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Do Americans only have Thanksgiving dinner on the Thursday?
I have a restaurant in a Canadian city with a fairly large American population, and I was thinking of offering traditional Turkey dinner for American thanksgiving. I did a little research and it looks like Americans only have turkey dinner on the Thursday, unlike Canadians who have it either the Sunday or the Monday.
Is this generally true?
Generallly BUT (1) odd work schedules can mean some families have to gather on one of the other weekend days and transfer the feast, and (2) large families can mean extended clans extend the feast over the weekend days. That's not common, but it does happen.
Right. The idea is that it's Thursday. I sometimes have a big dinner on a different day because of visitation issues with my daughter or the like, but the only real Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November.
That's true, although I've been in situations where we celebrated the Saturday or Sunday before when I'm abroad because no one had Thursday off to celebrate/prepare that day.
The holiday is on the Thursday, but sometimes it's a three day celebration....it's common for people to usually eat leftover turkey on that Friday but by Saturday, they are not looking to go out to eat turkey!
Like any holiday, you can celebrate on whatever day works for your family, but the "real" day is Thursday. Note that many (most?) Americans eat an early dinner/late lunch for T-giving, but if they don't have the day off in Canada, I guess dinner would make more sense.
In the US of A, Thursday is generally reserved for the family feast and football. As any husband can tell you, Friday is for SHOPPING. And I don't mean Friday at 8 am, or 9 am - I mean Friday at 12:00 AM. At many malls (especially outlet malls) there are lineups literally miles long just to get in the parking lots. When the women return home, there's absolutely no way they are interested in firing up a stove. Hence the general over-abundance of food on Thursday, which leads to quick and easy meals from the copious leftovers on Friday. (Even the most clueless of males can usually assemble a turkey, lettuce, mayo, and cranberry sandwich - stuffing optional.)
If the mods will let me be a bit cynical, by Saturday, most families I know are tired of being in each others' constant company since some time Wednesday night, so people tend to split up and go their own ways during the day, meeting for a last dinner on Saturday that features ANYTHING but turkey. Sunday is a travel day, so the likelihood of gathering everyone together then is slim.
re: FrankD
Isn't Midnight Madness sort of a new concept? We always ate leftovers all weekend, back in the days when shopping wasn't such an addiction.
re: FrankD
Ah, but there are some families where neither shopping nor football hold any particular interest. I thank my lucky stars to be from one of them. ;) Leaves more time for eating and napping.
re: dingey
I don't shop on Friday either - and I think the folks who do are NUTS! ;)
we'll be doing our usual 2 feast thanksgiving, one in our home, one at my grandmother's. I can't wait.
re: FrankD
In my family we eat the big meal around 3pm, then visit and graze through the wee hours. On Friday wait until mid-morning to go shopping (after the truly crazy are done), and leave the men to fend for themselves with leftovers while the women go out for lunch. Dinner is a free for all of leftovers, with the goal of finishing everything by Saturday morning, then everyone hits the road for home before lunch. We're a basketball family, so we watch our fair share of ESPN over the holiday :)
It's definitely only on the Thursday, unless there are unusual circumstances for the family. Just about everybody has Thursday off and a lot of people have Friday off, too.
But, if I were an American in Canada and didn't have Thursday off I could see switching the celebration to the weekend. I think if I were you I would plan on serving a Thanksgiving dinner on the weekend. But, you might want to query your American customers and see what they say.
i actually get 2-3 thanksgivings, thanks to extended family. This year for example, DH and I will go to the In-laws in DE on Thursday. On Friday we will head to upstate NY to my mothers, where we will probably help consume her leftovers. Then Saturday we head to my grandmother's where we have a huge feast with all the cousins/aunts/uncles.
re: jujuthomas
We have just the two, thank God, Thursday at our house and Friday at my niece's place in San Diego. Reason for that is my brother (in Nashville) long ago discovered that cheap flights abound on Thanksgiving Day, so that's when he flies out to SD. I enjoy it a lot, since Thursday's feast is one I cook most of, while Friday's (done mostly by Marie Callender, if you must know), for me is just eating, drinking (in much greater moderation!) and driving.
THE day is Thursday. If you offer it on Friday, Sat., or Sun. don't expect many if any American customers.
I would also agree that Thursday is THE day. Even people who don't have Thanksgiving day off will often make special arrangements to still eat dinner with the family that day. My husband always used to work on Thanksgiving day. He got off earlier, so we just ate later. A friend whose mom always works Thanksgiving night has brunch with the whole family present, though they do go out to a restaurant that serves the traditional turkey and fixins.
Most Americans only eat the big dinner - turkey with all the fixings - on Thursday, but they also only eat that at home or with family or friends. Eating it at a restaurant is not common, though full service groceries advertise full meals-to-go. Those who don't or can't cook the big meal themselves, increasingly have the option of buying many or all the components premade, ready to be warmed and served at home.
However it is not hard to find restaurants that sell some of the Thanksgiving items at this time of the year. For example, a turkey dinner, with slices of turkey served over a ball of stuffing, topped with gravy, a side of mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
I don't think many Americans would think "Since we can't travel to Grandma's house this year, let's see if we can find a restaurant that serves the same sort feast." But they might be more interested in ordering some Thanksgiving related items in the week or sort around the holiday.
