[MUSIC PLAYING]
Tomorrow's Thanksgiving.
Hm, turkey and dressing and pie and cake.
And fruit salad and whipped cream and cranberries.
Gee, I can hardly wait.
Me too.
Well, you know, children we've had a lot of expenses
this month, and well, your father and I thought that--
well, the truth of the matter is there just
won't be any turkey this year.
No turkey for Thanksgiving?
Oh, I'm going to make a pumpkin pie.
We'll have plenty to eat, but we'll just have
to get along without turkey.
Mom, you don't mean it?
It won't be Thanksgiving at all.
- Hello, everybody. - Hi, Pop.
Hello, Mother, Dick, Susan.
Well, what's been going on around here?
What's the matter with everybody anyway?
Mom says we're not going to have any Thanksgiving.
No turkey, no good things.
A fat lot we're going to have to be thankful for.
Turkey or no turkey, we've still got all the freedoms
and privileges the pilgrims gave us, and out of those privileges
have come a lot of things.
Things the pilgrims never even dreamed of.
Well, we could make a last a mile long.
Why don't we do it?
NARRATOR: When we took our places around the table
and we were ready Tom was first.
I am thankful for getting plenty
to eat all the time with extras that count like cookies
and milk after school.
Like Mom says, I'm hungry all the time anyway,
and if I didn't live in a country
where there is plenty to go around, golly.
And I'm thankful for the free public library where I can get
books about adventure, Jack London, Richard Halliburton,
gee, the way they tell a story it's
as good as being there yourself, and it's
free with only a library card.
NARRATOR: Well, then it was Susan's turn.
Susan's a happy go lucky kid.
You'd never credit her with thinking beyond her dolls,
but she got right into the spirit of it.
I am thankful we have what we need to wear,
though mother says it's hard to keep up with us
we grow so fast.
I never thought before how many clothes it takes for all kinds
of weather or how it would be to have
to do without the right ones.
I'm glad to be able to go to Sunday school
or go to any church I want any Sunday.
I'm thankful for my mother and daddy, that they are here
with us, that both of them aren't
too worried about things to take time to have fun with us.
I'm glad we're a family, that families
are still important in America.
NARRATOR: I guess Dick being the oldest was having
some pretty serious thoughts.
I am thankful for being able to get an education, for living
where schools, all schools, open their doors to a guy who wants
to learn, where school books are studied instead of burned,
where a guy is rated by how much he knows
and the community is rated by how well it teaches him.
I'm glad I've got a chance to play,
batting a ball around once in a while, stuff like that.
I'm glad it's fun growing up in America.
NARRATOR: And as for Mother, seems she's always working,
cooking, ironing, tending children, daylight to dark,
what does she have to be thankful for?
I am thankful that my children had
the privilege of being born safely and of growing up
healthy and strong.
I'm thankful that I have the privilege of guiding them
as they become useful men and women.
And I'm thankful for all the things our American system
makes possible for the Smiths and the Browns
and the Johnsons, the washing machines, hot water out
of a tap, and the telephone to call
the doctor when one of the family
is sick, a car to get Dad to work.
Yes, I'm thankful for all the things free people
working together can produce.
And now for me.
I've got so many things to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for this house.
It may need a coat of paint, it has a mortgage,
but it's ours, a place where we can be together in privacy.
For knowing that a knock on our door means nothing to fear,
a friend calling, or maybe a bill collector, or a kid
selling magazines.
You never know what to expect, but you can count on one thing,
it's not going to be some political gangster
coming to drag one of us off to jail
because we believe in freedom.
And I'm thankful for my newspaper, just a few cents
worth of printers ink and paper, but more valuable
than any amount of money.
Because in it the editor's got the privilege of printing what
he thinks, and I've got the privilege
of agreeing with him or not, however, the facts strike me.
And both of us, the editor and I,
have the right to act on our opinions on election day
to vote for the principles we believe in.
And finally, I am thankful for being able to believe in spite
of everything that somehow, someway the unity
we've got here in the Johnson family
will someday spread to men and nations throughout the world.
For all these things, we are truly and humbly thankful.
Amen.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving.
