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Rarely Seen Thanksgiving Episodes

Friends: "The One With the Black Guy" - Chandler and Ross invite one of their best friends from college to spend Thanksgiving with the gang. The friend, Rashid, is the first African American that Rachel has ever met. While Monica prepares dinner, Rachel hides all her valuables in fear. Once dinner is served, however, Rachel gets to know Rashid as a person and realizes the error of her ways. She promises to hang out with Rashid more frequently. (After this episode, Rashid is never seen again.) Meanwhile, Phoebe works at a soup kitchen where she is mistaken for a crazy homeless person.

Lost: "Bird Is The Word" - In this first season episode, which was mysteriously omitted from the DVD set, a wild turkey appears on the island and the crash survivors try to hunt it down for food. In a series of flashbacks, the turkey remembers growing up on a Kansas poultry farm before escaping captivity and sneaking onto a merchant marine vessel bound for Australia. The first mate on that ship was Sawyer. Back in the present day, Locke's hunting party finally corners the bird near a cave. Just as Sawyer is hurling a spear at the turkey, he makes eye contact with the bird and recognizes it. "Don't kill me," it squawks as the spear impales it, "I have something important to tell you." Then it dies. End credits roll.

Anything But Love: "Salmonella Is Coming to Town" - Jules cost cuts on a holiday dinner for the homeless, with sickening results. When Hannah convinces Marty to go all out for Christmas, she gets the idea that he has, by getting a new apartment for them. (NOTE: There is nothing controversial or out-of-character for this episode. It rarely seen only because the series Anything But Love is hardly ever watched.)

Felicity: "The Season" - In her American studies history seminar, Felicity discovers the tragic history of Native Americans in the United States. That night, after going to sleep, she travels through time to the 1480s and warns them of the coming European hordes. They thank her for the message, but as she is preparing to leave, she catches Pocohantas making out with Ben. Later, she sends smoke signals to Sally One Feather about her feelings. When she wakes up in the present, she tells Ben how she feels.

Larry King Live: "November 15, 1997" - During an interview with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, Emeril tells King he loves cooking for Thanksgiving. King replies, "Wonderful holiday. As American as apple pie and the gulag." A confused Emeril asks if King meant "gulasch," which, while not American, is at least a food product. "I'm sorry," replies King. "That was my mistake. I meant to say culottes."