I did not find it at all odd some years ago to eat at a museum cafeteria in Alberta around the middle of October, and find turkey like this on the menu. It was only after eating the meal that I remembered it was the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.
re: paulj
Eating Thanksgiving dinner at restaurants is actually not uncommon. The traditional meal is well tuned to restaurant fare, especially a prixe fixe deal. Most restaurants that offer it are packed to the gills; I would say that demand is probably greater than the supply. It's probably one of two major restaurant holiday meals that is likely to be better than average (the other being Christmas), as compared to the dreaded Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. Part of this has to do with (1) traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas foods lend themselves well to catering, and (2) families are often grateful a restaurant is willing to be open and do the work from them on these days, so they can avoid meltdowns at home, and thus people are a bit better behaved than you might imagine they would be.
re: paulj
Sorry, but I disagree paulj. Each year several people that I know, for various reasons, have Thanksgiving at a restaurant. Sometimes just too many people are in from out of town so they go to a restaurant, the person who normally makes it is sick, so they go to a restaurant, they are out of town so go to a restaurant. I particularly disagree with your third paragraph, I think that would be a big reason to go out to dinner on Thanksgiving.
re: paulj
Not being a big fan of turkey, I prefer going to a Thanksgiving buffet than cooking at home. That way I get to have my obligatory bite o' turkey and can then turn my attention to the crab legs (in Seattle) and prime rib. Lots of restaurants do Thanksgiving meals here, many buffets, and most book up EARLY. It was always too stressful trying to cook a whole Thanksgiving meal in my tiny college and grad school apartment kitchens...
re: paulj
I live in an area that's one part military base and one part resort area. It's relatively common to see restaurants have Thanksgiving buffets down here. The question is whether you want kind of a generic American spread or one that has more of a Southern or Cajun/Creole vibe to it.
If you want to do a wink and nudge at American T-day and have rotating specials on the menu, the rest of Thanksgiving weekend is usually leftovers until you get sick of them. (Pizza Hut ran an ad about that for years) If you slipped a turkey noodle soup, or roast turkey and dried cranberry salad on the menu the rest of the weekend, the south of the border crew would probably get the joke.
re: beachmouse
Don't forget the turkey sandwiches with slices of canned cranberry sauce (the jelly stuff). :)
Many years ago in the late70's and early 80's my aunt who never cooked use to take the whole family (about 25 people) out for Thanksgiving dinner. She would take every one to a place that has gone out of business. It was called Cookies Steak Pub. There was one out on Long Island and another in Yonkers.
There claim to fame was there salad bar with fresh peel your own shrimp, home made soups and all the salads you could think of. Then they would serve a small 1/2 turkey with all the dressing and sides to every diner. Then the desert.
Almost every one had the turkey and side packed up to go. So we all had turkey the day after.
But i must say the went out of business in the late 80's and most of the family has since passed. But what memories.
re: Jcohen552003
Whoa. Cookies Steak Pub. I believe it started in Camden NJ in the 50's. There was one on Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens, and one in the Whitman Mall in Huntington, LI. And we thought that a quarter of a head of iceberg lettuce w/ about 6 possible dressings served in one of those things you dont see anymore w/ the little stainless steel bowls on a rotating thingie was the height of eating. And the shrimp. A person could eat 50-100 and nobody would question it. Didnt they have a dessert bar?
re: chaz
I believe there was one in Hempstead too. I used to always get something like Lobster Thermidore or Coquille St Jacques (don't remember exactly) but it felt fancy to me at the time. Actually I still see those salad dressing servers at an place in Patchogue, which is also an all you can eat but also drink (beer or wine) so I guess it's part of that theme.
re: coll
There was on in Brooklyn and in Staten Island. I think the one in Brooklyn was at Kings Plaza. My grandparents always went there. I always wanted to go with them. I never had the chance. From what I remember it sounded like a Beefsteak Charlie's (remember them?), with the all you can eat shrimp and salad bar. The one in Kings Plaza became a ChiChi's, then a Red Robin, after that Redheads, now it's an H & M.
re: Jcohen552003
Worked for Cooky's for over 20 years, started as a cook in Yonkers and managed Yonkers and 9 other locations over the years. Yes the food and the memories were the best! I was with Cooky's to the end. We closed Hicksville of 1993.
re: ragazzis
Wow guys!!!!! what a blast from the past....completely forgot about Cooky's...I would bring dates there in the 70's when i lived at the Forest Hills Inn....down stairs there was a Stteak and Brew , which became Beefsteak Charlies....
Generally Thrusday, but in my family if one particular aunt isn't the host, she makes the whole deal on Friday and we eat it all over again. Yum. I also cook a downsized version of it a few times a year.
Thanks everyone for the info, you were very helpful. I think I'll run it on the Thursday and see how it goes.
My first reaction to this question was to say "Um............... well................... Thanksgiving Day is the 4th Thursday in November, so.............. YES.............. the Thanksgiving meal is generally eaten on that day. If it were eaten on any other day it wouldn't really be the Thanksgiving meal, would it. Unless specific family situations caused the celebratory meal to be enjoyed on a different day, that would be the way it is."
After thinking about it, though, I'm now very curious as to why it's different in Canada. The official Canadian Thanksgiving (at least according to Wikipedia) is the 2nd Monday in October, so how is it that Canadians have their holiday gathering on EITHER Sunday or Monday (or even Saturday)??? Is this possibly a function of the holiday being immediately adjacent to the weekend, instead of separated by Friday (as in the US)? Has the Monday always been generally a day off in Canada? If not, perhaps that's why it is often celebrated on Sunday?
re: Midlife
First, as has often been said, we Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving earlier because we have so much less to be thankful for. ;}
Generally, Thanksgiving is much more of a big deal in the US than it is in Canada. (See, for example, Barry Levinson's "Avalon" - a wonderful movie whose tag line "You cut the toikey?! You cut the toikey!!!" still resonates.) Citing another movie, no one would ever make "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" in Canada. And there's definitely no huge shopping day like Black Friday in the US.
Some families like to have Canadian Thanksgiving on Sunday - it gives people who traveled a chance to rest up from Friday/Saturday, and lets them get out early on Monday. But, if your family is relatively close (geographically), the Monday makes a nice change of pace. Also, the Canadian Football League, in one of their more inspired moments, has back to back games on the Monday, giving Canadian fans a heads up on the Grey Cup (our version of the Super Bowl.
In modern times, Thanksgiving has always been a Monday off, so most of us plan around it. However, since most of Canada is nominally Christian, Thanksgiving is not the "pan-holiday" it is the US; we save it for Christmas.
re: Midlife
LOL! The real reason Thanksgiving is earlier in Canada is the shorter growing season - the harvest is usually complete the end of September. By the end of November most parts of Canada have had a least one snowfall.
