Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Happy Thanksgiving from Alice's Restaurant

Back in Boston, one of my favorite radio personalities, "Captain" Ken Shelton, launched a tradition that involved playing the long version of Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" on WBCN-FM every Thanksgiving in celebration of the holiday and his countercultural roots. I'm not sure how much sense that makes, but it sure sounds right to me.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm not sure how this day snuck up on us so quickly, but Thanksgiving's always been one of my favorite holidays and I hope each of you is enjoying yours. Tomorrow begins the annual march toward Christmas, and we'll be celebrating here with the unveiling of my latest holiday mix. Over the following month I'll be posting notes about each of the 42 tracks on this year's compilation. I suspect there will also be random thoughts about holiday music and the holidays in general — roughly the same as in previous years. I suggest you enjoy a wonderful dinner today, give heartfelt thanks and get a good night's sleep. I'll be back in the morning with some novel sounds of the holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving!

As you and your family gather to give thanks today, you might play this wonderful little number (below) to set a joyous tone for the festivities. When the song ends, you'll have one more thing to be thankful for.

SNL Flashback: Bruce Springsteen Visits Weekend Update for Thanksgiving

Not to be unkind, but Adam Sandler and Kevin Nealon fall near the very bottom of my list of favorite Saturday Night Live cast members. Nealon's tenure as host of SNL's Weekend Update was just plain awful, and the fact that Sandler can command between $20 and $40 million per picture tells me all I need to know about just how morally bankrupt the entertainment industry has become. But the pair did manage to score with the following Thanksgiving-themed sketch, which aired on November 20, 1993, and featured a holiday visit from Bruce Springsteen:


NBC will air a special episode of Saturday Night Live tonight at 9 PM (8:00 Central) featuring some of the show's best Thanksgiving-related sketches of the past 40 years. Sounds like fun.