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Plenty of beloved TV comedies havegreat Thanksgiving episodes.
The episode ofCheersthat devolves into a food fight is an all-timer.
As his taste in leisure suits attests, Herbs judgment is no better than Carlsons.
This … does not go well.
The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!
Les shouts while bystanders can be seen fleeing around him.
For those who just tuned in, the Pinedale Shopping Mall has just been bombed with live turkeys.
According to thisoral history of Turkeys Away,not just one true story, but two.
The fact that two radio stations and those are just the ones we know about!
actually executed some version of a live turkey drop lends this episode credibility.
But what makes it funny is how incredible it is.
Its also funny because it does such a masterful job of withholding information.
Crucially, we never actually see a helicopter or any turkeys hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement.
But it works better without us witnessing what happens.
(The dropping of turkey bombs is weirder than Rachel accidentally putting beef in a trifle onFriends.)
WKRP in Cincinnatifit this mold perfectly.
Maybe thats why this episode ofWKRP in Cincinnatistill resonates, too.
In a way, when you think about it, every Thanksgiving were all trying to make turkeys fly.
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