And because the holiday is on Monday and people have to work the next day a lot of people (2/3, from what I can see) have the thanksgiving dinner on the Sunday night. It will be interesting to see if Americans here will come out for Thanksgiving turkey when they have to work the next day.
re: fwsr
What's interesting is that the day after Thanksgiving is not a governmental holiday in the USA. Many private companies give it as a holiday in exchange for a minor national holiday like Columbus Day or Veteran's (Armistice/Remembrance) Day. But many don't. Stock markets and banks are open, so the considerable number of Americans in financial services don't have it as a holiday; of course, neither do retailers, as it is their most important day of the year. Thus, many people work, but many don't. I've worked my share of those Fridays, after cooking and serving a feast the night before.
Easter, btw, is somewhat similar in this regard: Easter Monday is not a holiday in the US. The only people who get it off are in the Virgin Islands and, if Easter falls the day before the 3rd Monday in April, people in Massachusetts, which celebrates Patriot's Day (the running of the Boston Marathon coincides with that celebration) as the start of the American Revolution in 1775.
New Year's Day used to be like this: in the past generation, the celebration has largely shifted to the Eve, but it used to be customary to have a big feast on the Day, and to go visiting relatives and have open houses and what not. The next day was not a holiday.
re: Karl S
What a lack of special holidays! What a sad comment on those special days.
Move here, Karl.
Canadian Football is a better game.
re: DockPotato
Hey, here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, it looks like they may finally get rid of Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day as local holidays for Boston.
re: DockPotato
Canadians are required by law to have one long weekend each month, aren't they?
Victoria Day, Canada Day, August-filler day, Labour Day, etc.
re: FrankD
That's still better than the US where many people in the private sector don't get anything from 1/1 to the last week of May. I've never worked anywhere that gave President's Day or MLK off. You might be lucky to get half of Good Friday off, but that was rare and usually unexpected.
re: queencru
Whereas all the companies I've worked at give Presidents' Day off, but not MLK, and I don't recall having Good Friday off ever in all states that I've worked in. Not having anything between 1/1 and Memorial Day would be killer.
The Evacuation Day (3/17) and Bunker Hill Day (6/17) holidays for Suffolk County should definitely be abolished. Of course, those that have it said on the news they understand its needed for cost savings, but don't want to give it up "because I like having the day off."
re: FrankD
In Ontario we get 1 in Jan. 1 in Feb. 1 in Mar/Apl. 1 in May. 1 in July. 1 in Aug. 1 in Sep. 1 in Oct. and 2 in Dec.
Not all get the one in Feb. but they're supposed to.
re: DockPotato
that's why i invented the mid winter blow out the blues party usually in feb. basically an open house with everybody i know! once i had a guest come ftrom columbia, md to upstate ny for this infamous pArty!
re: Karl S
and, if Easter falls the day before the 3rd Monday in April, people in Massachusetts, which celebrates Patriot's Day (the running of the Boston Marathon coincides with that celebration) as the start of the American Revolution in 1775.
Well, I've lived here for 20 years, working in both Middlesex and Essex Counties, and none of the companies I've worked for give Patriots' Day as a holiday. State, county and municipal offices are closed, but not federal offices, and I'd say many if not most companies outside of the immediate Boston area remain open.
re: LindaWhit
Right: closing within the Boston area makes sense because of the myriad road closures due to Revolutionary War re-enactments and the Marathon.
re: fwsr
"LOL! The real reason Thanksgiving is earlier in Canada is the shorter growing season - the harvest is usually complete the end of September. By the end of November most parts of Canada have had a least one snowfall."
A-HEM. In my youth, we in middle Illinois had more than likely had at least one snowfall by late November. In fact, I remember one year we made an unusually long trip to the farm of an aunt and uncle near Eureka, and drove through a snow-covered landscape all the way. I also remember that many of the Thanksgiving illustrations of Pilgrims showed them walking through the snow, though when they got to the feast table those were all miraculously snow-free, though invariably set outdoors.
When I lived outside London for several years, many local restaurants/pubs had either traditional Thanksgiving dinners or Thanksgiving-y versions of things (turkey and cranberry meat pie, for example) the whole week of Thanksgiving. Very popular with all the American ex-pats I knew.
I'd do it on Thursday. I'd have some TV's ready with football as well. Advertise it for the Expats who can't make it back home.
If there's lots of leftovers, hot turkey sandwiches are the special of the day for Friday and Saturday.
We always have it on Friday, almost always have. The grocery stores are open in case you need to run out for something (and aren't that busy as most people are at the mall) and most people have it off work so we've never had any problems with attendance. This allows us freedom on thursday to prep/cook instead of having to rush around, and also to attend others' thanksgiving celebrations without missing out on our "foodie" favorites, which we make for our own thanksgiving on friday. I highly recommend it.
re: rockandroller1
Too late for this year, but I may suggest that for next year. I always dread the Wednesday before Thanksgiving . . .rushing around after work to prepare for the big day.
re: rockandroller1
Well, here in sunny SoCal almost every grocery store is open regular hours, a few being open until 5 pm or so. The ones that are closed all day are the oddballs, and it's the same for Christmas. In spite of that, the stores are slammed the days before both holidays! Is a puzzlement...
re: Will Owen
I misspoke - getting old, memory's going, yada yada - most of the supermarkets close at 6 pm or thereabouts so that the workers can return to their hovels in time for their meagre feasts. I guess that's why traffic is so heavy there most of the day. I intend to have all my stuff bought Wednesday, but you never know …
re: rockandroller1
Same here. My family members are geographically spread across the US, and some are in other countries, so they typically run into issues coming back home to Florida. Normally everyone usually arrives by Thursday afternoon, so we do a small meal Thursday evening.
On Thursday morning my cousins, my brother, and I usually get up early and go fishing, run crab-trap lines, heat up the kettles for cooking (boil the crabs, and fry the fish/hushpuppies), and have everything else (the turkey/pork and all the rest) ready to eat by Friday afternoon.
