Thanksgiving Shows: Part One

Re-reading Mel Blanc's autobiography reminded me about his radio show. all of which you can download here if you like. There was only one year of the show because it's very cookie cutter and the characters could be ordered by number. You've got girlfriend #7 (exasperated, but loving), sidekick #3 (screwy and stuttering), villain #4 (the gf's disapproving father) and so on. Still it's good enough to listen to once in a while.

What I've got here (obviously) is the Thanksgiving episode and like most the golden age episodes I've got it involves the main character failing at turkey. Listening to these shows, you'd get the idea that the baby Jesus would be sacrificed in the manger and his blood sprayed in the faces of pagan homosexuals if every person in the nation didn't have a turkey for Thanksgiving. Seriously, it's like the writers were from Mars and wanted to pretend like they knew things about America and were faking it as hard as they could and they only thing they’d been told about Thanksgiving was turkey.

This episode is a lot like the others in the show. Mel screws something up, wackiness ensues, it all comes out alright in the last three minutes, then there's a commercial for Colgate Tooth Powder where they tell you that your breath is just plain nasty unless you brush.

Still, all that being said, the show isn’t bad. It’s pretty entertaining, just sort of… well… just set your expectations low is all I’m saying. Mel behaves quite nobly in this episode, giving away his turkey and serving his guests a large salami loaf instead. People get annoyed with him, but he doesn’t want to tell anyone that he gave the turkey away to an orphans’ home. When the guests are within ten seconds of killing Mel and stuffing him with sage and onions, an orphan shows up to tell him how much they appreciate the turkey. Trust me, I didn’t spoil anything, you can see the end coming a mile off. It’s that sort of show.

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