A Thanksgiving Tale (1983)

Holiday TV special that originally aired on Showtime during the 1980's produced by puppeteer Paul Fusco who would go on to doing the sitcom "ALF" later that decade. Tom Turkey is an aspiring actor with dreams of performing on Broadway but en route to New York on Thanksgiving eve inadvertently finds himself in Newark NJ caught between feuding gangs of hungry cats and shelter-less dogs.

[@thomasbierfeldt7881]

This was dropped by Amazon Prime for some reason. My kids love it. so happy to find it here. hope it stays

[@AlanEricFan]

That's a bummer. Thank you for keeping the tradition alive!

[@BeatlesAmiYumi]

This is available on TUBI.

[@timgreenwald1043]

I miss when things were grainy. CRT TVs, VHS tapes, developed photographs, fields of wheat, bread.

[@cdfdesantis699]

Need a little of that "Thanksgiving spirit" right now in 2022.

[@sonshinegamers]

Paul Fusco outdid himself. A true Thanksgiving classic.

[@AlanEricFan]

I wish more people knew of its existence. It's been a favorite of mine since I was 8 years old.

[@RingoandCarlin]

@@AlanEricFan I didn't even knew this special until I found this video today.

[@AlanEricFan]

@@RingoandCarlin I hope you enjoyed it!!

[@RingoandCarlin]

@@AlanEricFan it's actually pretty good

[@Diakron79]

If you haven't shared this 80s Pre-ALF special, now is the time to do so. In that way, everybody on the internet will make it go viral. This will help Paul Fusco in gaining support for his upcoming developments and The ALF Movie is his 1st priority. @@AlanEricFan

[@MarauderXXX]

Wow. Better script and cleaner plot than the majority of the garbage entertainment out these days. I'm not usually one for nostalgia, but it's refreshing to watch something without any cynicism. Happy Thanksgiving, all! Cheers!

[@fourthrok]

I'm so glad to see this on KZbin! My kids and I loved it back in the '80s...now (although they are all grown up now, they still love it) we can watch it again...and again! THANKS!!

[@burlingtonbill1]

This was great in its day. I still love the songs, even though they seem a little corny nowadays. We taped it and our children LOVED and grew up with it at least several times a year. Thanks for posting !

[@bethauer9270]

That was wonderful! 🤩😃 And Tom has such a divine singing voice! 🎶🎵 I think the song at the end was my favorite part.

[@justinelwood1520]

A flood of emotions came with watching this. Thank you for posting.

[@EnchantedMirrorTarot]

I have been looking for this movie for years. Love it. Best Thanksgiving movie ever! Thank you for unploading it.

[@LOCSJOE]

I have to say thank you for posting this! Oh sweet nostalgia

[@theghettocartoonguy4202]

man i love this cartoon

[@shibolinemress8913]

To Serve Man - er - Turkey 😂 But seriously, this was so sweet, and the first cat song sounded Bob Dylan-ish! Thanks so much for posting! ❤

[@BeatlesAmiYumi]

The song Tom & company sang at the end of this special is my favorite part. 🦃🎵🎶😃

[@jayeckberg774]

If you enjoyed A Thanksgiving Tale. I definitely recommend Paul Fusco's other endearing holiday classic, The Crown of Bogg (Halloween special).

[@BillyTheDisneyGuy2008]

This is a work of art 🎨

[@EnchantedMirrorTarot]

I have been looking for this for years

[@MrMellow05]

Same here

[@BusStopProductions.]

Ditto

[@brendaleake]

That "we are the cats" sounds like it could have been performed by Tom Petty!

[@versacify3819]

Very happy shiw I loved the Bob Dylan improv the bestest HAPPY THANKSGIVING

[@BusStopProductions.]

This, was shown on P.B.S. in The South during the mid-1980s

[@holly5095]

Woah! I luv it even tho I was born in 2007

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

"What are we, men or mice?" "I like cheese." That's an old gag! I heard it in a Looney Tunes cartoon with Porky Pig (I don't remember the title though). Actually, they were neither men nor mice, they were CATS! That turkey did a rotten Cary Grant imitation. Those dogs that sounded like Edward G. Robinson and Jimmy Durante were much better. Today, they would probably never show that dog with the Hispanic accent. It would be considered racist.

[@dannyrivera9560]

39 years ago

[@lucascoleman5454]

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[@RingoandCarlin]

Did Jim Henson work on this?

[@Tinyironfist]

No.

[@RingoandCarlin]

@@Tinyironfist yeah I found out a couple weeks ago that it was the guy who did Alf

[@lucascoleman5454]

Elmo From Sesame Street Says?

[@MalcomJuliaMorgan]

canada?

[@josephtanner4594]

I Can't Tell If This Was A Jim Henson Special Or Not!