I'm asking this in all sincerity, no offence intended, seeking information: why Thursday? It seems an odd choice to have a major holiday in the middle of a work-week, something like this year when our Remembrance Day fell on a Thursday, we had the day off and then had to return Friday. A Friday or Monday just seems to make more sense to me. Is there a, possibly historical, reason that Thursday was chosen?
re: Jasz
As gaffk said, the modern celebration has always been on Thursday. I think a lot of people like having it on Thursday b/c most (non-retail) businesses and offices are closed on Friday as well. It makes it easier to really slow down and gives people more time to travel and visit.
Our Veteran's Day is the same as your Remembrance Day, always 11/11 because it is tied to the end of WWI. We have a pretty even split of national holidays that occur on a specific date regardless of the day of the week and others that are always on a Monday close in time date/event observed.
re: mpjmph
Holidays used to be celebrated on the day they fell on, not on Mondays...although I was a tiny little toddler then, so hopefully I'm remembering correctly. At some point, they moved everything (except Thanksgiving and Christmas and a couple of other big ones) to a Monday for the convenience of someone or other.
re: mpjmph
That's how I remember it, and the timing is right. But it seems only schools and civil service get the three day weekend, the rest of us just get lighter traffic.
re: Jasz
We don't know when the first thanksgiving was, just that it was in the fall (sometime around the end of September or as late as early November.) President George Washington proclaimed Thursday November 26, 1789 as thanksgiving that year, but as gaffk said, a formal national day of thanksgiving wasn't established until Lincoln in 1863, and he set it as the last Thursday in November. In the late 1930's president Roosevelt tried to move it to the third Thursday that year to give more shopping days before Christmas. That didn't work out too well, and finally in December of 1941 the US Congress declared the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving (giving everyone a year to plan ahead, although there were a lot of calendars printed with the other dates.)
Americans IN the US do primarily have their celebration on the fourth Thursday of November (it's the fourth, by the way, not the last -- although it usually works out that way)
BUT Americans working outside the US celebrate on the Saturday, as we all have to work/go to school on Thursday.
There are a few places serving a Thanksgiving dinner in Paris on the Thursday, but the companies selling American groceries told me this week that most of the expats have their meal on the Saturday.
Last year, we had Thanksgiving in July.
We have great friends, who live 1200 miles away. For almost 20 years, we had Thanksgiving with them, but we moved. Our schedules are tough, and their's are just as bad. We wanted to get back together, so made the plans. Getting a fresh turkey in Denver, in July, was a bit of a task, but everyone made it, and the gathering was great.
Yes, and I believe people would only be looking for a restaurant meal on the day (although lots of cafeterias and restaurants here serve turkey and trimmings in the days/weeks leading up to Thanksgiving for those who just can't get enough). It's common for a Thanksgiving meal to be served at work on maybe the Friday before, or whenever they think a significant number of people will still be around to eat it.
I have celebrated Thanksgiving with family on Thursday and friends on Friday before, or something like that ... but those were home-cooked meals.
re: Disneyfreak
My family used to do that. Made it alot less pressure to get to two families over the holidays.
I do my big Thanksgiving dinner on the Saturday after Thanksgiving because
-when Mr. Tardigrade and I were both working it was too difficult to prepare a large dinner when we didn't get home until 7 the night before
the grocery stores aren't as crowded on Friday in case we need any last-minute items
-we can invite friends who may have family commitments on Thursdays
-it's sort of our anniversary, since we started going together the Saturday after Thanksgiving years ago
It is not unusual to have large communal Thanksgiving dinners a week before the actual holiday. If you offered an old fashioned turkey dinner for a week or so before, many American ex pats might enjoy it, especially if you are closed on that date. Another option is to offer takeout Thanksgiving foods for your customers. Many markets in the U.S. offer these now; families often eat this so all can watch football together. (So I'm told.) I often bought the cranberry salad offered at our local market to add to my own dinner. This is not an unusual practice.
If you offer a Thanksgiving dinner for groups on the date of Thanksgiving you might get some takers, but I don't know the market well enough to be confident of that. In the U.S. hotels and some restaurants offer special dinners on that day.
Most people eat the traditional dinner on Thursday but some families schedule it otherwise becaue of work, travel, or other family commitments. I generally attend one the week before with my family and one on the day of with my husband's family.
It's basically a 4 day weekend and in my large, extended family Thurs., Fri. Sat. or Sunday is game for Thanksgiving dinner.
I do my big dinner on Saturday because 1) it was more convenient when I was working, 2) it's less hectic having a couple of free days to prepare, and 3) Mr. Tardigrade and I started going together the Saturday after Thanksgiving one year so it's our sorta anniversary.


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SAT 11/29 Miami Lakes, the 3-year-old toddler of a city, is growing up. The landscaping along a prominent stretch of Main Street is taking root and now the town's Holiday Festival of the Arts is benefiting from the work of a newly created cultural affairs committee. Of course that means the bar has been set a little higher this year: No longer will T-shirt vendors sell their wares next to bona fide crafts-folk. That, says volunteer Irene Berman, is to your benefit. The festival features 85 local exhibitors, art judges, and a Brazilian samba band, Pakkone. The fun starts at 9:30 a.m. today and Sunday, November 30, at Main Street East (east of 67th Avenue), Miami Lakes. Free admission. Call 305-827-3697. -- By Victor CruzFeast or Frenzy?
SAT 11/29 The ritualistic carving of turkeys as a gesture of thanks to Native Americans, the people who were subsequently killed and exploited by their Thanksgiving hosts, is the perfect metaphor for man's beastly ways, according to author Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns. Instead of killing a cute, curious, and family-oriented bird, Davis and the members of EarthSave Miami will be feasting on vegetarian victuals at their annual Turkey Free Thanksgiving Dinner. Mealtime is at 6:30 p.m. at Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 DeSoto Blvd., Coral Gables. Admission is $30. For reservations call 305-228-1116. -- By Juan Carlos RodriguezTango Palace
Chacarera? Milonga? Party!
