Thanksgiving movies and tv specials

 Well it's that time of year again, Even with COVID still around, it doesn't mean we can't celebrate. 

      Yes, there will be turkey and stuffing and all the fix ins; some families will be together, and some won't. But we'll always have our memorable movies and tv specials. Here are some.

 

There were many episodes of Friends that involved Thanksgiving, but the most memorable one is where they all play football. The boys vs the girl which end with Ross having his nose broken and Monica can be very competitive. I think it was the same episode where Monica placed the turkey on her head, but I'm not sure. This is the Thanksgiving episode I remember the most.

My father and I love to hear this song every year called "Alice's Restaurant."  A song performed by Arto Guthrie. Every year, he would talk about the same thing and it involved him being arrested as he and his friends try to get Alice's restaurant

Some movies involve people going home to a good thanksgiving meal. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is that premise. Steve Martin and the late John Candy team up in a buddy comedy which involves Steve's character trying to get home to his family, but it seems...the snow makes it difficult for him to go back to Chicago. He finds out that a friendship starts to grow when he meets John Candy. This movie's very memorable and worth the watch around Thanksgiving.

Holly Hunter plays the lead in this movie directed by Jodie Foster called Home for the Holidays. Holly plays a woman who has a streak of bad luck and goes back to her family for Thanksgiving. I don't remember much of this movie, but it is funny.

Even though Addams Family Value is more of a Halloween movie, they do throw Thanksgiving in there when Wednesday and Pugsly are sent to a summer camp. The manager of the camp creates a play that is about the first Thanksgiving. With Wednesday playing Pocahontas, she decides to add her own twist ending to escape and save her uncle from Joan Cusack 

A Charlie's Brown Thanksgiving is a really good Charlie Brown movie. Not as great as "Charlie Brown Christmas." or "The Great Pumpkin" it's still memorable. Charlie Brown tries to give a feast for his friends. Mostly ending up with Popcorn and toast. Peppermint Patty isn't happy with it, but Linus tells a brilliant story that shows the true meaning of Thanksgiving which has nothing to do with the food. It is about being together. And we need togetherness more now than ever.

Garfield Thanksgiving is another memorable Thanksgiving special where Jon tries to impress Liz with a Thanksgiving feast he created. Even if Garfield tries to ruin it, it goes off pretty well. I don't remember this one much, but it does have a great message. Knowing that food is only half of what Thanksgiving means. Giving to someone that needs it more, and Garfield realizes that he tries to put his selfish gluttony behind him.

Rocky the movie. The first one, the best one. Why is this in the Thanksgiving Movie specials? Well the match takes place on Thanksgiving day. That's all there is to it. It's one of the best Rocky movies ever and it's worth seeing while you're carving a turkey.

This special Simpson episode shows that Bart is selfish. He destroys Lisa's project that she was working on as the center peace for Thanksgiving. He runs away as the Simpsons Thanksgiving is practically ruined. Soon Bart realizes what he did was wrong and hurt his sister's feelings for doing something bad for the turkey. He's on the room as he apologizes to Lisa and well...they do have their Thanksgiving, a little differently.

Rugrats are pretty interesting as well. Having a live turkey show up and Tommy wants to save him from being eaten. I vaguely remember this episode, but all I remember is seeing the grown ups wanting to find a turkey after grandpa gets a live one by mistake. They even are fighting over football games.

The last one I'll talk about was an episode of Big Bang Theory where Howard invites his friends to Thanksgiving. Penny reveals that she was in Vegas and married her ex boyfriend by mistake in a wedding chapel. Leonard is not happy with this so Penny decides to get an annulment. Sheldon bonds with Bernadette's father by drinking beer and watching Football, as well as insulting Howard.

There are a lot of Movies and Specials to watch, but remember what Thanksgiving is really about. Not the food or the tv specials, it's about being with your family; and we need it more than ever during this difficult time. God bless you all and have a Happy Holiday season.

Fading pizzerias

      Have you ever notices not many pizzerias are around much as they used to be? Is it because of COVID? Who knows. But here are some pizzerias are are starting to fade out of existence

     Here is some of the pizzerias that are doomed to fail soon or later, and the reasons why.

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Pizza Hut- A pizzeria that was very popular back in the 70's when all the sit down restaurants were all the rage. But now, people don't wanna sit down at a pizzeria and get their food, they just wanna eat and go on with their lives.

   Pizza Hut isn't gone, but it did give us the famous pan style pizza as well as stuffed crust as well. They even had other variations of pizza styles. They tried to become more artisan style recently, but it didn't work out. So...what will be of Pizza Hut's future? I don't know. I guess...with me not eating there anymore, I wouldn't know.

Cici's- There aren't many of them around here. They are considered an all-you-can-eat style restaurant, but with Covid hitting hard, they aren't seen as a go to place to eat. I don't think there is one near my town at all. You get the pizzas either hot or cold, and it seems sometimes, being under heat lamp for so long, they aren't really that good.