Hm, turkey and dressing and pie and cake.
And fruit salad and whip cream and cranberries.
Gee, I can hardly wait.
Me too.
Well, you know, children, we've
had a lot of expenses this month, and, well, your father
and I thought that--
well, the truth of the matter is there just
won't be any turkey this year.
No turkey for Thanksgiving?
Oh, I'm going to make a pumpkin pie,
we'll have plenty to eat, but well, we'll just have
to get along without turkey.
Mom, you don't mean it?
It won't be Thanksgiving at all.
- Hello, everybody. - Hi, Pop.
Hello, Mother, Dick, Susan.
Well, what's been going on around here?
What's the matter with everybody anyway?
Mom says we're not going to have any Thanksgiving.
No turkey, no good thing.
A fat lot we're going to have to be thankful for.
Turkey or no turkey, we've still got all the freedoms
and privileges the pilgrims gave us, and out of those privileges
have come a lot of things.
Things the pilgrims never even dreamed of.
Well, we could make a list a mile long.
Why don't we do it?
NARRATOR: When we took our places around the table
and we were ready, Tom was first.
I am thankful for getting plenty
to eat all the time with extras that count, like cookies
and milk after school.
Like Mom says, I'm hungry all the time anyway,
and if I didn't live in a country
where there is plenty to go around, golly.
And I'm thankful for the free public library where I can get
books about adventure, Jack London, Richard Halliburton,
gee, the way they tell a story it's
as good as being there yourself, and it's
free with only a library card.
NARRATOR: Well, then it was Susan's turn.
Susan's a happy go lucky kid.
You'd never credit her with thinking beyond her dolls,
but she got right into the spirit of it.
I am thankful we have what we need to wear,
though Mother says it's hard to keep up with us.
We grow so fast.
I never thought before how many clothes it takes for all kinds
of weather or how it would be to have
to do without the right ones.
I'm glad to be able to go to Sunday school
or go to any church I want any Sunday.
I'm thankful for my mother and daddy, that they are here
with us, that both of them aren't
too worried about things to take time to have fun with us.
I'm glad we're a family, that families
are still important in America.
NARRATOR: I guess Dick, being the oldest,
was having some pretty serious thoughts.
I am thankful for being able to get an education, for living
where schools, all schools, open their doors to a guy who wants
to learn, where school books are studied instead of burned,
where a guy is rated by how much he knows
and the community is rated by how well it teaches him.
I'm glad I've got a chance to play,
batting a ball around once in a while, stuff like that.
I'm glad it's fun growing up in America.
NARRATOR: And as for Mother, seems
she's always working, cooking, ironing, tending
children, daylight to dark.
What does she have to be thankful for?
I am thankful that my children had
the privilege of being born safely and of growing up
healthy and strong.
I'm thankful that I have the privilege of guiding them
as they become useful men and women.
And I'm thankful for all the things our American system
makes possible for the Smiths and the Browns
and the Johnsons, the washing machines, hot water out
of a tap, and a telephone to call
the doctor when one of the family
is sick, a car to get Dad to work.
Yes, I'm thankful for all the things free people
working together can produce.
NARRATOR: And now for me.
I've got so many things to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for this house.
It may need a coat of paint, it has a mortgage.
But it's ours.
A place where we can be together in privacy.
For knowing that a knock on our door means nothing to fear,
a friend calling, or maybe a bill collector, or a kid
selling magazines.
You never know what to expect, but you can count on one thing,
it's not going to be some political gangster
coming to drag one of us off to jail
because we believe in freedom.
And I'm thankful for my newspaper, just a few cents
worth of printer's ink and paper, but more valuable
than any amount of money.
Because in it, the editors got the privilege of printing what
he thinks, and I have got the privilege
of agreeing with him or not, however the facts strike me.
And both of us, the editor and I,
have the right to act on our opinions on election day,
to vote for the principles we believe in.
And finally, I am thankful for being able to believe in spite
of everything that somehow, someway, the unity we've got
here in the Johnson family will someday spread to men
and nations throughout the world.
For all these things, we are truly and humbly thankful,
Amen.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Tomorrow's Thanksgiving.
