In 1978 a television program did a sketch of dropping turkeys as a Thanksgiving Day promotion.
It went terribly wrong.
Still fun to watch > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFtV6-ALoQ
jtk
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In 1978 a television program did a sketch of dropping turkeys as a Thanksgiving Day promotion.
It went terribly wrong.
Still fun to watch > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFtV6-ALoQ
jtk
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I remember seeing it the first time. It's funny how certain bits from old TV shows have a life of their own and stay memorable permanently.
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Hilarious, don't remember seeing that episode back then but certainly remember the show.
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Very funny! Thanks for sharing it.
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I do remember that one. Thank You for posting. Another favorite was the "dancing ducks" promotion. "How did you train the ducks to dance at a certain time?" "No training they are standing on a griddle so we just turn it on"
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Thanks, been a while since I saw that
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Today at the end they would have to put in a disclaimer that no turkeys were injured in the filming of this show.
Bill D
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That's a classic, and some great character actors
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43 years later, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" is still considered one of the classic lines in TV history. The best part is how all the action takes place off screen and the viewer "sees" the action through the body language and emotions of "your on location reporter" Les along with the crew in the DJ studio. It even has "Oh the humanity", a reference to the Hindenburg disaster.
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I grew up on a poultry farm and we raised turkeys for Thanksgiving. Domestic turkeys can fly, for example, to fly up into a tree. I have no idea if they could fly to the ground after being dropped from a helicopter. Obviously, we never did that.
Younger turkeys can fly fairly well, after they have their mature feathers and before they put on too much weight. We would cut the feathers on one wing to keep them from flying.
Mike
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Definitely one of my favorites.
They’re hitting the ground like wet sacks of cement.
Classic.
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