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Intergalactic Thanksgiving
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Wikipedia article
'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.
The story revolves around farmers and aliens who try to get along after a serious ecological accident happens. The ranchers help the royal family of the planet Laffalot from their runaway foodmaking machine.
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:
* 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
Category:1979 animated films
Category:1979 films
Category:1979 television films
Category:1979 television specials
Category:Canadian animated television films
Category:Thanksgiving television specials
Category:Canadian television specials
Category:Nelvana television specials
Category:1970s Canadian films
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