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A Thanksgiving Miracle
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A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Thanksgiving dinner repeatedly breaks down as relatives argue about politics and make offensive remarks to a daughter’s boyfriend. A girl turns on Adele’s Hello, sending the adults into an elaborate lip-sync fantasy. Each return to conversation revives the fighting, so she keeps restarting the song. The family’s clothes, hair and surroundings gradually become a recreation of the music video, complete with fur coats, sepia tones and an outdoor wind machine.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 8
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Why would you ask my boyfriend that?
I'm just trying to get to know Jamal.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Editor Kelly Lyon says McConaughey’s outdoor shots were filmed beside the house location because the schedule did not allow him to join the park shoot.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:01
Father
All right, guys. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
- 00:04
Happy Thanksgiving.
- 00:06
Father
I am so thankful to have you all here today.
- 00:08
Mother
I am thankful that I only burned the turkey a little bit. I'm sorry, you gang.
- 00:14
Aunt Kathy
You know, I am thankful that our governor is not gonna let those refugees in here.
- 00:19
Daughter
Oh, my God.
- 00:22
Father
You know, I heard the refugees are all ISIS in disguise.
- 00:27
Aunt Kathy
Oh, yeah, that's true. That's true.
- 00:28
Aunt Kathy
I actually saw an ISIS in the A&P today when I was picking up the yams.
- 00:32
Daughter
No, you didn't, Aunt Kathy. That was an Asian woman.
- 00:37
Aunt Kathy
You know what? I have a question for you. Why is it that your friends keep antagonizing the police?
- 00:45
Daughter
Why would you ask my boyfriend that?
- 00:47
Aunt Kathy
I'm just trying to get to know Jamal.
- 00:49
That's very presentational. And she's a guest hair. Excuse me? I don't know who. She's a guest hair?
- 01:00
Adele
Hello? Hello?
- 01:04
Adele
Hello, it's me I was wondering if after all these years You'd like to meet To go over everything They say the time's supposed to heal you But I ain't done yet
- 01:24
Father
Oh, your grandparents are here. How was the flight?
- 01:28
Grandmother
Oh, it was good.
- 01:30
Father
Good.
- 01:31
Grandmother
I saw two transgenders at the airport.
- 01:35
Mr. Paul
They still look kind of pretty.
- 01:36
Grandmother
Very interesting trend, this.
- 01:39
Daughter
Oh, my God.
- 01:39
Daughter
Transgender is not a trend, Mr. Polk.
- 01:41
Grandmother
And there weren't any around when I was younger.
- 01:43
Mr. Paul
Yeah, they were there, but they couldn't say anything, so they lived sad lives and died.
- 01:47
Father
No, talking about...
- 01:50
I'm ready. that person.
- 01:52
Adele
Hello from the other side. I must have called a thousand times to tell you my story. For everything that I've done. But when I call, you never seem to be home.
- 02:19
Mother
Oh, the pies are ready.
- 02:21
Aunt Kathy
I'm ready to vote for Ben Carson.
- 02:26
Daughter
You are such a .
- 02:55
Adele
anymore I don't want to do it anymore I don't want to do it anymore Anymore
- 03:25
Mother
Dig in, everyone.
- 03:27
Girl
Thanks, Adele.
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