#17 - Thanksgiving Special - Fun Facts, Fat Guy Files & 10 Turkey Day Health Tips

In Episode 17, we’re dishing up some fun facts/history about Thanksgiving, diving into the Fat Guy Files for Thanksgiving 2009, and offering some tips to keep your health on track over the holiday! In this episode:

• Fun Facts about Thanksgiving
• The Fat Guy Files: Thanksgiving 2009
• Tips to Stay on Track This Holiday Season
• And much more!

It’s a GOBBLE GOBBLE edition of Wise Eats! Enjoy and make wise choices.

Episode Timestamps

• Greens, Beans, Potatoes, Tomatoes Song Blurb (0:10)
• Welcome to a special GOBBLE GOBBLE edition of Wise Eats! (00:30)
• Stand-Up Comedy Blurb (00:50)
• What Thanksgiving means to me (1:00)
• How America ranks Thanksgiving among other holidays (1:20)
• A time to be thankful for all the wonderful things we have in life (1:30)
• Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving Skit Blurb DA BEARS (2:00)
• History and fun facts about Thanksgiving (2:00)
• The original Thanksgiving celebration (2:10)
• How many Americans will eat turkey this Thanksgiving? (2:30)
• Thanksgiving Dish Rankings! (2:40)
• How many pumpkin pies will be eaten this Thanksgiving? (3:00)
• Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a special type of pie! (3:10)
• YOU NAME IT! Video Clip (3:25)
• Abraham Lincoln declares Thanksgiving a National Holiday (3:30)
• George Washington (3:40)
• Thomas Jefferson hated Thanksgiving! (3:50)
• Franklin Roosevelt Changes the Date of Thanksgiving! (4:05)
• Canada also celebrates Thanksgiving! (4:30)
• Bean Video Clip (4:40)
• The White House pardons a turkey every Thanksgiving! (4:50)
• The staggering number of turkeys that will be consumed on Thanksgiving and Christmas this year (5:00)
• Funny note about the gobble sound a turkey makes (5:15)
• Turkey Gobble Video Clip (5:30)
• Thanksgiving Football! It’s history and the only two teams that play every Thanksgiving (5:35)
• Will the Detroit Lions EVER be a good football team? (5:50)
• Bill Swerski’s Thanksgiving Heritage SNL Clip (6:25)
• Christmas Music: My Confession (6:30)
• The history of the Jingle Bells Christmas song(7:15)
• The Fat Guy Files – Thanksgiving 2009 (7:30)
• My exact diet journal entry from 10 years ago, with every meal in its gory detail (7:40)
• Cheerios, Chicken Alfredo, Apple Pie, Fruit Loops, Total Cereal, Smart Ones Dessert (8:00)
• Lemon Chicken, McDonald’s, Crab Rangoons, Chicago Style Pizza, Double Cheeseburger, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Angus Burger, Taco Bell, Chinese Food, Alcohol Binge, Egg Rolls, No Bake Cheesecake (9:00)
• He’s Just Having a Heart Attack! Video Clip (10:20)
• How I went from being the worst of the worst health-wise to today: A comparison (10:45)
• Smackdown WWE Thanksgiving The New Day Video Clip (11:50)
• 10 Tips to help you stay on track this Thanksgiving! (12:00)
• Tip# 1: Benefits of Walking (12:10)
• Tip# 2: Lifting Weights (12:50)
• Tip# 3: Get Good Sleep (13:10)
• Psycho Kid Ruins Thanksgiving Video Clip (13:15)
• Tip# 4: Reduce Stress (13:20)
• Danny Villalpando Thanksgiving Joke (13:50)
• Tip# 5: Don’t Skip Breakfast
• Tip# 6: Bring a healthy dish to pass (14:30)
• Recipe of the Week: Bastard Biker Banana Bread (14:40)
• Tip# 7: Pick protein/veggies over fats and avoid snacking (15:35)
• Tip# 8: Eat slowly and thoughtfully (16:10)
• SNL Video Clip Remember to chew those pork chops! (16:40)
• Tip# 9: Stay Hydrated (16:45)
• Will Ferrell SNL Video Clip: Share something we’re thankful for (17:15)
• Tip# 10: Avoid liquid calories + holiday drinking statistics (17:20)
• Another Thanksgiving stand-up comedy clip (18:10)
• Bonus Tip: Enjoy the Holiday! Don’t obsess like I used to (18:15)
• Wise-Eats.com/Episode17 for the show notes, YouTube video, recipes, pictures, and more (19:215)
• The Following Announcement YouTube Show – Season Finale 7: Tombstoned (19:25)
• Tombstone Movie Parody starring yours truly (19:40)
• Don’t miss the next episode where I’ll be conducting my first ever interview! (20:00)
• Please like, subscribe, comment (20:20)
• com for my free newsletter and Wise Eats Approved Foods List (20:30)
• Jingle Bells BLOOPER REEL (20:40)

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Recipes Mentioned in This Episode:

• Bastard Biker Banana Bread: Wise-Eats.com/BananaBread
• Complete Recipe List: Wise-Eats.com/Recipes

Articles/Brands/Products Mentioned in This Episode:

• 9 Fun Facts About Thanksgiving
• Quirky Thanksgiving Trivia Facts to Impress Your Friends this Holiday
• 15 Thanksgiving Fun Facts You'll Want To Share On Turkey Day
• 2019 Thanksgiving Fun Facts – Infographic with 61 Facts
• The Detroit Lions always play on Thanksgiving — here are 12 other things you might not have known about the holiday
• 20 Ways to Stay Fit and Healthy This Thanksgiving
• 9 Tips for a Healthy Thanksgiving
• Smart Ones Dessert
• Civilized Caveman Banana Bread
• The Following Announcement YouTube Show

Movie Clips

• DJ Suede The Remix God ft Pastor Shirley Caesar - You Name It! #UNAMEITCHALLENGE
• Greens, Beans, Potatoes, Tomatoes Song! Funniest Thanksgiving bit ever
• Bill Swerski's Super Fans: Thanksgiving - SNL
• Try Not To Laugh – Thanksgiving – Laugh Factory Stand Up Comedy
• First Thanksgiving - SNL
• Danny Villalpando Tells Jokes about Thanksgiving
• Psycho Kid Ruins Thanksgiving
• The Christmas Turkey: Mr. Bean
• The New Day vs. The Bar & Big Show - Thanksgiving Feast Fight- SmackDown LIVE, Nov. 20, 2018
• Thanksgiving Stand-Up Comedy John Caponera
• Funny Turkeys gobbling and making funny sounds, Have a Laugh -)
• Funniest Gobbling Turkey Video Compilation November 2016 - Funny Pet Videos
• Canada National Anthem (Instrumental)
• United States of America National Anthem (Instrumental)

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Editing Animations Thank You: Darin Roberts aka Misteredit1 on YouTube

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