Boomerang Has Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t

Cartoon network’s Boomerang will celebrate the tastiest holiday of all with two commercial-free airings of Hana-Barbera’s 1972 animated special The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t. Celebrating its 26th anniversary, the half-hour program will air on Thanksgiving Day at 10 a.m. (ET) and again at 8 p.m.

Featuring a voice cast that includes June Foray (Looney Tunes, Rocky and Bullwinkle) and Don Messick (Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons), The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t is an adventure story about the power of friendship. Set in 1621, the special chronicles one fateful day for Johnny Cooke, a young Pilgrim boy, and Little Bear, an Indian boy, who go missing before the first Thanksgiving feast. When their friend, Jeremy Squirrel, hears they are in peril he goes on a daring rescue mission, braving waterfalls and snarling timber wolves to save his pals.

Boomerang is Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s 24-hour cable/satellite network offering classic animated entertainment, much of it from the Hana-Barbera catalog. More programming info can be found at http://Boomerang.CartoonNetwork.com.