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8.  Six different times since 1991 there has been a televised Thanksgiving Day marathon featuring MST3K.  The table below shows what was shown and how it was presented each time.

By the way, in case you didn't notice, I love the Turkey Day marathons.  Since 1993 I've either watched the televised marathon or prepared my own list of favorites that I watch over a period of a week or two.  I would really like to hear from anyone that would like to sell or trade unedited copies of the 1991 through 1994 marathons.  I have some bits and pieces, but I would like to get the complete shows.  Please contact me at trnoel@hotmail.com.

Year	Logo	Dates/ Length	Bumpers (between episode story line)	Promos and Episode Intros	Episodes Shown (premieres in green)
1991		11/28-29/91 30 Hours 15 Episodes	Dr. Forrester is trying to take over the world by showing 30 straight hours of Turkeys.  He and Frank host Jack Perkins, Plant Guy and the Mole Men.	Joel is wearing a dark blue t-shirt under his jumpsuit and the bots are dressed for Thanksgiving.	206, 301, 203, 202, 201, 205, 306, 207, 309, 213, 303, 310, 204, 307, 311
1992		11/26-27/92 30 1/2 Hours 15 episodes plus This is MST3K	Dr. F force feeds an entire turkey to Frank for each turkey movie shown.	Joel is now wearing a white t-shirt and the bots are no longer dressed up.  They did show a number of the 1991 promos, but used the 1992 logo over them.	415, 322, 401, 208, 403, 317, 402, 210, 321, 411, 404, 408, 320, 312, 416, This Is MST3K
1993		11/24-25/93 32 Hours 16 Episodes	There weren't really bumpers per se this year.  Clips were filmed of MSTies at a Halloween party at Debbie Tobins' Edina, MN home.	Clips from the Halloween party were used to introduce each episode, plus a few generic spots that aired over and over.	505, 423, 424, 422, 318, 308, 313, 319, 507, 417, 412, 420, 512, 513, 517, 514
1994		11/23-24/94 28 Hours 14 Episodes	Adam West was brought in to do the between show bumpers.  He was joined by Beverly Garland, Robert Vaughn and Mamie Van Doren.	West also performed all the various promos and intros used throughout the day.	615, 512, 402, 407, 422, 306, 321, 315, 311, 503, 511, 601, 316, 604
1995		11/20-23/95 18 1/2 Hours 9 Episodes plus Poopie Parade of Values	Dr. F is back trying to take over the world and take care of Thanksgiving guests invited by the now departed TV's Frank before his mother shows up.	Most of the promos were of Mike and the bots eating their Thanksgiving dinner.   There were also behind the scenes clips from the MST3K Anthology.	102, 105, 107, 106, 424, 512, 519, 609, 612, Poopie Parade of Values, 701TD
1997		11/27-28/97 14 1/2 Hours 7 Episodes plus Making of MST	None.  This was simply a marathon of some MST3K episodes with no frills, but it was a nice gesture by the Sci-Fi Channel.	None	Making of MST3K, 801, 807, 808, 809, 810, (break), 811, 812

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