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Duppers

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30. The best Thanksgiving laugh!

Reply to CincyDem (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2022, 03:35 AM

Nov 2022

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

- I've never forgotten that line and wonder who wrote that hilarious script.

Thanks for posting this, Cincy.

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40 years ago (10/30/82): I swore they could fly. [View all] CincyDem Nov 2022 OP

they can fly to the top of our pine trees and thats about it samnsara Nov 2022 #1

Not the farm raised ones. I don't think they can fly at all. Ray Bruns Nov 2022 #20

LOL on the spot broadcasting! Emile Nov 2022 #2

. . . niyad Nov 2022 #3

Thanksgiving and "Oh, the Humanity" lapfog_1 Nov 2022 #4

I never really get the joke because turkeys can fly. NutmegYankee Nov 2022 #5

Ah, but those would be the noble wild turkey, so admired by Ben Franklin that he wanted them... Hekate Nov 2022 #6

I See Them Around Here ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #7

Domesticated turkeys would have a hard time achieving liftoff. Also rumor has it that brains... Hekate Nov 2022 #9

i would goto a cemetery in ca near me. my driver and i would see huge rafters AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #14

Wow! Hekate Nov 2022 #23

Lots of wild turkeys in NorCal Sympthsical Nov 2022 #27

Overbred, overfed domestic turkeys can only flap around a little Warpy Nov 2022 #17

Cloaks and blankets? Very interesting. The Hawai'ans made royal regalia out of tiny but brilliant red & yellow Hekate Nov 2022 #25

Not from 600 feet in the air... LudwigPastorius Nov 2022 #22

in the epi , considrering they were dropped from a helecopter AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #24

I don't see why not (wild turkeys that is). They can glide down quite well. NutmegYankee Nov 2022 #26

We need to contact MythBusters. LudwigPastorius Nov 2022 #28

A biologist could answer it faster. NutmegYankee Nov 2022 #29

As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly! ItsjustMe Nov 2022 #8

We live in south Eugene, Oregon. Wild turkeys wander through our urban yard. Shrike47 Nov 2022 #10

RIP Howard Hesseman TheProle Nov 2022 #11

This still makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #12

Fond memories of my late mother laughing uncontrollably at that episode. hlthe2b Nov 2022 #13

i remember this epi. " oh the humaity." later les gets yelled at by mr carlson! AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #15

actually october 30 1978 moonshinegnomie Nov 2022 #16

All fixed. Who am I to argue with our Cincy Shirts crew! :-) CincyDem Nov 2022 #18

Great show with so many funny characters, the cast were awesome goofballs FakeNoose Nov 2022 #19

I'll take this opportunity to post a gratuitous picture LudwigPastorius Nov 2022 #21

The best Thanksgiving laugh! Duppers Nov 2022 #30

Possibly the best comedy skit ever on broadcast tv. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #31