HOLLYWOOD — It’s Turkey Day in Tinseltown.
Things may be crazy over in New York City, where the streets are jammed with folks trying to catch a glimpse of all those Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade floats, but it’s a different story here in Hollywood.
The streets are so quiet you could hear a Swarovski pin drop.
Actually, it’s just business as usual (or lack thereof) in these parts, with studios shutting down earlier in the week so execs and talent could hop a plane and head home for the holiday.
For most others, it was an extremely short work week, allowing sufficient time to battle the supermarket hoarders who were attempting to get a jump on the Great Pumpkin Shortage of ’09.
There seems to be plenty of the canned stuff to go around in these parts, for which we can be thankful.
While on the subject of giving thanks, there’s been no shortage of celebs weighing in on the big day, via Twitter.
Here’s what some of them had to say:
JASON MRAZ:
“‘The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.’ — Robert Louis Stevenson.”
(Maybe so, but at least on Treasure Island they never had to deal with getting that darned catchy I’m Yours out of their heads.)
TORI SPELLING, quizzing her
two-year-old son:
“I said 2 Liam it’s almost Thanksgiving Day ... What RU thankful for? He responded, ‘Dinner and Guacamole.’
(In the 90210 area code, nothing says Thanksgiving like the traditional carving of the avocado.)
NEIL DIAMOND, citing his adult contemporary hit Cherry Cherry Christmas:
“Have a great Thanksgiving, y’all. After all the food, I’ll be sending my tweets as the fat Jewish Elvis (with a charting Christmas song).”
(Guess it won out over Sweet Caroling.)
KEVIN 'BAH, HUMBUG’ NEALON:
“Thanksgiving Day dinner list: locked doors, check. Lights out, check. Phone disconnected, check. Well hid under the bed, check.”
(He’s never been as funny since he started doing Weeds.)
MARLEE MARLIN:
“I think we should share our fortune, channel our energy on HELPING those in need this Thanksgiving instead of focusing on the small things.”
(By the small things, does she mean, like, Tweeting?)
Michael Rechtshaffen, a Canadian entertainment writer based in LA, normally writes Wednesdays
and Sundays.
