Some charming Thanksgiving cartoons by my first cousin thrice removed:
Archive for Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving from Harrison Cady
Posted in AMERICANA, VISUAL ART with tags cartoons, Harrison Cady, illustrations, Thanksgiving on November 26, 2015 by travsdHappy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Comedy, Laurel and Hardy with tags Laurel and Hardy, Oliver Hardy, pilgrims, Stan Laurel, Thanksgiving on November 27, 2014 by travsd
The Famous Mr. Ed (Thanksgiving Episode)
Posted in Animal Acts, Native American Interest, Sit Coms, Television with tags Alan Young, Mr. Ed, Native Americans, Pilgrim, sit-com, talking horse, Thanksgiving on November 19, 2013 by travsd
Continuing our tribute to Alan Young’s birthday…I tend to think most people today know his later show best, the immortal Mr. Ed which ran from 1961 to 1966, and thereafter in re-run syndication, which is where and how I first encountered it as a child. For those too young to know, the premise (almost identical to that of the Francis the Talking Mule movies) saddles (sorry) a young man with a magical talking horse, who creates embarrassing situations and ONLY talks to his owner, an architect named Wilbur (Young). The rumor (since debunked) is that the producers made Ed “talk” by putting delicious peanut butter on his snout. Television at its best!
Now as luck would have it, we have a Thanksgiving themed episode available, entitled The Pilgrim. And there’s even a little bit here to satisfy our Native American Heritage Month theme.
For more on slapstick comedy don’t miss my new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, just released by Bear Manor Media, also available from amazon.com etc etc etc
For more on show business history consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books are sold.
