Disneydude55
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I heard that they were going in the backyard of Mickey's Country house...
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WDW wins Turkeys (take that DL!)
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Brian_WDW74
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Every year the President pardons two turkeys. The second is pardoned in case the first one can't perform its duties. Believe it or not.
Nosmo King
Member
I'm sure the turkey does
Touche!
shoppingnut
Active Member
That's my vote. :sohappy:
Seriously, this is truly the dumbest tradition ever - the "president" pardoning a turkey. I wish they would just end it; does anyone really care?
If everyone thought like you, we would have no traditions at all because you will always find someone who thinks a particular tradition is dumb.
CrashNet
Well-Known Member
Are you serious? I knew they had a backup, but thats hysterical.
Nosmo King
Member
Yikes, we're talking about turkeys and you come out with the personal attack. Nicely done! :hammer:
Seriously, traditions exist because of the meaning behind them which extend beyond their original intent. We celebrate Thanksgiving, not just as a remembrance of the Pilgrims and Native Americans coming together (which is more legend than fact), but as a day on which we all count our many blessings. Pardoning turkeys is not a "tradition"; it's a photo op. And I repeat: a dumb one, at that.
CBOMB
Active Member
It's called a "stunt double" in the industry.
shoppingnut
Active Member
There is also a lesson to be learned from the pardoning of the turkey, too, in that the President has the power to pardon someone from being executed. So it's more than a photo op.
According to webster's, a tradition is defined as: "an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom)." Since the pardoning of the turkey has been done for 50+ years, I think it qualifies as a tradition.
Brian_WDW74
Member
Actually, it hasn't been done for 50+ years. The story that it began with Truman is false. According to snopes.com, it started much later than that: http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/pardon.asp
Nosmo King
Member
Yes, it is a lesson to be learned, and I learned it in 2nd grade.
Brian_WDW74 said:
Thanks for the schooling on that. It's very interesting that it began with Poppa Bush; never knew that.
Chape19714
Well-Known Member
That is correct, they will both be at Mickey's House, but they will be grand Marshals of the parade first. I'm not kidding.
Crazy4WDW1
Active Member
If anyone can get a photo of the turkeys as the grand marshall, please take one and post it! Do they ride in the car??? :ROFLOL:
Gorjus
Well-Known Member
This is cool. Toon Town is usually left out of the cool things, except recently when celebrating Mickey's and Minnie's birthday and now hosting the turkeys.
For those who didn't follow the link, the tradition does not date back to Pres. Truman, but rather Pres. Bush Sr. It was made well known by the TV show West Wing.
Having said that, Toon Town does not have a place to grab food for the cast. It is also not an easy trip to get to a place that has food for the cast. So, while it might be nice that they are offering a free or very reduced price Turkey dinner to each cast member, it isn't easy to take advantage of that when you are in Toon Town. So, if anyone smells something cooking in Toon Town...well, keep a close eye on those Turkeys.
:drevil:
For those who didn't follow the link, the tradition does not date back to Pres. Truman, but rather Pres. Bush Sr. It was made well known by the TV show West Wing.
Having said that, Toon Town does not have a place to grab food for the cast. It is also not an easy trip to get to a place that has food for the cast. So, while it might be nice that they are offering a free or very reduced price Turkey dinner to each cast member, it isn't easy to take advantage of that when you are in Toon Town. So, if anyone smells something cooking in Toon Town...well, keep a close eye on those Turkeys.
:drevil:
Sumshine 904
Member
My USA History teacher told me about this yesterday.
1disneydood
Active Member
If anyone hapens to get to see the turkeys, let'em know their cousin is smelling pretty good right about now. :drevil:
Peaches Magee
New Member
You know when we went about a month ago... honestly... there were wild turkeys just on the side of the road on property... anyone else seen this?
We just found it soooo strange. hehe
We just found it soooo strange. hehe
Yep. We saw one on the new Western Way entrance. Saw it there two out of the three times we went that route.
1disneydood
Active Member
Maybe they escaped the turkey leg farm. :shrug:
Gorjus
Well-Known Member
Turkey Update. The two turkeys arrived via "Turkey 1", kind of like AirForce 1. No lie, that is what the van had written on the side of it. After their time in the 10 AM parade where neither one died, they headed out to Toon Town right outside Mickey's house. They were huge, white, with pink and purple faces. They were a bit fiesty and gobbled a bit. It was fun to have them there. Ah the jokes that flew.
And yes, I see the wild turkeys all the time.
In hind sight, serving 10's of thousands of cast members a triptophane laced meal on one of the busiest days of the year may not be wise. Talk about a sleepy bunch.
And yes, I see the wild turkeys all the time.
In hind sight, serving 10's of thousands of cast members a triptophane laced meal on one of the busiest days of the year may not be wise. Talk about a sleepy bunch.