Intergalactic Thanksgiving

*Intergalactic Thanksgiving*
Intergalactic Thanksgiving
Also known as	Please Don't Eat the Planet
Screenplay by	Greg Duffell; Don Arioli; Martin Lavut;
Story by	Michael Hirsh; Frank Nissen; Clive A. Smith;
Directed by	Clive A. Smith
Starring	Sid Caesar; Catherine O'Hara; Chris Wiggins; Jean Walker; Martin Lavut; Derek McGrath; Al Waxman; Toby Waxman;
Music by	Patricia Cullen
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	J. Gordon Arnold; Michael Hirsh; Patrick Loubert;
Production company	Nelvana
Original release
Release	November 22, 1979

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, sometimes known as Please Don't Eat The Planet, is a 1979 Canadian Thanksgiving animated television special that premiered on CBC and in the United States in syndication on November 22, 1979. Intergalactic Thanksgiving was the fourth television special produced by Nelvana in their 1977 to 1980 series of specials, A Cosmic Christmas, The Devil and Daniel Mouse and Romie-0 and Julie-8, all premiering in 1977, 1978 and 1979.^[1]

The story revolves around farmers and aliens who try to get along after a serious ecological accident happens.^[2] The ranchers help the royal family of the planet Laffalot from their runaway foodmaking machine.^[3]

The special has been included on several Nelvana compilations, such as Animated Ink from 1980 and Nelvanamation (Volume 1), also from 1980.

Plot

Cast

The voice cast included:^[2]

King Goochie: Sid Caesar
Ma Spademinder: Catherine O'Hara
Pa Spademinder: Chris Wiggins
Victoria Spademinder: Jean Walker
Magic Mirror: Martin Lavut
Notfunnyenuf: Derek McGrath
The Bug: Al Waxman
Bug Kid/Cromwell: Toby Waxman

References

^ Beard, William (2002). North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980. University of Alberta. pp. 64.
^ ^a ^b Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 208–209. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 580–581. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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[1] Beard, William (2002). North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980. University of Alberta. pp. 64.

[Woolery-2] Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 208–209. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[3] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 580–581. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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