A Thanksgiving Tale

<p>🦃 We’re talking turkey as we dig up and dig in to a 1983 Thanksgiving special from puppeteer Paul Fusco, the creator of ALF.  </p><p>Find links and complete show notes at: <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-thanksgiving-tale">https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-thanksgiving-tale</a>  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 On This Episode:  </h2><p>• <strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), nearsighted, hard-of-hearing turkey with a dream of making it in showbiz.  </p><p>• <strong>Chad Young</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/HorrorMovieBBQ">@HorrorMovieBBQ</a>), a rat I promised $3 to if he made a silly face on my podcast, from the <a href="http://horrormoviebbq.com">Horror Movie BBQ</a>.  </p><p>• <strong>Tom Coombs</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/classictomedy">@classictomedy</a>), an alley cat who talks like a Muppet but, for legal reasons, is definitely not a Muppet.  </p><p>• <strong>Jayme Kilsby</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/brainexploderrr">@brainexploderrr</a>), hiding in a trash can to avoid being eaten alive.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>• <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Fusco-Presents-Holiday-Specials/dp/B01K4OKYNE">Imagicom Productions’ Holiday Specials Collection</a>.  </p><p>• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAy1hymtfG8"><i>A Thanksgiving Tale,</i> with curated retro Thanksgiving commercials</a>.  </p><p>• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9vRfBel_Fk">The Joker at the 1989 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade</a>.  </p><p>• A <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WL8BAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA144&dq=%22a%20thanksgiving%20tale%22%20%22showtime%22%20%22november%22&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q=%22a%20thanksgiving%20tale%22%20%22showtime%22%20%22november%22&f=false">November 16, 1983 TV listing in an archived <i>New York</i> Magazine</a>.  </p><p>• Paul Fusco’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvPHsYlj6MI"><i>Space Cats</i></a>.  </p><p>• David Lander in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?