Chuck E Cheese- I talked about this one before. The pizza that got a lot of press for seeing if the pizzas were really cooked, or just not. Now, not many people are going into a Chuck E Cheese because it's considered an active place for children to play in. They even got rid of those horrifying animatronics for good

Little Caesars- The pizzeria that says their name twice...well they might be gone! Gone! before you know it. Their hot n ready deals are ok, but it seems they've been struggling to keep their doors open. Their crazy bread might keep them alive...but for how long? Back in the 90's their ads were pretty cool as they tried to lure their customers in with their crazy deals.

     Now...it doesn't seem to work. Yeah, they still have commercials, but they aren't memorable as they used to be.

Papa John's- Better ingredients; raciest owner....Papa Johns. It's true. The huge fall of this chain is what happened to the owner. It seems, after a racist comment he made, let's just say; we don't see him in commercials anymore. He was even pulled from making ads. 

    Shaq replaced him in the ads after the incident so they couldn't get any negative publicity. Their pizza's...egh!

Papa Murphy's- Even take-n-bake pizzas are in danger of going extinct. I guess with COVID- people don't want to make take-n-bakes anymore. They either order or make their own. But I think this was happening before.

  Papa Murphy isn't popular around here, but it seems...it might fade into existence before we know it.

Don't be sad, it doesn't mean that all pizza is gone. You can still make your own, or you can find another pizzeria that is still in business. Not all of the above are gone. They are still here, but they might not be for long. So enjoy any pizza, any way, any style, any variation...any day.

    Pizza will always be here to stay.

Famous Meme

 

  Everybody knows what a meme is. It's making fun of one picture that is popular with the internet.

      They would put interesting captions over it saying a joke or a funny thing just to make everyone laugh. But which ones are the more meaningful ones? Ones that we remember over and over.

Like the boy making a yes movement using his fist showing success. Who is that boy? Well, he's no longer a little kid anymore. HIs name is Sam Griner and he is now 13 years old. His 'success meme was used in a lot of ads and his mom was the one that took the picture.

   This meme is called the change my mind meme which there is a poster that would people would use to change it. The poster would be different every time. It would be for hilarious purposes and well...it's not known that well, but I guess once in a while...the sign will change it's own mind.

  This meme I call the goosebumps girl meme where a young lady with pigtails is holding a bunch of Goosebumps books (I guess this picture was taken back in the 90's) and she looks pretty happy. Where is this young lady now? Well, she did change her look and is no longer the nerdy girl in the picture, but will always be remembered for her love of Goosebumps.

The Narrow eye Fry meme. A meme started out of a show called "Futurama" Where Fry is narrowing his eyes to signify that something isn't right. This was pretty popular after the episode aired. I forgot the name of it. Now, there have been more memes coming from tv show and movies 

The I don't always drink beer meme. I think this came from a super bowl ad years ago. Where a man is talking about a certain beer, forget which one, explaining that he doesn't always drink it. Well...the internet went with amazed of memes for this one. Why, because what he was quoting was so memorable, just replace what he said after 'I don't always drink beer'

Kermit sipping tea meme. This was from a Lipton tea ad when the Muppets were sponsoring Lipton at the time. Kermit is seen sipping on tea and well...you know what happened next. Kermit meme exploded. All with him sipping on Lipton's iced tea.

The Roll Safe guy meme. What is this meme? Where a guy uses his finger and tapped his bring signaling a bright idea. Where is he now, and what is his name? His name is Kayode Ewumi. This meme came from a documentary short called "Hood Documentary" He's doing ok now, and he vaguely remembers doing that move.

The World Problem meme which came from an Italian Actress named Silvia Botini. This meme was used to signify a sad thing like world problems or...god knows what. She doesn't remember the meme much, but she doesn't mind being remembered for it.

Winter is coming meme. Ever seem Game of Thrones? Well this John Snow meme will be in your mind for a long time; where John Snow is to quote, "Brace yourself, winter is coming." That meme is forever known to be mocked with anything after the words Brace yourself. For me...it would be "Brace yourself, My birthday's coming"

The "Take my money," Fry meme. Another Futurama meme where Fry takes money out and shouts, "Take my money." The internet went wild with this one too. Just like the Squinty eyes Fry meme, this one took to the internet like wildfire. I guess, we all love to give away our money for anything.

This isn't much of a meme, but it is considered pretty popular on the internet. It's called: The Plank meme. Where people lie down still as a plank and just do nothing. It's weird and strange, but a lot of people did just to get popular on the internet. 

The Scumbag Steve meme One is about a young man that looks like a scumbag. Now, this man just laughs at the meme no believing it would become so famous. Dressing up like a scumbag and now. Now, he is a father and doing pretty well for himself back in England.

The most popular one of all was....

Grumpy Cat meme. Everyone knows who he is and use him in memes all the time. Sadly this cat is no longer with us, and another has take its place. Yet nobody will stop using the original to crate new memes. Who comes up with this stuff? That cat made it's owners a lot of money ever since it grazed the fame of the internet.

