Post Thanksgiving (Just Another Friday) Video Filter

November 27, 2009 6:07 PM

Thanksgiving may be over, but you can still join The Beverly Hillbillies for Turkey Day (1963) and (the controversial) Calvin and the Colonel for Thanksgiving Dinner (1961). Both episodes are available on Archive.org, along with another 50 or so episodes of the 274 Beverly Hillbillies episodes, and three more episodes from the 26 episodes of Calvin and the Colonel. Bonus bits: Jerky Turkey [YT] (1945, directed by Tex Avery), and Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (1940).
posted by filthy light thief (9 comments total)

There were at least two more cartoon shorts titled "Jerky Turkey" - the second in 1968 (YT clip) and the third was a 1993 Animaniacs short.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:07 PM on November 27, 2009

Archive.org is the fucking jams.
posted by fuq at 6:34 PM on November 27, 2009

Wait, is this the American Thanksgiving or the Canadian one?
posted by cjorgensen at 8:21 PM on November 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

Holy shit! They've got the Beverly hillbillies on internet archive?

AAAAWWWWWWESOOOOOME!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:43 PM on November 27, 2009

filthy light thief, thank you. From the bottom of my heart.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:44 PM on November 27, 2009

Wait, is this the American Thanksgiving or the Canadian one?

All of the above, including Grenada's Thanksgiving Day.
posted by filthy light thief at 1:03 AM on November 28, 2009

I'm gonna Jerk the Turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving as well.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 3:25 AM on November 28, 2009

Wait... The Beverly Hillbillies is in the public domain?

Crap. I feel old.
posted by lordrunningclam at 4:59 AM on November 28, 2009

From wikipedia: Many episodes of the first two seasons of the series are in the public domain because CBS, having bought the rights to the series shortly after its cancellation, neglected to renew their copyrights.... In many video prints of the public domain episodes, the original and much-loved theme music has been replaced by generic music due to copyright issues.

Now you don't need to feel so old, it's just an issue of legalese.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:11 PM on November 28, 2009 [1 favorite]