Flipping the bird

We critics are big fans of Thanksgiving. Okay, really, we’re more big fans of pie and mashed potatoes, but if there’s a holiday that gives us an excuse to eat mashed potatoes and pie, we’re behind it. And it also gives us a reason to look at great moments in turkey history.

In third place (just because it’s fictional), we present “The West Wing”, going in a new direction to create a new military air wing. Gotta love the President saying, “If the Oscars were like that [the runner-up is slaughtered] I’d watch.”

 

In second place, the inimitable Sarah Palin pardons a turkey too, but seems oblivious of her surroundings later on in the interview. Notice the reporters asking questions using phrases like “chopping block.”

And of course, the greatest moment in turkey history, when WKRP in Cincinnati decided to drop turkeys from a helicopter in a legendary Thanksgiving giveaway. 

Enjoy your bird, and your pie, and your tryptophan-induced coma.