# What is a must watch for you on Thanksgiving **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657 "2014-11-26T07:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/1 "2014-11-26T07:26:53Z")
There are many Christmas movies, that people feel they must watch… Miracle on 34th… A Christmas Story… Christmas Vacation… Elf… Die Hard…etc… Are there any movies/TV show episodes that you just have to see, or it’s just not Thanksgiving? For me Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and WKRP …Turkeys Away are as close as it gets ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/2 "2014-11-26T07:57:25Z")
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Pangs” [Giles] “We’ll mash them with forks, much as the Pilgrims must have done.” ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/3 "2014-11-26T07:58:20Z")
football don’t know any T-giving movies or tv but I always listen to Alice’s Restaurant ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/4 "2014-11-26T23:09:39Z")
Home for the Holidays Came out in the 90’s. with Holly Hunter. I love it and is my must watch for Turkey Day ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/5 "2014-11-26T23:15:29Z")
Every Thanksgiving I make a point of listening to William S. Burroughs’ _[Thanksgiving Prayer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ4kwGVgesY)_. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/6 "2014-11-27T04:49:29Z")
Does the National Dog Show count? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/7 "2014-11-27T04:50:49Z")
No mention of the Macy’s parade? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/8 "2014-11-27T05:23:54Z")
(never mind) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/9 "2014-11-27T16:10:36Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Every Thanksgiving I make a point of listening to William S. Burroughs’ _[Thanksgiving Prayer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ4kwGVgesY)_. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/10 "2014-11-27T16:19:08Z")
_ **Jeopardy!** _ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/11 "2014-11-27T16:38:03Z")
_WKRP in Cincinnati_, S1E07, _Turkeys Away_. (Must hear: Arlo Guthrie’s _Alice’s Restaurant_.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/12 "2014-11-27T16:41:34Z")
**"March of the Wooden Soldiers"** **Ollie Dee:** “You go down and bring him up.” _pause_ “Do you mean to tell me that you’re going to let 50,000 Guineaus slip through our fingers?” **Stannie Dum:** “Well I’m scared!” **Ollie Dee:** “Why should you worry? You and he are just like THAT.” **Stannie Dum:** “But that was before we were married…” ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/13 "2014-11-27T16:46:04Z")
As a kid, King Kong. I even made a thread about it [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586569). ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/14 "2014-11-27T18:03:39Z")
“We gather together to watch cheesy movies…” Usually, I watch _Manos: Hand of Fate_ and _Santa Claus Conquers the Martians_, but this year I got out my big box set of MST3K Gamera movies. Because nothing says Thanksgiving like a giant flying turtle. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/15 "2014-11-27T18:10:14Z")
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Though it’s not what it was when I was a lad. Ah, me. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-must-watch-for-you-on-thanksgiving/705657/16 "2014-11-27T19:24:19Z")
I kind of associate Home Alone with Thanksgiving. And it’s on tomorrow. 🙂 (I know, it’s a CHRISTMAS movie…just how it is.)