Underplayed Gems

Intergalactic Thanksgiving (1979)

Intergalactic Thanksgiving poster
Original title
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
Directed by
Clive A. Smith
Genre
comedy, animation
Country
Canada
Runtime
23 min
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Farmers and a royal alien family deal with a runaway machine that makes too much food. The humans help the aliens solve the ecological mess the machine creates.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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