I literally laughed out loud. So perfectly both of them.
Happy Thanksgiving kids!
Thanksgiving with Robert De Niro & Billy Crystal
Most Distinct Thanksgiving Recipe Googled By State
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According to the NY Times, this map shows the most distinct Thanksgiving recipes Googled by state.
I personally do not recall looking for the best way to cook”Frog Eye Salad.”
One Million Moms vs KINKY BOOTS and Macys
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| Billy Porter (left) and Stark Sands (right) of the hit Broadway musical KINKY BOOTS celebrate their performance on the Macys Thanksgiving Parade by shopping at Macys |
American Family Association media watch-dog One Million Moms (which actually only numbers about 60K) issued an e-blast today, voicing their utter disapproval that the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots was included and PERFORMED in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Right Wing Watch reports.
Via email:
As a parent and a member of OneMillionMoms.com, I am greatly disappointed in your company’s choice to include the “Raise You Up” drag performance during your Thanksgiving Day Parade with millions of children present and watching from home. It is inappropriate to highlight cross-dressing in a sexually charged performance during a traditional family activity. Your blatant agenda and in-your-face message was quite offensive, and Macy’s cannot be trusted. Shame on Macy’s for promoting this behavior.
It is clear that Macy’s does not have my children’s best interest in mind. I can no longer trust Macy’s Dept. Store. Your company needs to know that trust must be earned and once trust is lost it is difficult to get back.
Your decision was irresponsible, especially at an event when families are watching together. Nothing about this particular performance was family-friendly. The ENTIRE parade should be kid-friendly; not 95% of it! Your company can do better than this.
Here are just some of the “sexually charged” lyrics that One Million Moms took offense to:
Celebrate you to elevate you!
Instill the truth… learn something new.
Accept yourself and you’ll accept others too.
Let love shine… let pride be your guide.
Change the world when you change your mind.
Just be who you wanna be.
You’re beautiful; it’s beautiful!
I should note that in his introduction of the performance on air, host Matt Lauer pointed out the theme of the show is celebrating the differences in each other. This clearly went over the heads of those folks over at One Million Moms.
Check out the performance below. Then go support Macys Department store. Go Macys!
Lady Gaga performs “VENUS” with the Muppets on Thanksgiving special
Lady Gaga performs “Venus” with the Muppets on the “Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular.”
The show also featured other very special guests including Sir Elton John who dueted with Gaga on some “Benny and the Jets” before breaking into some “ARTPOP”
College students tell the story of Thanksgiving
Post-Thanksgiving Leftover Breakfast
Twitchy erupts over Broadway’s “Kinky Boots” inclusion in Thankgsgiving Day Parade
Over on Twitchy, a very right-wing/anti-gay website, the folks are losing their minds that the fab “Kinky Boots” from Broadway was included in this years’ Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade.
I’m thinking a lot of these folks could benefit from seeing the show and learning the positive life lessons of the show.
Check out just some of the responses below:
While we’re talking about the 6 time Tony Award winning show, let’s take a look at their performance on NBC today:
(via BroadwayWorld)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pizza Hut manager fired for refusing to open on Thanksgiving
An Indiana Pizza Hut manager has been fired for refusing to open the restaurant on Thanksgiving because he didn’t think it was fair to his employees.
Tony Rohr says he thinks it is morally wrong to make people work on the holiday.
Rohr, who worked at the Jackson Boulevard Pizza Hut in Elkhart for 10 years, was fired after taking a stand at a meeting with superiors who told him opening on Thanksgiving was mandatory.
‘Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days that they’re closed in the whole year and they’re the only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off and spend it with their families.’
But his goodwill cost him his job as he was told to sign a letter of resignation.
Rohr said he did not want to quit, but instead wrote a letter explaining his position to his boss
‘I am not quitting. I do not resign however I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company.
‘I hope you realize that it’s the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible.’
Rohr, who is now unemployed and looking for a new job, says it was worth it.
‘They’re still going to be open. I’m sure they’re still going to sell pizza but I just didn’t think it was right.’
Some shoppers boycotting “Black Thursday” shopping
More stores than ever are announcing that they will be open for business on Thanksgiving Day this year.
The move has turned off some shoppers who think being open for business on the traditional family holiday is in bad taste and takes workers from their families.
Walmart, Target, Kmart, Macys, Gap and Old Navy are just a few of the stores that will be open to snag those early holiday season dollars.
On the flip side, Costco, Apple, Radio Shack, TJ Maxx, and Marshalls, among others, have stated they will be closed on turkey day so their associates have the day to celebrate with their families.
What do you think? Should shoppers be mad that stores are open on the holiday itself? Or does this give some employees the chance to make some extra salary? Should anyone care?
Leave your comments below. I’m curious how folks really feel about this.
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