{"id":7234,"date":"2015-11-07T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7234"},"modified":"2015-11-06T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T00:36:59","slug":"26-days-of-thanksgiving-episodes-helen-keller-the-musical-south-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/07\/26-days-of-thanksgiving-episodes-helen-keller-the-musical-south-park\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Days of Thanksgiving Episodes: Helen Keller: The Musical! (South Park)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re counting down the days to Thanksgiving by looking at a variety of Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes. Thanksgiving episodes are all different, but they have lots of tropes in common. Today we\u2019re looking at the South Park<\/em> episode “Helen Keller: the Musical!”<\/p>\n

Basic Info<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by: Trey Parker<\/p>\n

Written by: Trey Parker<\/p>\n

Episode Number: Season 4, Episode 13<\/p>\n

Where to Watch It: Hulu<\/p>\n

Found Family<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this episode, Timmy forms a close bond with a turkey named Gobbles, who catches his attention because, like Timmy, he’s disabled. Things quickly gets very emotional as their bond is tested by Cartman, who will do anything to make the play the fourth graders are putting on stunning. This means replacing Gobbles with a more impressive turkey and even resorting to attempting to kill Gobbles. (Don’t worry, he only successfully kills Kenny).<\/p>\n

There are some truly heartbreaking moments in this episode after an evil turkey trainer convinces Timmy that he needs to release Gobbles into the wild. You will be amazed how invested you get in Timmy’s relationship with this turkey.<\/p>\n

Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

This episode is all about a turkey, but in this one turkeys are friends, not food. Gobbles ends up not becoming food when his disability saves him.<\/p>\n

Football<\/strong><\/p>\n

No football in this one.<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

For reasons that are never really explained, the fourth graders always do The Miracle Worker<\/em> as their play in the Thanksgiving pageant. But, in this version it’s a musical. (Sample lyrics: “Walter, Helen, water\/She\u2019s never gonna do it. There\u2019s no way she\u2019ll ever do it\/Helen, Helen. Water, Helen\/How can she talk if she can\u2019t hear?\/This is absolutely pointless”)<\/p>\n

The history you expect– the story of the first Thanksgiving– is also included in the very end, when the kindergarteners do their part of the pageant. They sing a quick song about the pilgrims and Native Americans. Butters is real into it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re counting down the days to Thanksgiving by looking at a variety of Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes. Thanksgiving episodes are all different, but they have lots of tropes in common. Today we\u2019re looking at the South Park episode “Helen Keller: the Musical!” Basic Info Directed by: Trey Parker Written by: Trey Parker Episode Number: Season 4,<\/p>\n

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