somebody in comments links to the wkrp episode.

Thank your desert friends for me the next time you see them, Badtux. The only good turkey is thoroughly defrosted and either deep fried in peanut oil or slow roasted and frequently basted.

That music copyright BS has kept a lot of shows of that era off of reruns. It turns out that a lot of producers decided to cheap out and get only one-time rights to the music, because who would ever want to do re-runs of some cheesy sit-com about a radio station, right? Maybe they had a point (one episode nonwithstanding), but the sad thing is that some of the classic PBS documentaries of the Civil Rights movement did the same sort of short-sighted penny pinching, and as a result we lost most of them — the only one that’s available now, “Eyes on the Prize”, is available only because there was a huge uproar and the music companies agreed to re-negotiate the music licensing to allow a re-release, but for 23 years it was utter unobtanium.

I appreciate any available support in the elimination of domesticated turkeys, Steve. I tend to get along fine with wild turkeys, the ones that still fly and roost in trees, and Wild Turkey, which makes some people fly and roost in trees. 😉

Bryan, we may not have executed the turkeys ourselves (with Sarah Palin in the foreground of the video clip), but there is at least one fewer turkey in the world thanks to our kitties. We figure it’s not our business to impose our sprout-eater status on any other critters (feline or human), so the cats got their treat and we did our duty.

Well, Hipparchia, you had two turkey meals, so that covers the kitties. My Dad loved that episode. Too bad music copyright issues prevents the series from being sent into reruns.

the store was out of turkey cat food this time, so mine are stuck with seafood and chicken-and-liver flavors this time. happy thanksgiving to esther and lily and their humans!

😆 at ‘charcoal gray thursday’!

I think I’ve got that wkrp episode permanently burned into my brain. it’s a classic.