Best Thanksgiving Episode EVER: WKRP in Cincinnati: Turkeys Away!

I have a lot of Thanksgiving themed clips (reruns!) below, but I've saved the best for last.

One of the best episodes of the always-classic WKRP in Cincinnati has to be the Thanksgiving episode, "Turkeys Away!" If you loved it then, you'll love it now. And if you are too young to remember WKRP, see what you've been missing. . .

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A Simpsons Thanksgiving Prayer

More reruns!

This is a clip from a Thanksgiving episode of The Simpsons. No holiday would be complete without a cheeky reference from Homer and family.

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Friends: Thanksgiving with Brad Pitt

More reruns!

Friends had some great Thanksgiving episodes. This is the one with Jennifer Aniston's then-husband Brad Pitt as an ugly duckling old friend of Ross.

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A Roseanne Thanksgiving

Holidays are always a time for reruns. So here's one I ran last year!

And heck, why not, an episode of Roseanne. I think they did a Thanksgiving themed episode every year, and it always reminded me of my family. This is part 1, but the other parts are available at the end of the clip. Enjoy.

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Creepy Photo of the Day: Palin vs. Palin

Pod people!!! Just kidding. This is an actual photo from Sarah Palin's Facebook page. Gaahhhh. . .

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Dana Perino: No Terrorist Attack During Bush's Term

Except for that one big one. And the anthrax. Geez. . .

Perino: "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term"

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Thanksgiving Frivolity Break: Politicians Who Look Like Turkeys

As a double-chin sufferer myself, I have a little compassion for these politicians. After all, as the years take their toll, I'm sure to have that chin turn into wattles too (unless the plastic surgery fairy visits). Meanwhile, there is still some fun to be had here. As a graphic artist and sometime cartoonist, nature's unkindest cuts are a caricaturist's dream. And, to be fair, I think Mitch McConnell looks more like a constipated turtle than a turkey.

Politicians Who Look Like Turkeys

Is it just us, or is the political scene overrun by guys who look like turkeys? It's probably just us, but we thought we'd compile our favorites.

Source: Huffington Post

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A Decade in Seven Minutes

The decade is almost over, and we still don't know what the hell to call it. The two-thousandsees? The oooos? The ots? The 0s? I don't know. And I don't know that the decade is almost over yet, either. After all, if 2000 was the last year of the twentieth century, and 2001 was the beginning of the new decade/century/millennium, we still have a year to go.

But pop culture doesn't work that way. The 70s started in 1970, not 1971, right? So I think we'll all have to be forced to agree that this decade runs from 2000-2009. But looky here, 2010 will start the twenty-teens, but we don't get to start saying "teen" until 2013. It's all so confusing. Wake me up when we get to 2020. That'll be easier. And I'll be so old!

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One More Bit on Sarah Palin - Andrew Sullivan

Image from Cabalamat

Back when we were first introduced to Sarah Palin (lo those many. . .months ago), there wasn't much known about her. She never gave a press conference, and was late in giving interviews (and what fun those eventually were!). So, outside a few tidbits, the media and bloggers didn't have much to go on. Very shortly though, came a flood of rumors and innuendo, originating from Alaska.

It was during this short time period where the myth was born that Palin's family was savaged. The media barely touched the rumors, but bloggers did, at least until more current information came to light. It really was just a few days that the "babygate" rumor--the unlikely story of baby Trig's birth, and possible maternity issues--was lobbed about the blogosphere. Even on this blog, I didn't write much about it. But the issue really is kind of newsworthy. And for all this talk about friggin' birth certificates, what about Trig's? None of my business? Okay then, what of all of this talk about Palin's honesty?

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Beware the powerful fantasy world of Sarah Palin, Warrior Princess

What can one say about one of the most compelling and bizarre works of “non-fiction” on the market, Going Rogue by Sarah Palin?

I have to say it stymies me somewhat. Treating it as some kind of factual narrative to check (as I began to), or comparing its version of events with her previous versions of the same events (as I have), and comparing all those versions with what we know is empirical reality, is a dizzying task. . .

Read more at: TimesOnline (found at AmericaBlog)

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Sarah Palin Fans Love Her, Don't Know Much About Her

President Barack Obama took a lot of heat for his celebrity status, his "cult of personality." Some of it is deserved, of course. He did seem to come out of nowhere. And many of his supporters went overboard. Still, it could be argued that after eight years of the Bush Administration, some enthusiasm for someone totally and utterly different was warranted. But the McCain-Palin campaign tried to turn "celebrity" into a bad thing. The right-wing radio yakkers, FOX "News" and their followers played up this angle, and continue to.

So, whither Sarah Palin? She is no doubt a celebrity. There is also certainly a Carrie Prejean/Joe the Plumber "famous for being famous" air about her. Her fans are devoted in a way that rivals a cult. But they can't exactly say why they love her so much. She's "real" and she's "honest" is about the best they can do. Which is strange, since to me she seems utterly phony and has only a passing familiarity with the truth. Oh well. . .