SAT 11/29 No doubt everyone is feeling a bit rotund after the high-carb holiday. But instead of rushing off to the mall for your penitence, there's a much slinkier, sexier way to work off that extra helping of potatoes: a heavy dose of tango. With the Florida Second Tango Marathon, sponsored by El Milonguero magazine, you can tango cheek by cheek all day and into the wee hours of the night. Classes for beginners (or rusty novices) start at 10:00 a.m. and are held every hour on the hour, followed by a special chacarera class, a dance to Argentinean folk music, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Then comes the milonga, the all-night dance party common across cities like Buenos Aires, which has as many as 100 such places to move your body. Wear comfortable yet elegant clothes, and remember that tango was once the dance of prostitutes, which is why women still often wear fishnet stockings and red and black colors to a milonga. The dance instructors put on a performance just after midnight, and the marathon ends when the last couple drops. Refreshments and food are available. The marathon is held at Dance Masters of Miami, 12390 W. Dixie Hwy., North Miami. Free. Call 305-534-3417. -- By John Anderson
Artists haunt house with creations
SAT 11/29 Wallowing on the dark side is a sweet experience. The four artists in Worm-Hole Laboratory's new exhibit, "Haunted," opening tonight, explore the delicious demons that play in the macabre realms of the imagination. From Diego Singh's psychedelic meditations on suicide to Pepe Mar's playful flirtation with domestic torture and dismemberment, this show promises to be a weird and kinky event unlike any other. Curator José Carlos Diaz draws from Hollywood horror flicks, gothic literature, and the artists' own demons. The opening reception starts at 7:00 p.m. at Worm-Hole Laboratory, 401 NE 22nd St. Admission is free. Call 305-798-6529. -- By Juan Carlos Rodriguez


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Time to leave? Bella doesn't think so
Surely you can relate to what Bella, the German shepherd featured in this video, is going through.
Think about that beach vacation you didn't want to come to an end, or your toddler's hissy fit when the time came to leave Chuck E. Cheese, or those potato chips you always need one more of.
Sometimes, when something just feels so good, or is so much fun, stopping, packing up and going home is just unthinkable.
Such, seemingly is the case with Bella, who, when informed that her lake visit was over, whined, moaned and carried on in a way that made it clear that — despite what her owner was telling her — it wasn't quite time to leave.
In posting the video on YouTube, her caretaker noted that, after her performance, Bella got to play in the lake a little longer.
"No dogs' hearts were actually broken in the making of this video," she added.
Two days ago, she posted another comment on YouTube, alluding to all the negative comments the video has received about her "ill-trained" dog.
"I thought it was funny. I didn't realize at the time that half of the world's population would know her better than I do based on a 2 min video. The true story is she has severe HD and we take her swimming in the pond just about everyday for therapy (it's good for her hip, and helps burn all of her puppy energy).
"… She's perfectly trained and I do know this isn't appropriate behavior. I have found people nor animals are 100% perfect all of the time. You can tell from the tone of my voice that I'm not serious and she knew it as well. That's why she pushed the limits and I allowed her to do so. It was fun banter back and forth between her, my daughter and I.
"Even after explaining ALL of this, there are going to be a million "dog whisperers" that still know her better than me. I posted this video 5 months ago, not thinking it would ever go viral. Based on the negativity of people that cannot see this for what it was — just a funny video of a dog — makes me wish at times that I had never posted it in the first place."
Not to read too much into it, and even though it was all in the spirit of playfulness, it still makes me wonder: As dogs become more like humans, are they getting better at manipulating us?
And, given how much we've manipulated them, is that only fair?
And, as for all those nasty "expert" commenters who can't tear themselves away from negatively pontificating on the Internet — because to them it's just too much fun — I suggest they go jump in a lake.
Posted by John Woestendiek October 1st, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, behavior, bella, dog, dogs, fit, fun, german shepherd, hissy fit, internet, lake, manipulation, pets, play, stop, time to go, video, viral video
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Dog dragger apologizes after being exposed
Photos of a dog being dragged by a car in China led to an online campaign to track the driver down, his identity being unveiled, and enough harassment to bring him to apologize for what he did.
The photos of the dragging, and some videos, were posted starting Saturday on Sina Weibo, a popular microblogging site similar to Twitter, and quickly went viral.
An online manhunt — or what's sometimes called a "human flesh search" — for the driver led to him being identified, likely through his license plate number.
His name, address and telephone number were shared on Sina Weibo, where there was also talk among users of visiting him and administering their own justice.
Before that could happen, the driver appeared on a Shantou Television news program on Monday admitting responsibility for the incident and apologizing.
He said the dog is a watchdog at his factory, and had bitten people. He wanted to get rid of the dog, but couldn't kill it with his own hands, according to China Daily.
"I couldn't see the dog in my rear-view mirror so I wasn't aware that it was bleeding badly," the man, identified only as Zheng, said in his public apology. "I apologize for my actions and hope Sina Weibo users would not to reveal or share any more of my personal information," he said.
Witnesses said that after the dragging Zheng untied the dog — bleeding and near death — and threw it into some bushes on the side of a busy road in Shantou, in China's Guangdong province.
An animal rights group has organized a campaign to find the missing dog, a spokesperson for the group told BBC Trending. The driver claims the dog was still alive when left at the side of the road, but volunteers have been unable to find it.
(Photo from Sina Weibo)
Posted by John Woestendiek September 24th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, apology, car, china, cruelty, dog, dragged, Guangdon, human flesh search, internet, pets, photos, Shantou, sina weibo, social media, video, weibo
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Please help my sick, dying, fat, abused dog
It's no secret that a sad dog story, properly promoted on social media, can bring in some pretty huge donations — for an animal shelter, a rescue organization, or an individual.
Whether your dog needs life-saving surgery, or even an intense diet regimen, you don't have to be a nonprofit organization to ask the public for help — and you shouldn't have to be.
But with the rise of social media, and online fundraising tools like GoFundMe, IndieGogo, and all those other I-would-like- some-of-your-money-please websites, there are likely more bucks than ever before being donated directly to individual dogs in need.
With all that unmonitored money pouring in, what ensures that it's going to the rightful place — namely, helping the dog in question? What ensures any surplus won't end up going to the dog owner's kitchen remodel? What's to guarantee that the sad dog story is even true in the first place?
In a word, nothing.
