In the 1978 episode "Turkeys Away," station manager Arthur Carlson decides to stage a massive secret Thanksgiving promotion to boost the station's ratings. He hires a helicopter to hover over the Pinedale Shopping Mall, intending to release live turkeys as a "gift" to the crowd below.
: Nessman initially thinks the dark objects falling from the sky are skydivers. Turkey Drop
The scene is narrated by the station's eccentric newsman, Les Nessman, who delivers a dramatic, play-by-play account that parodies the Hindenburg disaster: In the 1978 episode "Turkeys Away," station manager
: He soon realizes they are turkeys, screaming, "Oh, the humanity!" as they plummet. In the 1978 episode "Turkeys Away
