There aren't many Thanksgiving specials ,as I have said before, but I always try to find something of interest in television or other media for the holiday. This time I delve in personally one of my favorite Disney animated series, Pepper Ann. It's time to take a look at "Thanksgiving Dad"
The episode is the tenth from season 1 in 1997 (so it's 20 years old) and starts with Halloween. (Sure why not?) Moose and Pepper Ann get a call from their dad and he says he has something planned for them on Thanksgiving. Meanwhile her and mother and her aunt are preparing for Thanksgiving. (That's hardcore planning there)
You should see when they plan for Christmas/ Copyright Disney
It skips to November 11th where Lydia (Pepper Ann's mother) and her Aunt Janie are shopping for Thanksgiving. while Pepper Ann tells her sister that she thinks that their father is coming for Thanksgiving instead of calling as normal. Then it skips to Thanksgiving Day. Pepper Ann is happy expecting her father's surprise. She begins to expect that her father is coming to Thanksgiving.
This magazine told me.. don't look at me like that/ Copyright Disney
Pepper Ann counts the chairs around the table and sees there's an extra one thinking that her mother is on it - her father coming to dinner. Also there's a few Pepper Ann's father scenes where she imagines him doing a bunch of random things to get to her. Meanwhile , Janie has to go out looking for more yams , but there are no yams. Milo, Pepper Ann's Friend, tries to help her get over it and tells he's not coming. Though he's not helpful.
I wear the same thing when I go shopping/ Copyright Disney
Lydia tells her what that extra place is for that it's for her to join the adult table, but she isn't happy that her father is happy. The turkey's burnt. PepperAnn's dad calls and tells her and Moose to turn on the TV. To find out that he is flying the Thanksgiving Day parade blimp.
Dad o vision /Copyright Disney
That's the episode. Some clean up notes : A lot of the episode has scenes where Pepper Ann imagines her father either at a diner, talking about her, or in the desert trying to contact her, or sky driving to their house. When watching the episode you can feel some of Pepper Ann's tension as she waits for her father to show up. It's a feeling I think many can feel when they are expecting someone or something to come but at the same time they don't know if they really are.
Of course since it's a comedy there are some funny moments. I like the pacing of the episode it feels like a Thanksgiving Day. That's our lookback , tune in next time when we report from a blimp.
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