Thursday Thoughts: Thanksgiving
Here in Canada we do Thanksgiving the right way … Two months before Christmas which gives us a chance to recover from all the food and all the family.
To help with the stress, I’ll share a couple of my favorite television moments. First, from Friends, Joey vs the Turkey:
This next one, is more obscure, but in my opinion the funniest Thanksgiving moment in television history. WKRP was a sitcom from the 70s about a radio station in Cincinnati.
In this episode, the bumbling general manager wants to be more involved in promotions and comes up with a Thanksgiving giveaway with the sales manager which he keeps secret from the rest of the staff.
If you get a chance, the series if worth the time to watch.
Moving on, here’s what I wrote about Thanksgiving last year:
Archeologists have discovered the transcript of the first meeting of Native Americans and pilgrims.
“That’s a really big canoe.”
“No shit Sherlock, got any other words of wisdom?”
“Why are you like that? Hey, look. They do have small canoes. They are coming here. What do you think they want?”
“I dunno. Maybe they want to build summer homes along the beach that gets eroded every time there a storm, then after their insurance company denies their claim, they rebuild anyway.”
“C’mon. No one is that stupid.”
“We should get them addicted to tobacco.”
“Yeah, we should. We should also sell them a bunch of stuff, then next week put everything on sale really cheap.”
“Hey, why are they wearing buckles on their heads?”
“Excuse me my good man, do you mind if we live here?”
“What did he say?”
“No idea, but he stinks.”
“Yeah, that’s really bad. Let’s get out of here.”
“Where are they going, Captain?”
“I don’t know, but it’s pretty rude.”
A short fragment of the first Thanksgiving was also unearthed, but was used as a napkin, so it is incomplete:
“What is this called?”
“It is a cornucopia. A horn o’ plenty if you will.”
[grease stain]
“All the grapes and legumes are falling to the bottom. Can you pass that thick, brown soup? You really overcooked the turkey we brought.”
[gravy splot]
“These yellow kernaly cylinders are amazing. Have you ever thought about processing all the sugar out of it and putting into everything you eat?”
“No, but I like what you did with the pumpkin. The spices would really go well with my coffee.”
“Shh. Don’t tell them that. I have an idea.”
And finally, the last words as the guests were leaving:
“I don’t feel so good.”
“You just overate.”
“I think they gave me measles…”
Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers. That comes from me tariff free…
-Leon
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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