"Thanksgiving Dad" is the the tenth episode of Season 1 of Pepper Ann and the seventeenth segment overall. It is a full-length episode and originally aired on November 22, 1997.
Summary[]
Pepper Ann's father calls on Halloween and says he has a special Thanksgiving surprise for her and Moose. Pepper Ann gets very excited and takes this to mean he will come to dinner on Thanksgiving instead of just calling like usual, and eventually decides Lydia must be in on it too.
Meanwhile, Lydia and Aunt Janie are determined to have the perfect Thanksgiving despite past mishaps.
Unfortunately, things quickly go awry: the turkey burns, Ned eats all the yams, all the guests arrive several hours early, and Pepper Ann still hasn't heard a word from her father.
Quotes[]
Janie: Just put down the cheese and back away. |
Uncle Remo: Look, the only thing I care less about than your whacko kitchen is your nutso bathroom. |
Milo: Man, Cissy's mom makes the best boobleberry flambé in the whole tri-nut area. |
Lydia: We can scrape off the burnt part! Janie: It's all burnt part. |
Ned: I am a selfish yam-eater, I am a selfish yam-eater... |
Grandpa Leo: I see you! |
Pepper Ann: Milo, why don't you stay? Man, you're the biggest freak I know. Milo: You're not just saying that, are you? |
We're sorry, the phone you are currently using is a mirage. Please hang up and try your call again later, on a real phone. ~ phone operator in Pepper Ann's fantasy |
The Desk Gag[]
"Wow, a dreidel!"
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the first and only major appearance of a lot of Pepper Ann's relatives. Aunt Fanny and Uncle Harry make cameos in various other episodes, usually in the distant background, but this is the only appearance of Damian and Damiana.
- This is first time Halloween occurs in the series, the second being "A 'Tween Halloween".
- This is the only full-length episode of the series that Nicky does not appear in.
Goofs[]
- In the beginning of this episode, Pepper Ann tells her father that she's too old to go Trick-or-Treating, but that Lydia is making her take Moose. In "A 'Tween Halloween", however, she wrestles with the idea that she may in fact be too old to go out. Being that Pepper Ann is twelve for both episodes and the entire series, this might be a major continuity error.
- Strangely, no one is credited for voicing Uncle Remo.
- The opening scene mentions October 31st being "4 weeks, 1 day until Thanksgiving". Ironically, this would be November 29th, a date that Thanksgiving doesn't fall on.
- Additionally, the scene from November 11th (where the Pearsons and Janie go grocery shopping) mentions that Thanksgiving is "2 weeks, 3 days" away, November 28th. Thanksgiving eventually occurred on November 27th, the day it was observed in 1997.
- On the shot where Pepper Ann says "Isn't it a great day for a...", she is not wearing leggings.
Cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Craig Bean, Ned Diggety, Grandpa Leo
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Pamela Segall as Moose Pearson
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson, Grandma Lillian
- Julia Duffy as Aunt Fanny
- Tino Insana as Uncle JoJo Diggety
- Maurice LaMarche as Chuck Pearson, Frankie, Uncle Harry
- Ryan O'Donohue as Damian
- Francesca Smith as Damiana
- Susan Tolsky as Aunt Janie Diggety