Just as the Internet has made us all published journalists, photographers and autobiographers, it has given us an easy route to becoming professional fund-raisers.
What gets lost in that transition is knowing who we can trust.
We can only cross our fingers and hope that those engaging in outright fraud get caught, that those soliciting funds to help a dog don't get too greedy, and that money sent in by good-hearted people seeking to help a dog actually goes to helping a dog.
It's a fuzzy area — legally and morally. What accounting, if any, does a private citizen raising money to help a dog owe those who contribute?
In Oregon, at least, the answer seems to be some, at least in the view of the state Attorney General's Office.
Since January, the office's charitable activities section has been looking into how Nora Vanatta spent, and is spending, all the money sent in to help Obie — the 77-pound dachshund she adopted and whose weight loss program became a much-followed story.
Vanatta, a veterinary technician who lives in Portland, never purported to be affiliated with a nonprofit, but she did seek and accept thousands of dollars from people around the world who were inspired by Obie's story.
Vanatta initially fostered Obie, after reading about him on the Facebook page of Oregon Dachshund Rescue.
After Obie's story went viral, the rescue sought to get the dog back, and filed a lawsuit. The case was later settled, and Vanatta was awarded permanent custody. (Obie is down to 22 pounds.)
Meanwhile, money — Vanatta won't say how much — continued to come in, $15,000 of which Vanatta says was spent on lawyers she hired to fight the custody battle. Some of it went to pay for $80 bags of specialty food Obie required, and a $1,500 skin-reduction surgery.
Since January, Vanatta has been answering questions from the Attorney General's office, which began looking into the matter after receiving complaints about how she was spending the funds, and is now in the process of working out an agreement with her.
"They wanted everything – copies of every penny in, every penny out," she told the Oregonian.
The Attorney General's office won't identify the source of the complaint, and it says no wrongdoing was found in how Vanatta has spent the funds so far. (Apparently, nobody in that office full of lawyers had any problem with all the money that went to lawyers.)
But the office does disagree with how she plans to spend the rest. (Obie's PayPal account was closed last year.)
Vanatta says the office objects to her using the money to help individual dogs with medical needs, which is maybe a little ironic given the money was raised to help an individual dog with medical needs. The Attorney General's office frowned upon her giving $2,000 to a family she met at the Tualatin veterinary clinic where she works to help them pay for their dog's back surgery. Instead, the office wants her to give the money away to established nonprofits, and wants to set a deadline.
The case raises lots of interesting questions, and some disturbing ones.
We're all for the attorney general keeping an eye on such fundraising drives; slightly less for that office dictating what good causes should receive the remainder of the money, and when.
We agree with Vanatta's reasoning on that: "I strongly believe you do not have to be a nonprofit to do good," she said.
What bothers us most, though, next to Obie's previous owners letting him get so morbidly obese, is how much of the money donated has gone to lawyers — $15,000 on the custody case, another $11,800 for lawyers to represent Vanatta in the attorney general's investigation.
Obie may be becoming a slimmer dog, thanks in part to donations from the public, but, as always, lawyers — gobbling up the bulk of the donations — just keep getting fatter.
Posted by John Woestendiek September 19th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: abused, accounting, adoption, animals, attorney general, campaigns, charitable, charities, crowdfunding, dachshund, dog, dogs, donations, dying, foster, fraud, fundraising, gofundme, internet, investigation, money, monitoring, nora vanatta, obie, oversight, pets, raising, rescue, sick, social media, surgery, trust
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Hopeless dogs? Think again
There are plenty of rescue groups that likely do as good a job saving, rehabilitating and re-homing stray dogs as Hope For Paws.
But there is probably none better than that Los Angeles-based non-profit at documenting what they do on video.
Above is their latest rescue video — that of a pit bull, since named Bunny, found abandoned on some government property. Shy, skittish and — even we'd admit — looking a little intimidating, she was lured in with hamburgers and trapped in a crate.
Not until she's transported to safety and let out of the crate do we get the answer to the question that — in addition to the beautiful camera work — keeps us watching: How is she going to react, close up, with a member of the species that treated her so rudely?
Therein lies the beauty of the Hope For Paws videos, and the beauty of dogs.
Bunny, who apparently experienced little kindness in life — with the exception of one good Samaritan who would drop her off some food while she was living in the wild — doesn't just give humans a second chance, she becomes an instant, gentle, trusting and tail-wagging friend.
After a few shy sniffs, she was resting her head on the laps of her rescuers.
Bunny is now up for adoption through Sevadog, an Oregon organization that helps dogs find forever homes. Hope For Paws often teams up with other rescues. In Bunny's case, three were involved, including the group Rescue From the Hart, which notified Hope For Paws about the dog's situation.
Hope For Paws went to the site, found the dog and got her veterinary care — shooting video the whole time.
The videos, which get millions of views on YouTube, help raise funds for the organization, and melt our hearts in the process. But they also bring attention to the issue of stray and homeless dogs, and remind us that, no matter how rough shape a being might be in, hope and love can conquer all.
The Internet age has seen us all become more adept at touting ourselves — as individuals, as non-profit organizations, as corporations. There are downsides to that. One is how easy it has become to mislead the masses. Another is the danger that we all end up spending 10 percent of our time on a project, and 90 percent of our time touting what we've done.
On the other hand, for a non-profit organization, showing the public what it does, in a way that touches the heart, can be a key to survival.
So, all things considered, we hope the Hope For Paws videos keep coming, and we urge you to take at some of the others by clicking the link in this paragraph.
You'll see some dogs in pretty horrid shape, like this one found living in a landfill, but you'll also get transported from sad to happy on your way to the final destination — hope.
Posted by John Woestendiek September 17th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: abandoned, animal welfare, animals, bunny, documenting, dog, dogs, fundraising, helpless, homeless, hope for paws, internet, los angeles, pets, public relations, rescue, rescue from the hart, rescue videos, rescues, sevadog, shelter, stray, touting, video, videos
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Talk the dog: Humanizing our pets
There are two main reasons I'm against humanizing our pets.
