Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! :turkey:

And to celebrate, here is a special Eastland Thanksgiving song, set in November 1980, inspired by Mindy's real-life comment at the first November 1980 table read, "Where'd everybody go?":
(Sung to the tune of "Where is Mr. Turkey?")

"Where is everybody?"

Where is Miss Mahoney?
I thought she's in the lab
I guess she's in the classroom
Her hair is looking drab

Sobbing, sobbing, sobbing
I can hear her say,
"My role on this show's cancelled
Before Thanksgiving Day!"

Where is Mr. Bradley?
I really do not know
I hear he's just been fired
And now he's off the show

Calling to his agent
He says he's been made 'free'
So now he'll have to star in
A film called S.O.B.!

Where are all the Lost Girls?
Where did the students go?
Molly, Cindy, Sue Ann,
And Nance replaced by Jo

Locked down in the basement
They'll have their dinner there
They'll be allowed back upstairs
If they don't bother Blair.

And now the show has Howard
A chef who's very tall
His role won't last much longer
Not much past early Fall

Working in the kitchen
But rarely heard or seen
It won't take long for Howard
To exit Eastland's scene

So very many people
Were written off the show
In order to expand roles
Of Nat, Tootie, and Jo

And keep the giant line count
For Lisa Whelchel's Blair
With Warren Littlefield counting
They didn't stand a prayer!

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This is just FANTASTICRetro!!! Well done!!!!

I really love how you explain on each line what really happened to each of the cast (i especially like the line about how the 'Lost girls' will only be allowed to come back upstairs if they don't bother BLAIR hee hee!).

And poor MISS MAHONEY + MR BRADLEY:they'll never recover from being written off the show lol!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL THE AMERICANS!!!!!

Hahahaha nice retro

I really love how you explain on each line what really happened to each of the cast (i especially like the line about how the 'Lost girls' will only be allowed to come back upstairs if they don't bother BLAIR hee hee!).

Thank you for appreciating my silliness, Valentina!


And poor MISS MAHONEY + MR BRADLEY:they'll never recover from being written off the show lol!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL THE AMERICANS!!!!!

Thanks! Did you do anything special? I guess in the UK you don't have something similar.

Hahahaha nice retro

As always, thanks for the recognition, Lorimar! :wave:

As always, thanks for the recognition, Lorimar! :wave:

Of course pal ;)

Thank you for appreciating my silliness, Valentina!



Thanks! Did you do anything special? I guess in the UK you don't have
something similar.




You 're absolutely right Retro: we don't celebrate Thanksgiving at all in the UK so i didn't have any turkey lol! (I am kind of vegetarian though, so i hardly eat any meat anyway)

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You 're absolutely right Retro: we don't celebrate Thanksgiving at all in the UK so i didn't have any turkey lol! (I am kind of vegetarian though, so i hardly eat any meat anyway)

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Haha i dont like turkey much myself, it's probably my least favorite meat.

Haha i dont like turkey much myself, it's probably my least favorite meat.

What did you have for T-day, Lorimar?

You 're absolutely right Retro: we don't celebrate Thanksgiving at all in the UK so i didn't have any turkey lol! (I am kind of vegetarian though, so i hardly eat any meat anyway)

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I applaud anyone who can go veggie (or even kind of veggie). My body, however, requires a little more protein, so I need some meat.

My least favorite kind of meat is ham.

What did you have for T-day, Lorimar?
Haha I still have turkey, but not alot. Sometimes I have ham.

I applaud anyone who can go veggie (or even kind of veggie). My body, however, requires a little more protein, so I need some meat.

My least favorite kind of meat is ham.

Oh wow we're opposites, I love ham! :lol:

Haha I still have turkey, but not alot. Sometimes I have ham.



Oh wow we're opposites, I love ham! :lol:

Ok, next time, I'll take your turkey. You can have my ham. :lol:

Ha ha ha guys you really crack me up!

What about pate and sausages? (i love both of those stuff lol!)

Ha ha ha guys you really crack me up!

What about pate and sausages? (i love both of those stuff lol!)

I like pate! Sausage is good but I'm more of a bacon guy.

Ha ha ha guys you really crack me up!

What about pate and sausages? (i love both of those stuff lol!)

Pate isn't a very common Thanksgiving dish. I do like sausage, but, like Lorimar, I'm more of a bacon guy.

You guys would be in heaven in the UK: British people love bacon! (but i guess so do Americans, or?)

You guys would be in heaven in the UK: British people love bacon! (but i guess so do Americans, or?)

Lol yep Americans are big on bacon. They even started using it for desserts now.

Lol yep Americans are big on bacon. They even started using it for desserts now.



Bacon for desserts??? yikes!!!!!

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Bacon for desserts??? yikes!!!!!

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:lol: Unfortunately so

:lol: Unfortunately so


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I've converted to turkey bacon!

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And Retro I love that you wrote a new traditional Thanksgiving carol, but I'm afraid I have never heard of this "Where is Mr. Turkey?" :confused: I'll have to go listen to a recording of it on YouTube first and then I'll be able to appreciate the "Facts"-ing of it! :wave:

I've converted to turkey bacon!

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And Retro I love that you wrote a new traditional Thanksgiving carol, but I'm afraid I have never heard of this "Where is Mr. Turkey?" :confused: I'll have to go listen to a recording of it on YouTube first and then I'll be able to appreciate the "Facts"-ing of it! :wave:

Yeah, unfortunately, Thanksgiving is just not known for its carols. This version (https://www.facebook.com/olphtoledo.org/videos/278631456404370/) isn't too different than the version I learned as a kid, although they repeat the line "I guess he's in the baryard", which we never did.

The version I learned had these lyrics:

Where is Mr. Turkey?
I thought he was at play
I guess he's in the barnyard
Behind a stack of hay

"Gobble, gobble, gobble,"
I can hear him say,
"I'm not coming out 'till after
Thanksgiving Day!"

Where is Mr. Turkey?
I thought he was with you
I guess he's in the barnyard
Let's make him into stew!

...Etc.

The version I learned had these lyrics:

Where is Mr. Turkey?
I thought he was with you
I guess he's in the barnyard
Let's make him into stew!



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Jeez, who wrote that song?? Lock, Shock, and Barrell??

RUN, Mr. Turkey, RUN!!! (faster than that Sue Ann!!)

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Jeez, who wrote that song?? Lock, Shock, and Barrell??

RUN, Mr. Turkey, RUN!!! (faster than that Sue Ann!!)

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I mean, it really does sound like some kind of creepy "Children of the Corn" thing or something---innocent-looking children with child voices singing in unison, but heartless and out to off a turkey and eat him!

(not just "a turkey" or "the turkey", but specifically "Mr. Turkey"---they know this one specifically by name and have it in for him on a whim! YIKES!!)

#horrorholidays

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I mean, it really does sound like some kind of creepy "Children of the Corn" thing or something---innocent-looking children with child voices singing in unison, but heartless and out to off a turkey and eat him!

(not just "a turkey" or "the turkey", but specifically "Mr. Turkey"---they know this one specifically by name and have it in for him on a whim! YIKES!!)

#horrorholidays

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That's why it had to be "Facts"-ified!

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