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Unused shot from this episode.
- Craig Bartlett posted to his Facebook an unused shot of the ending of Mr. Simmons' play.
- Mr. Simmons' first name is indirectly revealed (through the names in his play) as Robert.
- There were many differences between the characters in Mr. Simmons play and the real people in Mr. Simmons life.
- Pearl Simmons: While Pearl, played by Rhonda Wellington Lloyd is sweet and patient with everyone at the table, the real Pearl has little patience with Peter, who’s being very nasty to Joy.
- Peter: While Peter, played by Stinky Peterson, is nice and friendly to everyone, including Pearl and Joy, the real Peter is a huge bully to Joy for losing both her job and car while he argues with Pearl, even tells her to eat more stuffing, implying that he's calling Pearl fat, when he’s denying even mentioning it.
- Joy: While Joy, played by Helga G. Pataki, is positive and upbeat, especially when she got promoted at her job, the real Joy has a depressing deadpan attitude, got fired from her job at the library and her car was stolen. And on top of that, she’s the main target of Peter's bullying.
- Uncle Chuck: While Uncle Chuck, played by Harold Berman, is patient while waiting to eat, the real Uncle Chuck is impatient, eats from other's plates, and only thinks about eating.
- Everyone in general: Everyone in the play held hands and tells everyone what they are thankful for, while in reality, it’s embarrassing to everyone to do, except for Pearl.
- In the end credits, instead of playing the usual ending theme, Stars and Stripes Forever plays through the first part.
- Thanksgiving is celebrated in both the United States and Canada, but on different days and during different months.
- Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November, which can be anywhere on/from the 22nd to the 28th (around a month before Christmas). The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in October of 1621.
- Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October (so they celebrate it before Halloween), which can be anywhere on/from the 8th to the 14th (around 2.5-months before Christmas). The first Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578, predating Thanksgiving in America by at least 43-years.
- Due the different dates for when Americans and Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving, this episode was aired between the two.
- This episode isn't aired on many TV networks outside of North America, because most countries don't celebrate Thanksgiving (at least not in the same way that Americans and Canadians do). Although many countries have holidays that are similar to Thanksgiving.
- When Bob told Helga about what work she had to do, he said there was a 3-day weekend sale coming up, most likely referring to Black Friday, which is after Thanksgiving.
- This is the second time a Heimlich Maneuver is done, the first was "Eugene's Bike". In this episode, Joy chokes on a turkey while Mr. Simmons holds her chest to pull it out.
- A muffled argument in the kitchen scene between Peter and Mr. Simmons' mother, Pearl, can be heard. Peter yells at Pearl saying "You've always hated me! You've always been jealous! I'm a better cook than you, I take better care of your son than you", Pearl then responds with "I am a wonderful mother!".
- Whenever Olga speaks, a piano arrangement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BMV 1048 is heard.
- This episode gained a large amount of controversy in May 2016 after a Vine (that was posted in 2013) became viral, which showed a clip from the episode that supposedly depicted anilingus. Craig Bartlett ultimately denied this scene (after being forced by the internet) was depicting anilingus in a news article on May 26th as it was actually Chuck eating turkey.
- When Harold comes to the boarding house to borrow some marshmallows, it turns out that he and his parents live right next-door to Sunset Arms.
Continuity[]
- Bob dresses up in the same soldier outfit from "Arnold's Halloween" to go look for Helga. His Hummer is also mentioned.
- The scene where Arnold looks at Helga and her family through her window and wishes her a Happy Thanksgiving from outside, mirrors the end scene of "Arnold's Christmas", when Helga stands outside the boarding house and wishes Arnold a Merry Christmas.
- This is the third time that Helga wears her purple coat. The first time she wears it is in “Snow” and the second time she wears it is in “Arnold's Christmas”.