Hm, turkey and dressing and pie and cake.
And fruit salad and whipped cream and cranberries, gee.
I can hardly wait.
Me too.
Well, you know, children, we've
had a lot of expenses this month, and, well, your father
and I thought that--
well, the truth of the matter is there just
won't be any turkey this year.
No turkey for Thanksgiving?
Oh, I'm going to make a pumpkin pie,
we'll have plenty to eat, but well, we'll just have
to get along without turkey.
Mom, you don't mean it?
It won't be Thanksgiving at all.
- Hello, everybody, - Hi, Pop.
Hello, Mother, Dick, Susan.
Well, what's been going on around here?
What's the matter with everybody anyway?
Mom says we're not going to have any Thanksgiving.
No turkey, no good thing.
A fat lot we're going to have to be thankful for.
Turkey or no turkey, we've still got all the freedoms
and privileges the pilgrims gave us, and out of those privileges
have come a lot of things.
Things the pilgrims never even dreamed of.
Well, we could make a list a mile long.
Why don't we do it?
NARRATOR: When we took our places around the table
and we were ready Tom was first.
I am thankful for getting plenty
to eat all the time with extras that can like
cookies and milk after school.
Like Mom says, I'm hungry all the time anyway,
and if I didn't live in a country
where there is plenty to go around, golly.
And I'm thankful for the free public library where I can get
books about adventure, Jack London, Richard Halliburton,
gee, the way they tell a story it's
as good as being there yourself, and it's
free with only a library card.
NARRATOR: Well, then it was Susan's turn.
Susan's a happy go lucky kid.
You'd never credit her with thinking beyond her dolls,
but she got right into the spirit of it.
I am thankful we have what we need to wear,
though Mother says it's hard to keep up with us.
We grow so fast.
I never thought before how many clothes it takes for all kinds
of weather or how it would be to have
to do without the right ones.
I'm glad to be able to go to Sunday school
or go to any church I want any Sunday.
I'm thankful for my mother and daddy, that they are here
with us, that both of them aren't
too worried about things to take time to have fun with us.
I'm glad we're a family, that families
are still important in America.
NARRATOR: I guess Dick, being the oldest,
was having some pretty serious thoughts.
I am thankful for being able to get an education, for living
where schools, all schools, open their doors to a guy who wants
to learn, where school books are studied instead of burned,
where a guy is rated by how much he knows
and the community is rated by how well it teaches him.
I'm glad I've got a chance to play,
batting a ball around once in a while, stuff like that.
I'm glad it's fun growing up in America.
NARRATOR: And as for Mother, seems
she's always working, cooking, ironing, tending
children, daylight to dark.
What does she have to be thankful for?
I am thankful that my children had
the privilege of being born safely and of growing up
healthy and strong.
I'm thankful that I have the privilege of guiding them
as they become useful men and women.
And I'm thankful for all the things our American system
makes possible for the Smiths and the Browns
and the Johnsons, the washing machines, hot water out
of a tap, and a telephone to call
the doctor when one of the family
is sick, a car to get Dad to work.
Yes, I'm thankful for all the things free people
working together can produce.
And now for me.
I've got so many things to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for this house.
It may need a coat of paint, it has a mortgage,
but it's ours, a place where we can be together in privacy.
For knowing that a knock on our door means nothing to fear,
a friend calling, or maybe a bill collector, or a kid
selling magazines.
You never know what to expect, but you can count on one thing,
it's not going to be some political gangster
coming to drag one of us off to jail
because we believe in freedom.
And I'm thankful for my newspaper.
Just a few cents worth of printer's
ink and paper, but more valuable than any amount of money,
because in it, the editor's got the privilege of printing what
he thinks, and I have got the privilege of agreeing with him
or not, however the facts strike me.
And both of us, the editor and I,
have the right to act on our opinions on election day
to vote for the principles we believe in.
And finally.
I am thankful for being able to believe in spite of everything
that somehow, some way, the unity we've got here
in the Johnson family will someday
spread to men and nations throughout the world.
For all these things, we are truly and humbly thankful,
amen.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Tomorrow's Thanksgiving.
