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Thanksgiving Phone Call
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
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While Fran and her daughter Sandy prepare a 26-pound turkey, Dad answers the kitchen phone to Patty, the daughter who couldn't make it home for Thanksgiving. After passing along some motherly fussing about dish towels, he learns that Patty has finally been on a date with a drummer, and as Sandy prompts him with eager questions he innocently repeats each increasingly suggestive answer about the man's hands, his shoe size and his love of deep-sea diving, offering earnest fatherly advice in return. When Sandy mentions she is busy stuffing the turkey, he briefly suspects her of the same thing, then hangs up and proudly announces to the whole kitchen exactly what Patty's good news means.
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Highly quotable.
Well, you tell him to be careful, honey. He could run out of air down there.
Did you have a big omelet?
Well, she says to ring the bells of celebration because your little sister finally got laid.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
John Blanchard
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A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This was the opening sketch of MADtv's fifth episode, which aired on November 11, 1995, two weeks before Thanksgiving. Episode guides list it under several names, including Thanksgiving Phone Call, Thanksgiving Phone Party Line and Conference Call.
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