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🦃 This Thanksgiving in July, I’ve decided to treat y’all to a feast of a special I’ve had tucked away in my memory for decades, but it’s finally time to cross those Bridges, so let’s back this barely-running hayride tractor back to 1986 for a very special Disney family movie directed by Beau Bridges and featuring 3 generations of his family, along with teenage Jason Bateman and Courtney Thorne-Smith, and an injured goose named Chester.
“The Thanksgiving Promise” is on YouTube with or without commercials.
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Tommy Coombs (The Pop Daddy, Bluesky)
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“In the Bag” (bump, bump).
Beau Bridges in “The Wizard.”
Lloyd Bridges as Izzy Mandelbaum on “Seinfeld.”
The Christian Cringe podcast on “The Buttercream Gang.”
Courtney Thorne-Smith (Sheryl) and Norm MacDonald on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (1997).
Jason Bateman’s (Steve) turkey costume.
The “Gleaming the Cube” chicken scene.
Today’s TV Trope: Teetering on the Edge.
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“The Thanksgiving Promise” © 1986 The Walt Disney Company.
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