A Freberg Thanksgiving

It's that time o' year, and so today, we'll have our annual festival of sorts of Thanksgiving related pieces -- from songs to videos to old radio shows.  And this is a good place to start.

And I think it's near-impossible on Thanksgiving to not celebrate with this classic by Stan Freberg, from his great Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America.

Here is his version of how Thanksgiving actually came about.

It begins with the local mayor decided a bit of self-promotion would help him if he threw a big gala and invited some Indians to show what a great guy he was.  Which leads to a Freberg gem, "Take an Indian to Lunch."

pilgrims progress

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​​And once the holiday event was decided upon, things didn't go as smoothly as plans would hope.

thanksgiving story

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