New Grumpy Cats. No memes yet, but this new cat is named Meow, Meow. There is another one (second image) named Kitzia. Both cats are considered the Grumpy Cats replacements. Both haven't gotten into the meme industry yet, but there's still time. Yet the original Grumpy Cat will always be the meme cat that we know and love today.

Memes come and memes go. People want to be on the internet so badly these days, yet...you never know what fame will do to you, and you will never feel the same. 

What is Asperger Syndrome?

 

 

     Some people haven't yet known there are certain signs of autism. What I have is called Asperger's syndrome. What is it? It is described as a neurodevelopmental disorder. It's considered an Autism Spectrum Disorder. 

   And I have it.

I'm not the only one that suffers from it.

Many famous people, living and dead have it too. Such as...

   

Singer: Susan Boyle

Sir Isaac Newton

Benjamin Franklin

Activist: Greta Thurnberg

Dan Aykroyd and so many more.

         

             I was not a social butterfly when I was little I never knew I had it until when I was...I guess eight, I'm not sure. I was not very talkative, not helpful and well...not myself. 

I kind of find having both Asperger's and Autism a curse as well as a gift. How, and why both? Because I'm me. 

There is no logical way to tell if you are smarter with autism, but there are some geniuses that had Asperger's and I feel I'm one of them.

     My creativity strives every time I write. I don't have to be intelligent, but it doesn't mean I'm not smart or capable in life.

    I'm starting to become more aware of my autism, and Asperger's. It doesn't mean I'm different. I'm still the same person. Yeah, I guess I can't take a joke once in a while or apologize when I don't need to. I guess that's part of my Asperger's

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       I guess they say...everyone is different. I don't see people with a handicap, or different. I just see everyone as they are.

     I don't judge; I never do, and I never will. 

    I don't care that I have Asperger's, Autism and ADHD. It doesn't make me any different than anyone else. I'm still me. I can be a little nervous, or get upset over stuff that I don't understand. My brain does work differently, and I guess it takes time for others to understand... I'm still the same person, I just have a brain that functions in a different way

    I remember watching an episode of Arthur a long time ago where they focused on a kid who had autism and another friend had to learn how different our minds are to someone who doesn't suffer from what we have. 

   Sesame street did it as well when they added a new Muppet who suffered from autism. Autism and Asperger's are different, but connect in the same way, and I will always have both. And I'm ok with that.

     It's hard to explain in terms on what Asperger's syndrome really is. I guess if you know someone with it, or have it yourself, you would understand how I feel, and I'm not alone. More people are supposedly have Autism, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, it doesn't mean we're different. Our brains just function in another way.

   I'm smart, I'm happy, I'm talented, and I am successful in my life. Sure I can suffer from depression, be self absorbed at times, and might know more about celebrity history than anyone else, but I'm still me, and I'll still have Autism as well as ADHD, and Asperger's as well...but I guess, in my opinion; that's what makes me...me.

New President? (Past presidents)

 

                We don't have new president yet, but if my prediction is right...we might. It's between Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

    Who do you think I want???

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      I have heard Joe Biden talk about what he would do if he is president, and I'm with him 100%. I can't take four more of...TRUMP.

   He ruined our country, put us into world war three, got everyone mad for no reason, contributed to the recent pandemic, have people lose jobs or die.

With past presidents, we had issues to deal, but they weren't this extreme

     I was in grade school when Clinton was president. There were problems with him yes, mostly involving Monica Lewinsky, but he was ok to me. Was considered overweight though, but can play the sax pretty well. To me, not one of our best...but not the worst.

        Regan was president when I was born. He used to be an actor before becoming president. His wife Nancy was part of the D.A.R.E program. She was ok, Regan was famous for many things, and not just for tearing down a wall, but other things. I wouldn't remember since I was very little. He was ok. And because of him, and his addiction to Jelly Beans, Jelly Belly, and Jelly beans became very popular. At the Jelly Belly factory, they made a portrait of him out of Jelly Beans

     Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. were considered ok presidents. I don't remember Bush Sr. that well, but his wife, Barbara, was very memorable. She was considered one of the nicest first ladies I have seen, and I thought of her being one of the best (next to Michelle Obama) Bush's son became president after Clinton and he was ok. He had to deal with tragedies like 9/11, finding Osama Bin Laden and much more. He was ok, but compared to who we have now, I'd rather Bush Jr. come back

      One of my favorite presidents growing up...has to be Barack Obama. He had to Obama care, his wife Michelle cared about our diet and health. He was considered one of the nicest presidents I've ever known in my almost 36 years. He was also the first African-American president in America. He changed America when he became our first African-American president, he even changed history for the better. Sometimes, I wish he was still our president

     We've also had other memorable presidents like Carter (who is still considered the oldest living president to this date), Lincoln, Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Kennedy and many many more.

   Some presidents were amazing and some were...ok, but now...we need a new one now more than ever. Hope we elect a president that will be there for us like the past presidents were