"Thanksgiving Dad" is the eleventh episode of Season 1 of Pepper Ann and the nineteenth segment overall. It is a full-length episode and originally aired on November 22, 1997.
Summary[]
Lydia and Janie make every effort to make their Thanksgiving dinner a success, while Pepper Ann thinks her divorced father, Chuck, will come to visit instead of calling like he usually does.
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, as well as Uncle Remo, usually in the distant background, but this is the only appearance of Damian and Damiana (outside from an erroneous cameo in "Crush and Burn").
- 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, although she is mentioned and "heard" talking over the phone.
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.
- Maurice LaMarche is uncredited 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 Diggity, 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 Diggty
- Maurice LaMarche as Chuck Pearson, Frankie, Uncle Harry, Uncle Remo J. Diggity (uncredited)
- Ryan O'Donohue as Damian
- Francesca Smith as Damiana
- Susan Tolsky as Aunt Janie Diggity