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How the Grinch Stole Thanksgiving!

posted 16 years ago by [email protected]
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Hey, I love this show to pieces, you understand...but I saw the Turner Conglomerate ran it a couple nights ago, a full two weeks before Thanksgiving! I mean I sympathize with the retailers facing a tough shopping season, but come on, cut us some slack, can't ya?
Here we have a nice, contemplative, family-oriented holiday in the darkening days of November, and you want to just steamroll it into oblivion, don't you! You're no doubt gunning for Hallowe'en...and then look out, Labor Day!

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] NSurone 16 years ago

You think THAT'S something? I get catalogs advertising Christmas stuff in July!

[–] teacherkarl1 16 years ago

Somehow, here it is December 22, and my wife and I have not caught this on TV yet! Which is all the better, considering we always like to watch it on DVD, which we'll do in about 30 minutes - right after we're done watching Charlie Brown, and right before we watch Mr. Hankey!

[–] ltquinn (64) 6 years ago

Anymore, it seems like you need to have a physical copy of holiday specials if you want to enjoy them. NBC has shown the Grinch for the last three years and the dirty basta*ds didn't even bother to do a 50th Anniversary special or anything. Before that, ABC had it for 10 years. Both stations have hacked the crap out of the special. I guess Turner Broadcasting still shows it. But I don't have Dish and I already own the DVDs for most of these specials. And like the OP was mad about, NBC showed it the day after Thanksgiving this year.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7798) 2 years ago

I never watch anything on TV but this topic just makes me think how stores start selling Christmas things in September. If it were up to me, no store would sell Christmas things til Black Friday.

[–] andersonb85 (2179) 2 years ago

And I would say until December!

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7798) 2 years ago

I'd be fine with that.