The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't

The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't
Production company:	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor:	Avco Broadcasting Corporation
Release date:	November 21, 1972
Starring:	Hal J. Smith June Foray Vic Perrin John Stephenson Don Messick
Producer(s):	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Screenplay by:	Ken Spears and Joe Ruby
Director(s):	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't is an American Thanksgiving animated TV special produced by Hanna-Barbera for the Avco Broadcasting Corporation, who distributed it in syndication. It aired on November 21, 1972. It was written by Ken Spears and Joe Ruby, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

A young squirrel learns how his great-great-great grandfather saved Thanksgiving between the pilgrims and the Indians.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jimmy	June Foray
Judy	Unavailable
Mom	Unavailable
Dad	Don Messick
Squirrel kid	Unavailable
Squirrel dad	Vic Perrin
Squirrel mom	June Foray
Jeremy Squirrel	Hal J. Smith
Mary Cooke	Unavailable
Johnny Cooke	Unavailable
Pumpkin	Unavailable
Little Bear	Unavailable
Mr. Cooke	John Stephenson
Little Bear's father	Unavailable
Wolf	Don Messick
Johnny Cooke's sister
Rabbit	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth Bay
        • Plymouth Rock
  • England
• The Moon

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• Mayflower

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1971.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• November 21, 1972 in syndication

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 1, 2013: Warner Archive Collection releases Casper's First Halloween on DVD.