# Thanksgiving Television Episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [November 18, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344 "2023-11-18T22:33:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/1 "2023-11-18T22:33:57Z")
I’m going to watch Brooklyn 99’s Thanksgiving episodes this week. What other shows have Thanksgiving episodes you would recommend? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/2 "2023-11-18T22:35:49Z")
As God is My Witness, WKRP is usually considered #1. Season 1 Episode 7 _[Turkeys Away](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742671/)_ Cheers had a solid one. Season 5 Episode 9 _Thanksgiving Orphans_ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/3 "2023-11-18T22:40:14Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > As God is My Witness, WKRP is usually considered #1. Season 1 Episode 7 _[Turkeys Away](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742671/)_ I made this a couple of days ago. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/fWYpM1RW/c2579f9b-0551-49b2-a438-0ae0cd05f472.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/fWYpM1RW/c2579f9b-0551-49b2-a438-0ae0cd05f472.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/4 "2023-11-18T23:31:46Z")
Bob’s Burgers has great thanksgiving episodes ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/5 "2023-11-18T23:35:35Z")
I’m watching one as we speak! Brooklynn 99 has moved to Peacock. I’m too cheap to pay for it, so I’ve switched my plans to Bob’s Burgers. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/6 "2023-11-18T23:36:37Z")
S2 E8 of _The West Wing_ (“Shibboleth”) has two great Thanksgiving storylines: CJ has to select a turkey for a presidential pardon, and Charlie has to find the perfect carving knife. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/7 "2023-11-19T01:41:38Z")
> [@Tarataratara](#): > > I’m too cheap to pay for it Keep an eye out next week - I got a year of Peacock last Black Friday for like $12. > [@Misnomer](#): > > S2 E8 of _The West Wing_ (“Shibboleth”) has two great Thanksgiving storylines Facebook has a “hugging” emoji reaction, which this post deserves. That episode is so good - all three plot lines are so well done, I can transport my emotions directly to my memory of watching all 3 denouements of each storyline. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/8 "2023-11-19T02:06:45Z")
> **[Pangs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangs)** > > "Pangs" is the eighth episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was written by Jane Espenson, directed by Michael Lange, and first broadcast on November 23, 1999 on The WB. > On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the restless and vengeful spirit of a member of a fictionalized portrayal of the aboriginal Chumash tribe, who, in the show's setting, were wiped out by white settlers. During a tense confrontation, the Slayer fights a losing battle against her formidable foe - b... > **["Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Pangs (TV Episode 1999) - Quotes - IMDb](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0533469/quotes/)** > > Pangs: Directed by Michael Lange. With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, James Marsters. On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/9 "2023-11-19T02:31:42Z")
Oooo, that Buffy episode is a good one… > [@Munch](#): > > Facebook has a “hugging” emoji reaction, which this post deserves. Awww! I recently started re-watching some West Wing — every episode of which I’ve already seen many, many times — and I started with the shooting storyline and the S1 finale. Usually I stop watching S2 after the Ainsley Hayes episodes, and skip to another storyline, but this time I kept going; I just re-watched “Shibboleth” last night (and “The Leadership Breakfast” is on as I type this). ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/10 "2023-11-19T02:58:00Z")
The _Over the River and Through the Woods_ episode of Bob Newhart is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/11 "2023-11-19T03:01:21Z")
Is that the one where they order “moo goo googoo” from the local Chinese place? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/12 "2023-11-19T03:01:57Z")
Sarah Vowell has a funny talk about Thanksgiving episodes covering Happy Days, Bewitched and the Simpsons > **[328: What I Learned from Television - This American Life](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/328/transcript)** ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/13 "2023-11-19T03:52:51Z")
I’m posting from my phone so I can’t provide a link but YouTube has, from 1973, “B.C: The First Thanksgiving.” Haven’t seen it in decades (probably for good reasons), so I can’t vouch for it, but it was before the comic strip devolved into golf jokes and religious pablum, so maybe? If I get a chance, I’ll watch it tomorrow, report back and possibly spare some of you wasting your time. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/14 "2023-11-19T05:30:34Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Is that the one where they order “moo goo googoo” from the local Chinese place? Yes. More goo to go! ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/15 "2023-11-19T05:40:04Z")
My Thanksgiving Day TV episodes are decidedly non-traditional - I keep faith by watching a show that first aired on Thanksgiving Day: MST3K! For over a decade, when I’m not busy spending time with the in-laws, Thanksgiving means watching truly bad movies while the crew make fun of them. [MST3K Turkey Day Marathon Streaming for 2023.](https://shoutfactorytvlive.com/mst3k-turkey-day-marathon-2023) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/16 "2023-11-19T05:54:03Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I’m posting from my phone so I can’t provide a link I’m posting from my phone and can do it extremely easily. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mz8rcIAXqT4/maxresdefault.jpg "B.C.: The First Thanksgiving (1973)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz8rcIAXqT4) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/17 "2023-11-19T06:12:07Z")
If we are going with animated specials … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VhMkrudxLXQ/maxresdefault.jpg "🥧 Garfield's Thanksgiving 🦃 Garfield & Friends 🍂") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhMkrudxLXQ) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/18 "2023-11-19T15:05:18Z")
It’s just so easy to get you to do my nefarious bidding. Next, I shall harvest your ESPer abilities and have you post my entries for me. Resistance is futile! Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/19 "2023-11-19T18:46:36Z")
I took a bullet and watched the “B.C.” show. Staring at the wall for 25 minutes would have been a better use of my time. Abysmal with a capital 🤮. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-television-episodes/993344/20 "2023-11-19T21:06:52Z")
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