10-25T20:05:12Z")
Maybe she’s in her 20s? But if she is over 40, no excuse at all. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/5 "2020-10-25T20:07:56Z")
And just to be completest, I did check if someone did try that in real life. Turns out that yeah, turkeys can fly, but from ground to tree branch or from other trees. being dropped from high above usually ends badly for the birds. > **[Dropping live turkeys from planes triggers Arkansas festival flap](https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2017/10/13/dropping-live-turkeys-from-planes-triggers-arkansas-festival-flap/)** > > Organizers of a northern Arkansas festival are hoping that a "phantom pilot" won't pass over the town this weekend and drop live turkeys, as has been done for decades ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/6 "2020-10-25T20:07:57Z")
Young. > **[Ruth Kinane](https://ew.com/author/ruth-kinane/)** > > Ruth is a correspondent who covers TV shows such as Younger, Jersey Shore and The Affair. She will write you a drinking game for any show you want and will remain loyal to Britney Spears no matter how many fashion shows she posts on Instagram. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/7 "2020-10-25T20:16:59Z")
Somehow that link goes to the wrong pic. 1. [HOME](https://ew.com/) 2. [RUTH KINANE](https://ew.com/author/ruth-kinane/) 3. Ruth Kinane Share # Ruth Kinane Ruth is a correspondent who covers TV shows, music and movies. She will write you a drinking game for any show you want and will remain loyal to Britney Spears no matter how many fashion shows she posts on Instagram. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/8 "2020-10-25T20:27:32Z")
Okay, this is technically a movie moment, not a TV moment, but I can never resist a chance to plug my favorite B-Movie of all time, the master of cheese, Ice Pirates. Sorry for the abysmal Youtube video quality howerver. WARNING - ever so slightly gross, but still PG so if you’re very sensitive, please don’t watch. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-me2inj1nNw/hqdefault.jpg "Space Herpe - Ice Pirates (1984)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-me2inj1nNw) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/9 "2020-10-25T20:45:50Z")
wasnt the wkrp thing a parody of a real radio station promotion that dropped frozen turkeys from a plane/copter? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/10 "2020-10-25T20:48:21Z")
Anybody know what the most Memorable Moon Landing on TV was? Or the most Memorable O.J. Simpson Low Speed Car Chase on TV? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/11 "2020-10-25T20:58:53Z")
The WKRP epi seems like it was before that, aired on 30 October 1978. But IMDB sez "_This is based on a real event that occurred while series creator [Hugh Wilson](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933505) was working at radio station WQXI in Atlanta, Georgia."_ ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/12 "2020-10-25T22:07:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The WKRP epi seems like it was before that, aired on 30 October 1978. But IMDB sez "_This is based on a real event that occurred while series creator [Hugh Wilson](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933505) was working at radio station WQXI in Atlanta, Georgia"_ Just as an interesting side note, that WQXI is still around. Albeit as a sports-talk station. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/13 "2020-10-25T22:14:13Z")
I do want to thank “everyone loves Raymond” for getting my health nut cousin in law out of the idea for a fake “turkey” for the Tday meal 
 shed been dropping hints about one until she saw that episode in reruns 
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/14 "2020-10-25T22:14:15Z")
Ask me how _I_ knew that you can’t drop turkeys from airplanes – Nope. Back page of an aviation magazine in the late 70’s. So I guess _they_ could have got it from the earlier radio station event. – which is also how I learned that cats can survive jumping from airplanes without a parachute, but that monkeys can’t, even with a parachute (it climbed the shrouds). ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/15 "2020-10-26T01:09:29Z")
As soon as I saw the article, I predicted that EW will receive many many letters complaining of their oversight. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/16 "2020-10-26T01:59:03Z")
Somehow I cannot find a link to the referred article anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/17 "2020-10-26T05:26:09Z")
It is in the newest EW. November with Jennifer Hudson on the cover. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zamboniracer2/32/3169_2.png) [@zamboniracer2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer2)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/18 "2020-10-26T15:40:24Z")
The Bob Newhart Show Thanksgiving show where the guys ordered Chinese food (Moo goo guy pan) because they got drunk and forgot to thaw out the turkey should be on the list too. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/19 "2020-10-29T16:16:59Z")
Mr. Bean’s Christmas. One of his funnier episodes: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A0m_o2gxbsU/hqdefault.jpg "The Christmas Turkey | Funny Clip | Mr. Bean Official") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0m_o2gxbsU) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860/20 "2020-10-29T16:45:33Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > As soon as I saw the article, I predicted that EW will receive many many letters complaining of their oversight. I figure that’s their plan. Throw some shit out there and let the readers argue with each other for a week. Just like any “Top 100” list. No one even bothers to compile a proper list anymore. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860.md?page=2)