{"id":10102,"date":"2023-11-23T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=10102"},"modified":"2023-11-23T06:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:59:04","slug":"thanksgiving-movies-planes-trains-automobiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=10102","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Movies: Planes, Trains & Automobiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Planes, Trains & Automobiles<\/strong> is an incredibly popular Thanksgiving movie. JustWatch<\/a> lists it as the #3 streaming movie for yesterday (11\/23\/23), and the #1 movie<\/strong> for today (Thanksgiving, 11\/24\/23). This 1987 John Hughes movie stars Steve Martin and John Candy.
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For comparison purposes, here’s how Eraserhead<\/strong> is fairing today. WLBOTT Wonders:<\/strong> Why does Eraserhead <\/strong>even have a “dislike” button?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Planes, Trains & Automobiles<\/strong>] tells the story of Neal, a high-strung marketing executive, and Del, a good-hearted but irritating shower curtain ring salesman, who become travel companions when their flight is diverted and embark on a three-day odyssey of misadventures trying to get to Chicago in time for Neal’s Thanksgiving Day dinner with his family.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ichabod plots out the route for us.
[By Ichabod – File:Map of USA without state names.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=8852779<\/span>]
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Curated Trivia (IMDB<\/a>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n