“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way” (joke)
American comedian Jon Stewart said on The Jon Stewart Show:
“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”
It’s not known when Stewart first said it, but it was quoted in the Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette on December 8, 1994. The joke quickly became popular and has been included in many collections of Thanksgiving sayings.
“We’re having a traditional Thanksgiving. Invite neighbors to dinner, murder them, take their land” is another form of the joke.
Wikipedia: Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, actor, media critic, and former television host. He was the host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 until 2015.
8 December 1994, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, “People” compiled by Jane Crawford, pg. B-10, col. 6:
VERBATIM: “I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”—Jon Stewart, on “The Jon Stewart Show.”
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I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighbourhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.
—Jon Stewart, on The Jon Stewart Show
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I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. – Jon Stewart
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Great Quotes for All Occasions
By Elaine Bernstein Partnow
New York, NY: Alpha Books
2008
Pg. 26:
I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. — Jon Stewart, “Holidays,” Jokes, Getlen
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The Best-Selling Guide to Writing Funny and Getting Paid for It (3rd Edition)
By Mark Shatz and Mel Helitzer
Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest Books
2016
Pg. 122:
I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. —Jon Stewart
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We’re having a traditional Thanksgiving this year.
submitted November 18, 2016 by Dan-Quixote
We’re going to invite the neighbors to dinner, murder them, and take their land.