A Cold Day In New Jersey

Began a cold, clear morning with breakfast and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Daniel says "Thank You, Grandpere!" when he comes for a visit. Daniel wishes he could go with them to the Thank You Day party at the Enchanted Garden, but he gets a big surprise when his family arrives. Daniel can't figure out who to make a "Neighborhood Thank You Day" card for to hang on the Thank You Tree...but then Mr. McFeely saves the cards when the wind blows them off the tree.

Worked on writing for the next hour and a half. Once big Jim Staal arrives, the others are ready to give out their Christmas gifts. Everyone chose someone to give a present to. Debralee's delighted when she gets the largest package from Gene - a beautiful hand-carved nutcracker from Cape Cod. 

Broke for lunch at 1 PM. Watched the other Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Thanksgiving episode while I ate. Daniel's elated that it's "Margaret's First Thank-You Day," and she'll get to hang the first Thank You Card on the tree. Poor Margaret gets sick and ends up being taken home early. Her big brother misses her and decides he'd rather spend the day with his beloved little sister.

Headed out to work after the cartoon ended. Spent the entire night in a register. We were off-and-on busy, sometimes without much help early in the evening. Other than that, there were no problems. They closed the self-checkout registers so the teen girl who ran that could come in for me. 

Went straight into dinner and Match Game '77 when I got home. Hans Conried and Sarah Kennedy get to see Gene doing his idea of a gangster imitation in his opening. Later on, Johnny Olsen comes over for kisses from Betty and Brett after Brett insulted him for messing up what show Betty's on now. The champ has less luck trying to figure out what song Sammy the Songwriter wrote that was like "Home on the Range."

Finished the night online with Thanksgiving episodes. The Love Boat did one in its sixth season, with everyone boarding for a Mexican cruise with a big Thanksgiving dinner at the end. "Love Will Find a Way" for a woman (Wendy Schaal) who is engaged to a paraplegic man (Jim Knaub), though her parents (Lorne Greene and Dorothy McGuire) don't approve at first. A boy has "Too Many Dads" when he escapes onboard with his stepfather (Richard Hatch), only for his birth father (Michael Lembeck) to arrive and try to claim him. Even "The Best of Friends" fight, as the crew of the Pacific Princess discover when Gopher, Julie, Doc, and Issac get into arguments and stop speaking to one another. 

The A-Team is probably the last show you'd think of in conjunction with Thanksgiving, but apparently they did celebrate the holiday in their last season. They're hired to help a sick former political advisor hold a "Family Reunion" with his daughter in exchange for a diary that will condemn his partner and reveal his part in political crimes. First, his daughter is kidnapped by her father's enemies, then wants nothing to do with him. Murdock finds himself in a dilemma when it turns out that the man's daughter isn't the only child he ran out on him...and that may have implications for Face, too.