Hm, turkey and dressing and pie and cake.
And fruit salad and whipped cream and cranberries.
Gee, I can hardly wait.
Me too.
Well, you know, children, we've
had a lot of expenses this month, and, well, your father
and I thought that--
well, the truth of the matter is there just
won't be any turkey this year.
No turkey for Thanksgiving?
Oh, I'm going to make a pumpkin pie.
We'll have plenty to eat, but well, we'll just have
to get along without turkey.
Mom, you don't mean it?
It won't be Thanksgiving at all.
- Hello, everybody. - Hi, Pop.
Hello, Mother, Dick, Susan.
Well, what's been going on around here?
What's the matter with everybody anyway?
Mom says we're not going to have any Thanksgiving.
No turkey, no good thing.
A fat lot we're going to have to be thankful for.
Turkey or no turkey, we've still got all the freedoms
and privileges the pilgrims gave us, and out of those privileges
have come a lot of things.
Things the pilgrims never even dreamed of.
Well, we could make a list a mile long.
Why don't we do it?
NARRATOR: When we took our places around the table
and we were ready, Tom was first.
I am thankful for getting plenty
to eat all the time with extras that count like cookies
and milk after school.
Like Mom says, I'm hungry all the time anyway,
and if I didn't live in a country
where there is plenty to go around, golly.
And I'm thankful for the free public library where I can get
books about adventure, Jack London, Richard Halliburton,
gee, the way they tell a story it's
as good as being there yourself, and it's
free with only a library card.
NARRATOR: Well, then it was Susan's turn.
Susan's a happy go lucky kid.
You'd never credit her with thinking beyond her dolls,
but she got right into the spirit of it.
I am thankful we have what we need to wear though Mother says
it's hard to keep up with us.
We grow so fast.
I never thought before how many clothes it takes for all kinds
of weather or how it would be to have
to do without the right ones.
I'm glad to be able to go to Sunday school
or go to any church I want any Sunday.
I'm thankful for my mother and daddy, that they are here
with us, that both of them aren't
too worried about things to take time to have fun with us.
I'm glad we're a family, that families
are still important in America.
NARRATOR: I guess Dick, being the oldest,
was having some pretty serious thoughts.
I am thankful for being able to get an education, for living
where schools, all schools, open their doors to a guy who wants
to learn, where school books are studied instead of burned,
where a guy is rated by how much he knows
and the community is rated by how well it teaches him.
I'm glad I've got a chance to play,
batting a ball around once in a while, stuff like that.
I'm glad it's fun growing up in America.
NARRATOR: And as for Mother, seems
she's always working, cooking, ironing, tending
children, daylight to dark.
What does she have to be thankful for?
I am thankful that my children had
the privilege of being born safely and of growing up
healthy and strong.
I'm thankful that I have the privilege of guiding them
as they become useful men and women.
And I'm thankful for all the things our American system
makes possible for the Smiths and the Browns
and the Johnsons, for washing machines, hot water out
of a tap, and a telephone to call
the doctor when one of the family is sick,
a car to get Dad to work.
Yes, I'm thankful for all the things free people
working together can produce.
And for me, I've got so many things to be thankful for.
I am thankful for this house.
It may need a coat of paint, it has a mortgage,
but it's ours, a place where we can be together in privacy.
For knowing that a knock on our door means nothing to fear,
a friend calling, or maybe a bill collector, or a kid
selling magazines.
You never know what to expect, but you can count on one thing,
it's not going to be some political gangster
coming to drag one of us off to jail
because we believe in freedom.
And I'm thankful for my newspaper.
Just a few cents worth of printer's
ink and paper, but more valuable than any amount of money.
Because in it, the editor's got the privilege of printing what
he thinks, and I've got the privilege
of agreeing with him or not, however the facts strike me.
And both of us, the editor and I,
have the right to act on our opinions on election day
to vote for the principles we believe in.
And finally, I am thankful for being able to believe in spite
of everything that somehow, someway the unity
we've got here in the Johnson family
will someday spread to men and nations throughout the world.
For all these things, we are truly and humbly thankful.
Amen.
[MUSIC PLAYING]