As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

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10/18/2017 at 08:57 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Kinja'd!!! Aaron M - MasoFiST > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:02

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Wild turkeys can fly. Domesticated turkeys are bred to be (literally) too fat and too dumb to fly.


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:08

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Still one of the funniest episodes of television I’ve ever seen. I don’t know if it would hold up but the first time I watched it I laughed so hard I was crying.


Kinja'd!!! haveacarortwoorthree2 > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:13

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Your clip isn’t long enough.


Kinja'd!!! McMike > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:15

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Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:18

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My local radio station (WXRT, another shameless plug for the finest station on the planet), replays that (in bits) for Thanksgiving every year. Even without video, it’s one of all time great sitcom episodes.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:19

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I nearly hit a wild one in my truck flying at windshield level about a decade ago. Some poo came out.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > haveacarortwoorthree2
10/18/2017 at 09:20

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Thanks.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > shop-teacher
10/18/2017 at 09:21

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Of you, or the turkey?


Kinja'd!!! haveacarortwoorthree2 > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:22

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I’ve got the link saved. One of my favorite clips of all time.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:28

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Yes.


Kinja'd!!! AuthiCooper1300 > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 09:59

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Nice reference to Herb Morrison...


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > AuthiCooper1300
10/18/2017 at 10:04

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Les Nessman was the consummate reporter, a throwback to old school journalism, and a scholar of those who came before him. I wonder how many viewers got the reference, though.


Kinja'd!!! AuthiCooper1300 > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 10:12

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Never seen that series so it caught me absolutely by surprise.

It also reminded me of the “cylinder opens” part of the War of the Worlds broadcast; it seems Welles studied very carefully Morrison’s harrowing account and used it as a guideline on how to play the scene.

The closing reference to Gone with the Wind is just the icing on the cake.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > AuthiCooper1300
10/18/2017 at 10:15

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I was being a little tongue and cheek with my description of Nessman. He certainly saw himself as the reincarnation of Edward R. Murrow.


Kinja'd!!! AuthiCooper1300 > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 10:22

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Oh, the humanity...


Kinja'd!!! tromoly > ttyymmnn
10/18/2017 at 14:44

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Came hoping to see the WKRP in Cincinnati clip, left pleased.