One, it's messing with nature — dogs (ideal beasts, in my view) should stay dogs.
Two, portraying them as humans, giving them human attributes, or using them as our puppets, implies our species is superior, and worth imitating. Oftentimes, from what I've seen of it, it's not. We're are way too far from perfect to appoint ourselves role models for the animal kingdom.
I get slightly peeved when I see technology being used to make dogs more human — especially when, because we deem it cute and entertaining, we put our words in their mouths.
So, immensely popular as it is, I'm less than smitten with My Talking Pet, an app that allows us to take a photo of our cat or dog, record an audio message, and get a video of our pet — animated so that mouth, nose and eyebrows move as the pet appears to talk.
From the samples I've seen, the words we put in the mouths of dogs are only further proof that we're not the intellectually superior species we think we are.
"People are obsessed with it," said Iain Baird, who developed the app with his former school buddy, Peter Worth. "I think it's really struck a chord with how close people are with their pets."
The concept, he told Fortune.com, came while he and some friends were in a London pub talking about a YouTube video featuring a "talking dog" that had gone viral. They decided to come up with an app that would make it easy for any pet owner make their dog "talk," and it hit the iTunes market in early 2013.
It wasn't until after the app was featured on the "Ellen" show that it really took off.
Last October, Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs, stars of the CBS sitcom "2 Broke Girls," praised the app while on the show. In the weeks that followed it became the most downloaded paid app in the Apple iTunes store.
Worth and Baird say their company, WOBA Media, began thinking even bigger after that — including offering a "devil mode," which adds glowing red eyes to the pet, and "angel mode," in which the pet appears under a halo.
Taken alone, "My Talking Pet" is just a little harmless fun — as is dressing the dog up for Halloween, treating the dog like a spoiled grandchild, or calling them "fur babies".
The dangers come when our seeing them as humans sabotages our attempts at training, when we start assigning dogs human emotions they don't have, and holding them to human expectations.
We should be close to our pets. We should see them as family members — only canine ones. To manipulate them, to turn them into something else (humans, or angels, or devils), to put words into their mouths, all takes away from appreciating them for what they are.
Just something to keep in mind as technology marches on — often making bigger inroads than we originally anticipated.
How long will it be, for example, before cutting edge, 21st Century technology, like that used in "My Talking Pet" is turned around on us, and the app takes on a mind of its own, and our pets are giving us their unsolicited opinions on the best brand of dog food, cereal or car to buy?
That could never happen, could it?
Posted by John Woestendiek September 4th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: 2 broke girls, animal, animals, animation, apps, behavior, dog, dogs, ellen, humanize, humanizing, internet, itunes, my talking pet, pets, species, superior, talking, talking dog videos, talking dogs, technology, words
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Did Google "street view" car run over a dog?
Did a Google "street view" car hit and kill a small dog on a road in Chile?
Some media outlets are suggesting just that, based on evidence that comes from … Google.
Whether the Internet giant was fingered by its own technology isn't certain, but a look at what the street view car recorded while traveling down the 2800 block of Meza Bell indicates that the lively little dog ran that ran in front of the car was, after the car had passed, apparently lifeless.
Street view cars, driven by independent contractors, travel down public streets recording a 360 degree view of the surroundings for use on Google Maps.
The images show the dog trotting in front of the oncoming car, and laying motionless in its wake.
Most media accounts, like this one on BusinessInsider.com, imply the vehicle did not stop.
Google says it is investigating the images to "understand and inform what happened" and ensure that they have proper guidelines in place to protect people and animals.
Last year, questions arose over whether a street view car had struck and killed a donkey in Botswana. Google said a review of the images proved that didn't happen.
(Images from Google Maps)
Posted by John Woestendiek August 22nd, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, car, dog, dogs, google, google maps, hits, internet, kills, mapping, maps, pets, street, street view, street view car, view
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How not to find a pet sitter
It would be easy to blame the disappearance of Fluffy on Craigslist. Too easy.
Fluffy's owner deserves some of the blame — for leaving her four-year-old shih tzu-Maltese mix with a woman who responded to her Craigslist ad for a pet sitter, without ever visiting the home her dog was going to be staying in.
But the real culprit, police in Florida say, is the woman they are now looking for — the one who identified herself as Keyana Morales when she responded to the pet owner's ad, and who was hired after meeting with Fluffy and her owner a couple of times in a local park.
Fluffy's owner hired Morales to care for Fluffy while she and her family were on vacation out of the country. When she returned from vacation, Fluffy — and Morales — were nowhere to be found.
Her phone calls and emails went unanswered, and the address the pet sitter gave her turned out to be a vacant house, Local10 reports.
Police in Boynton Beach say Morales' name was phony as well. They are now seeking the woman they believe absconded with the dog after posing as a pet sitter – Shamari Patrick, 23.
Police say Patrick lives out of her car, a burgundy Grand Marquis. (Anyone with information about Patrick or Fluffy is asked to call police at 561-742-6135 or Palm Beach County Crime Stoppers at 800-458-TIPS.)
Police say they believe stealing Fluffy was Patrick's intent from the start, which, unless she was paid up front, doesn't make much sense, and doesn't explain why Patrick, as Morales, stayed in touch with the pet owner during her trip, and emailed her photos of Fluffy.
We don't know if police are jumping to conclusions, but Fluffy's owner sure did before leaving on vacation in July when she decided to hire a pet sitter without exercising hardly any of the diligence that was due.
Maybe that's why she's seeking not to be identified by name. News reports refer to her as Fluffy's owner, or "the victim." Perhaps she's a little embarassed about having done so little homework before entrusting her dog to a stranger.
Craigslist, and the Internet, make everything seem so quick and easy that we no longer see them as what they truly are — crapshoots, unreliable and dangerous, in large part because they make us think answers and solutions are just a click away.
Craigslist, and all the rest of the Internet, should be seen as a starting point, from which to move on to further research. Otherwise they can lead to endings that, as could be the case for Fluffy, are not at all happy.
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#57 - kathuzada (04/09/2013) [+] (16 replies)
Majora's Mask Zelda is best Zelda
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Why would she say that in Twilight Princess? Never played that one.