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Lawrence O'Donnell on Tea Party: The Movie

I already covered this story yesterday, but I had to include Lawrence O'Donnell's take. He filled in for Rachel Maddow yesterday, and is quickly becoming a favorite (Gov. Howard Dean on the other hand? I like him a lot, but as a guest). This ridiculous movie provides perfect fodder for O'Donnell's slightly cantankerous brand of snark. Enjoy.

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One Year Ago Today: The Sarah Palin Turkey Slaughter

Yes, America, we've only known who Sarah Palin is for a couple months more than a year. Incredible, isn't it? Who knew you could cram that much stupid/crazy into such a short time period. By this time last year, Palin had already drug the McCain-Palin 2008 ticket down to defeat, and she was busy as Governor of Alaska. She was bein' folksy, and pardoning a turkey before Thanksgiving, scoring a post-election photo op.

Who knows how it happened. Maybe some crafty liberal paid off the camera man. However it came to pass, Mrs. Palin ended up giving her post-pardoning interview in front of a turkey slaughtering machine. And the grinning executioner behind her just keeps working while Palin word salads away, obliviously. The clip below is my favorite take on the event, with a returning-from-vacation Keith Olbermann reacting in real time to his first viewing of the tape. If we had known at the time that Palin was going to resign as Governor before her term was up, we could be forgiven for thinking that this might be the reason.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The actual slaughter occurred on November 20, but this clip is from the 24th. So it's sorta "one year ago today."

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Betty Bowers: Less is Mormon!

Image from Towleroad

I occasionally get into disagreements online about the whole same-sex marriage issue. See, I'm thusly married myself, and can't figure out how that affects anybody but me and The Other Half. I've yet to have the question answered without vague references to "rending the fabric of society" and illogical polygamy/bestiality/pedophilia "slippery slope" analogies. Of course it usually boils down to religion.

Now, in America, religion and politics are supposed to be separate things. But as we've seen with the the tea bagger fringe, conservatives are starting to weave their political beliefs into their religion. The two have become inseparable to them. And as we know, religious beliefs need not let logic intrude. One thing this new Christianipublicanism contends is that it is okay to put civil rights to a vote. All righty then. I'll let America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers explain where that kind of thinking might lead. . . to voting against Mormon rights, of course!

Mrs. Betty Bowers: Less is Mormon!

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Stuck on Stupid: Tea Party: The Movie

Yes it's real.

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Martha Stewart on Sarah Palin: Boring, Dangerous, Confused

I don't usually care one whit what Martha Stewart thinks about anything. But perhaps I should. This is one of the most articulate, honest, spot-on assessments I've seen of Sarah Palin.

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The Glenn Beck Crazy Train

Image from source, Media Matters

Much of the focus on the GOP right now has to do with their bizarre push for party purity. Apparently, they think that in order to win in 2010 and 2012, they have to be so far right, so out on the fringe, that nobody could mistake them for a Democrat. Fair enough, I suppose. After a party has control for a period of time, there is often a push to give the other side a shot. But how many Democrats and independents really think that the problem with politics is that it isn't extreme enough?

But it's even weirder than that. Given a vacuum in actual GOP leadership, the splashiest "stars" have been given control of the message. In addition to bizarro leaders like Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin, TV/radio pundits like Glenn Beck have taken center stage. With a cult-like following, this modern day Howard Beale just keeps getting crazier. And like Palin, there isn't anything too kooky he can do to dissuade his followers from falling in line.

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Glenn Beck throws a (political) party

. . .Beck wasted little time before displaying his narcissism, declaring himself and all those present as the nation's "Constitution czar" just a few minutes into his appearance. He then tried to stir up the crowd with what appeared to be a reference to climate change, declaring: "The science is not settled. We will not sit down. We will not shut up. We will stand!". . .

Read more at: Media Matters

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GOP Palin Addicts?

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The excerpted article below--I'll confess--is here primarily for the knee slapper of a headline it contains. It has the added beauty of being true.

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Sarah Palin Is Like Crack For The Republican Party

The GOP is quickly becoming a regional party with little chance of capturing the White House is the foreseeable future. In 2008 the Republican's geriatric presidential nominee was soundly rejected by a public weary of the GOP's divisive rhetoric. . .

Read more at: NewsBlaze

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Sen. Lieberman Won't Face Rachel Maddow

So, Senator Droopy Dog Senator Willie from Alf Senator Joe Lieberman (?-CT) won't face Rachel Maddow? What? Isn't she to a Democrat what Sean Hannity is to a Republican? Well, no, no she isn't. Heads up FOXbots. Lieberman won't go on The Rachel Maddow Show because she'd hold his feet to the fire.

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Lieberman refuses to debate Maddow on health care because she has a ‘point of view.’

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has repeatedly tried to get Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to come on her show and debate health care. However, he and his office have refused to even respond to her requests for statements. Last week, Mike Stark caught up with Lieberman and asked him whether he’d go on Maddow’s show. The senator declined, saying the tv host has “a point of view. . .

Read more at: Think Progress

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Sarah Palin's Revolting Fans

Bwahahaha!

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SNL: Palin/Beck 2012, A Disaster!

I have no idea if this clip will stay up, since it doesn't appear to be at Hulu or NBC. But it is funny, so, catch it while you can!

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