It’s Thanksgiving Week on Cool Weird Awesome
This week we’re replaying some of our past episodes about the holiday and its traditions, including the food.
Before There Was Halloween Trick-Or-Treating, There Was The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin Parade
Happy Thanksgiving! Back in the early days of this American holiday, kids would dress up in costumes and go door to door, asking for treats. It was known as the Ragamuffin Parade.
Mr. Thanksgiving
Do you have to leave out gravy and cranberry sauce for Mr. Thanksgiving the night before?
When “WKRP” Thought Turkeys Could Fly For Thanksgiving
There aren't a lot of top-drawer Thanksgiving specials, but the "WKRP In Cincinnati" episode "Turkeys Away" may qualify. Here's some of the real life story that inspired the absolutely bonkers plot of the show.
Pre-Thanksgiving Pizza
News I can use.
Wanda And Jamal, The Best Accidental Thanksgiving Friends Ever
For some people it can be hard to think of anything to be thankful for in this screwy year. But maybe this can help: the story of Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, who accidentally ended up together on Thanksgiving and became good friends.
When The Macy’s Parade Rickrolled Thanksgiving
It really happened! On Thanksgiving 2008, a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade came to a halt, there was a record scratch, and none other than Rick Astley came out to perform "Never Gonna Give You Up."
We’re Grateful For Off The Wall Thanksgiving Sides
Happy Thanksgiving - and are you really gonna eat that?
Thank you for my cats
Even in the strangest of times six year olds stay grateful.
The New Thanksgiving Tradition
Three kids squeezing onto a single bean bag to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in a room with like twelve chairs.