GOLDBERGS, THE: IN CONCLUSION, THANKSGIVING (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series about a dysfunctional Pennsylvania family in the 1980s.

In this episode, Beverly schemes to get Murray to invite his estranged father Ben to the family Thanksgiving, wanting to make up for past "food crimes" and prove that she has matured considerably as a chef. Murray's unreliable brother Marvin, now potentially a chiropractor-to-be, arrives for the holiday, and Barry is annoyed when Pops selects Erica to give the official family toast. Adam, desiring money for a new wide-angle camera lens, decides to exploit his dad's emotional connection to Harry Chapin's classic father-son ballad, "Cat's in the Cradle." Meanwhile, Marvin tries to help Barry write an impressive toast to upstage his sister. Beverly joins Adam's campaign and eventually gets Murray to invite Ben to dinner, but Marvin, interpreting the sad tune as a disgruntled son's "revenge song," intervenes and opts not to pick their dad up.

Barry delivers his dramatic and entirely confusing toast, and Marvin hovers outside the house in protest when Ben finally arrives and tries to fend off Beverly's aggressive food offers. Marvin, suggests that Ben, like the dad in "Cat's in the Cradle," doesn't want to spend time with his sons. The family descends into squabbling and Murray throws his back out. Erica offers a speech about the positive aspects of her "garbage family," and everyone settles down to enjoy the holiday after all. Murray is touched to find himself credited as a producer on Adam's oddball music video. Later, Erica attempts to write an emotionally manipulative father-child song of her own, with mixed results. Includes commercials and promos.

Details

NETWORK: ABC
DATE: November 30, 1999 8:30 PM
RUNNING TIME: 0:29:55
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: 125514
GENRE: Comedy
SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Families; Thanksgiving; 1980s
SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2013-
COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "The Good Dinosaur" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - Apple iPad Pro devices
- TV - Commercials - Barnes & Noble bookstores
- TV - Commercials - Diet Coca-Cola soft drinks
- TV - Commercials - Farmers Insurance
- TV - Commercials - General Electric appliances
- TV - Commercials - Google app services
- TV - Commercials - Jimmy Dean sausages
- TV - Commercials - Kohl's stores
- TV - Commercials - Lindt Lindor chocolates
- TV - Commercials - Samsung Galaxy Tab computers
- TV - Commercials - State Farm insurance
- TV - Commercials - Straight Talk wireless services
- TV - Commercials - Walmart stores
- TV - Commercials - Xifaxan medication
- TV - Promos - "Dr. Ken"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "Last Man Standing"
- TV - Promos - "Modern Family"
- TV - Promos - "Scandal"
- TV - Promos - "Shark Tank"
- TV - Promos - "The Great Christmas Light Fight"
- TV - Promos - "The Great Holiday Baking Show"
- TV - Promos - American Music Awards

CREDITS

Adam F. Goldberg … Executive Producer, Created by
Seth Gordon … Executive Producer
Doug Robinson … Executive Producer
Alex Barnow … Executive Producer
Marc Firek … Executive Producer
David Katzenberg … Executive Producer
David Guarascio … Executive Producer
Annette Sahakian Davis … Co-Executive Producer
Chris Bishop … Co-Executive Producer
Lew Schneider … Co-Executive Producer
Steve Basilone … Supervising Producer
Annie Mebane … Supervising Producer
Andrew Secunda … Supervising Producer
Dan Levy … Producer, Writer
Mary Rohlich … Co-Producer
Billy Wee … Co-Producer
Erin Braun … Co-Producer
Courtney Wieden … Associate Producer
Jay Chandrasekhar … Director
Lacey Friedman … Writer
Michael Wandmacher … Music by
I Fight Dragons … Theme Music by
Wendi McLendon-Covey … Cast, Beverly Goldberg
Sean Giambrone … Cast, Adam Goldberg
Troy Gentile … Cast, Barry Goldberg
Hayley Orrantia … Cast, Erica Goldberg
AJ Michalka … Cast, Lainey Lewis
George Segal … Cast, Albert 'Pops' Solomon
Jeff Garlin … Cast, Murray Goldberg
Dan Fogler … Cast, Marvin Goldberg
Judd Hirsch … Cast, Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg
Sam Kindseth … Cast, David Sirota