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I only played it when it just came out for the gamecube so it's been a while but if memory serves, she just kept getting **** on from everywhere,(spoilers inbound if you ever want to play that game) she had to surrender her kingdom or have everyone in it be killed, it was then plunged into the world of twilight, she was incarcerated, she basically had to die to save the twilight princess(no relation the the other guy), she was then used as a puppet by Ganon and had to get her ass kicked by Link.
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I want to play legend of zelda now, but I saw that creepy post about majora's mask and now i'm afraid...
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I would use a reaction pic, but my avy works in it's stead.
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Is it just me or is the setup awkward? If I'm not mistaken, it goes Legend of Zelda> A Link to the Past> Ocarina of Time> Wind Waker> Twilight Princess> Skyward Sword
Yet Skyward Sword is top left, twilight princess is bottom right, wind waker is top right, Ocarina of time is bottom left, Link to the past is top middle, and Legend of Zelda is bottom middle.
I understand this has nothing to do with the post itself, but it bothered me.
Yet Skyward Sword is top left, twilight princess is bottom right, wind waker is top right, Ocarina of time is bottom left, Link to the past is top middle, and Legend of Zelda is bottom middle.
I understand this has nothing to do with the post itself, but it bothered me.
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#47 - severepwner (04/09/2013) [+] (2 replies)
A link to the past is interesting me now. But as far as games go, Ocarina of time looks more interesting.
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I thought that said wind wanker at first. I was like, what kind of game is that?
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gimmie the ocarina, go back to being 10 and get your ass back to the forest
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Does anyone have the picture like this that explains all the 'deres' ?
in particular I want to know which dere LoZ falls into.
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Responding to a recent report that Wilson was fired because she was ordered to lose 30 pounds over the summer and didn't, NBC told The Wrap the following: "There's absolutely no truth at all to the rumors regarding Casey Wilson. Her contract was simply not renewed."
The uproar began thanks to an E! column by Ted Casablanca, who cited "inside comedy sources" who claimed that "producers told the curvy Casey to lose 30 pounds during the show's summer hiatus. They pretty much demanded it. And whether Wilson just couldn't drop the weight or she just only wanted to give her middle finger some exercise, she didn't drop a damn pound. And that's when she was axed, we're told."
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I wouldn't believe NBC if they told me water was wet. I will turn on NBC ONE TIME this year. Unfortunately the Dolphins have a game on that garbage propaganda network this year.
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy Coleen
So go ahead and crawl back in your hole with your sister and continue to let FOX news brainwash you into thinking they are fair and balanced and everyone else is evil. It is your call.
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Hey Martie, I would love to see how you would handle Alaska as Governor, shameful reporting leveled against your character, etc...
Can't do it? I didn't think so.
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Yo Mike, Do us a favor. Watch Fox that night. You're a jinx, you stupid bastid.
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy Karen
The fact is SNL hasn't been "watchable" in so many years, indicative of the lack of talent on the show, that weight HAD to be the issue. I could make a list of so-called entertainers labeled as "funny" on the show that either bored me to tears or completely grossed me out. There's actually a couple of guys on there now that are not only NOT FUNNY, but butt-ugly to boot! Get rid of them and perhaps I'll start watching again!!
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy Jonathan
I know one of the new girls, Nasim Pedrad, personally and she is both a talented performer and writer, and the first middle Easterner (in this case Iranian descent) to be on the show. So to SNL producers' credit, they obviously are trying to explore some new areas. Nasim's humor is well known to draw on her ethnicity, much like Carlos Mencia. So give her and the new season a try!!
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy DanLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
But ugly guys are funnier for being ugly. Ugly women are just not really good for anything.
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy DTBronzich
I have not watched the program in many years, really, but this young actress is absolutely beautiful! I would hope that NBC shall come to it's senses.
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You're right, Sarah Palin is better looking than Tina Fey. Proof positive that looks are meaningless. Shame on you. This article is supposed to be about a men vs women double standard, and you just agreed with them. Jan! You're a woman. Start acting like one.
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy Jennifer
Tina Fey was actually much heavier when she was simply a writer for the show; they didn't make her a cast member until she lost about 30lbs.
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What does Sarah Palin being prettier than Tina Fey have to do with this story?
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy mike
That really isn't the point, Jan. Tina Fey made Sarah Palin look like the low IQ idiot that she is.
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Wrong. It made NBC look like the ultra leftist liberal network it is, with SNL being the liberals' bludgeon to wield over mindless lemmings. Haven't watched SNL in years and probably won't ever again. It's not funny anymore, just mean spirited, spiteful and politically motivated.
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy Reena
Mike - I totally agree with you! funny how people don't realize that what Tina Fey was saying in those skits - Sarah Palin actually said! Sarah Palin is a complete idiot and Fey portrayed her perfectly!!
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Sarah Palin didn't even say the things Tina Fey said. Tina twisted them. Palin said you can see parts of Russia from parts of the USA and Tina said Palin could see Russia from her house. Way to look at facts!! You probably have a bright future in journalism
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy getreal13
Really man. I've heard of run on sentences when someone is writing but not when they are speaking.
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What if it was a weight issue? It's NBC's show, if they wanted her to lose weight then she should have if she wanted to stay on, double standard or not. Granted people have different body types and general shapes but being significantly overweight as a result of lifestyle is another thing. Why does that have to be accepted and overlooked.
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy Peggy
And what makes you think you know anything about her lifestyle choices? You live with her? You spend every waking hour following her around to see if she eats right and exercises? How big are you? Is everything that goes in your mouth healthy? Do you exercise daily? I suppose you are perfect in every way, oh, except for being judgemental and a "know it all"!
- Friday 11 SeptemberBy Sasha
They never required that a male cast member lose weight, so it is sexist and wrong.
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In all fairness, Lorne Michaels has put a lot of men on the show simply because they were kinda cute, no matter how unfunny they were. I'm sure if Jimmy Fallon had packed on pounds he never would've been allowed to stink up Weekend Update all the time--and today we wouldn't have that fine hour of programming after The Tonight Show.
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