Thanks, CBS Sitcom Pilot, August 2, 1999

 Hello all! I have one other Thanksgiving item to show you before the big weekend. I'm just getting this in under the wire!

Thanks is a short-lived sitcom that aired on CBS for six weeks starting in August of 1999, about the Pilgrims that settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Of course, this is NOT historically accurate, as the creators are going for modern-day laughs rather than a history lesson.

The series was panned by both critics and audiences and is now largely forgotten. I only remember it because it debuted during my early years working for TV Guide magazine, but I didn't see it until I looked it up on YouTube this month. I've only seen this first episode, and I found it mildly amusing enough. Plus, it was fun to see some familiar faces, notably the late Cloris Leachman and Erika Christensen (Parenthood, Will Trent).

Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

And please be here Monday, December 1st, for the 2025 Countdown to Christmas!

WOR-TV Channel 9 New York TV Commercials from Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1981

The holiday season is nearly here--some people consider the season officially begun--and what better way to get into the holiday spirit than to enjoy these TV commercials that aired on Channel 9 New York, WOR-TV, from Thanksgiving Day, 1981?

While WNBC-TV Channel 4 showed the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, this station had an annual tradition of showing King Kong movies on Thanksgiving Day, followed by a Godzilla movie marathon on Black Friday. Sounds awesome to me!

As you can imagine, there are plenty of Christmas-related commercials here, and some good, local ones too, especially if you're a fan of the commercials for the Crazy Eddie electronics store chain. After all, their prices were INSANE!

This collection is courtesy of one of my favorite YouTube channels, 80s Commercial Vault. Do yourself a favor and subscribe to the channel here. Amazing stuff!

Thanks!

Post-Halloween Palette Cleanser

Hello all! I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween season! Let's do it again next year!

This is just a quick note to say that the blog might be quiet between now and Thanksgiving. One reason is I have a thousand things going on that need my attention, and the other is that I'll likely spend any time I do have to blog to write up posts for a Countdown to Christmas I want to do. Last year, I only had one Christmas article and that was it. I want to do better than that! But to do that, I'll need to write stuff in advance and schedule it to appear in December.

So please stay tuned for great Christmas stuff coming up, but please be patient until then. Of course, if I can post something before Thanksgiving, that would be great. Keep me in your blog feed and look out for me soon.

Thanks!