A Thankstaking Story

675: A Thankstaking Story

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Airdate

November 27, 2010

Last Aired

November 23, 2012
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Date Recorded

March 29, 2010

Recorded at

Salami Studio

Album

52: Cause and Effect
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Theme

Thankfulness

Genre

Thanksgiving

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Written By

Dave Arnold

Directed By

Dave Arnold

Produced By

Bob Hoose

Executive Producer

Dave Arnold

Post-Production

Nathan Jones

Engineer

Unknown

Music By

John Campbell

Songs By

Will Ryan

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Summary

On a snowy Thanksgiving day, Whit, Connie, Eugene, and a few of their friends end up stuck at Whit's End. To pass the time, they tell a zany story of the Scrunch and his plan for Thankstaking.

Plot

It's Thanksgiving day in Odyssey, and every one is just heading home from Whit's End to Thanksgiving dinner with their families'.

Wooton comes in - freezing - from out side and Whit offers him some hot chocolate. Meanwhile Connie is trying to find her cell phone.

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Discussion Questions

1. Have you ever got stuck and ever needed help?
2. Who can you go to for help?
3. How can you entertain your friends with no electric?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Abominable Turkey	Will Ryan
Arctic Blast	Jess Harnell
Burger Blitzer Blitzer Burger	Whit Hertford
Connie Kendall	Katie Leigh
Eugene Meltsner	Will Ryan
Harlow Doyle	Will Ryan
Jay Smouse	Whit Hertford
John Whittaker	Andre Stojka
Katie Muglue	Katie Leigh
Papa Muglue	Andre Stojka
Scrunch	Jim Ward
Wally Haggler	Jim Ward
Wooton Bassett	Jess Harnell

Notes

• Read a devotional thought about this show.

Trivia

• VERSION DIFFERENCE: Album version contains more dialogue on Connie's missing phone such as a line asking if she left it in the fridge again.
• This episode contains many references to famous Christmas movies, including "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," "The Year Without A Santa Claus," "Elf," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Frosty the Snowman," "A Christmas Carol," "White Christmas," and even a Halloween movie: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
• This episode is a musical, including songs like:

Good News, Bad News

We Are the Bad Guys

The Thankstaking Song

Thanksgiving Day

• The concept for this episode may have been inspired by #3: “Lights Out at Whit's End”.
• According to the official podcast, this is the longest episode of Adventures in Odyssey. (This has been disputed)
• This episode and title is a parody of 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' by Dr. Seuss and 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens.
• This is the first Thanksgiving episode since #383: “B-TV: Thanks”

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Quotes

Connie Kendall: Hot chocolate?! How can anyone think of hot chocolate at a time like this?!

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John Whittaker: I suppose things could be worse.
Jay Smouse: Oh, yeah? Like how? <static electricity sounds>
Wooton Bassett: Uh, oh! What was that?
John Whittaker: Uh, well, the power could go off.
Jay Smouse: Yep, that would be worse alright.
John Whittaker: Don't worry, the, uh, generator should kick in any minute.
Eugene Meltsner: Uh, you mean the generator I've been trying to fix?

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Harlow Doyle: Merry Christmas!
Connie Kendall: Uh, Harlow, I hate to tell you this, but, it's not Christmas.
Harlow Doyle: Well then, Happy New Year!
Connie Kendall: No, it's not New Year's either!
Harlow Doyle: Um...joyous Arbor Day?

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John Whittaker: Well, we should do something fun instead of feeling sorry for ourselves.
Jay Smouse: I dunno, I kinda like feeling sorry for myself.