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I have reposted stuff on this blog twice in the past, on rare occasions. But never three times. This deserves it though (and no doubt will be posted again in years to come).

It’s been two years since the last time I shared this YouTube video. And since this is the week of Thanksgiving (yes I’ve already begun preparing to deep-fry a bunch of turkey) and there are perhaps still a lot of people who’ve never enjoyed this before, I thought it was well worth posting again 🙂

It’s the short film Thanksgiving With The Kranzes. Produced a few years ago by aviation students, it’s a dead-on hilarious parody of Ron Howard’s movie Apollo 13.

It is Thanksgiving 1970. This year it’s Gene Kranz’s turn to host the traditional dinner for his NASA colleagues. The heroic crew of the Apollo 13 mission has been given the command of ...

November 25, 2009

This DESERVES to be a real Thanksgiving TV special…

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It’s not the first time that I’ve blogged about this. But a short film this good easily merits sharing more than once. And who knows, there might be some who have never had the pleasure of seeing it before.

Here is that brilliant, spot-on and hilarious spoof of Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 that Gene Kranz himself has taken to watching with his family as a holiday tradition.

Behold: Thanksgiving With The Kranzes…

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