The beloved 1973 film follows Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang as they celebrate Thanksgiving together, learning the true meaning of gratitude and friendship along the way. It's one of few Thanksgiving movies that has won an Emmy Award, and it airs on Sunday, November 21 at 7:30 pm on WPSU-TV
From The GM's Desk
Happy November! As reported at the latest All-Staff and Board meetings, we have advanced our strategic initiatives in many ways this year: from deeper engagement with our communities, to strengthening our financial fitness to creating new content that matters and fostering a more creative, collaborative culture. As we enter the holiday season, it is lovely to reflect on how everyone pulled together with patience, persistence and resilience to make WPSU successful during this last year. Thank you for all you do! I hope you have a healthy and safe Thanksgiving holiday!
All my best ...
Birthdays
Adam Wittenrich – Nov. 15
Kristian Berg – Nov. 23
WPSU Radio Highlights
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Take Note: Supply Chain Disruptions WPSU’s Anne Danahy talked with Brent Moritz, an associate professor of supply chain management in Penn State's Smeal College of Business. He's also a faculty affiliate of the Laboratory for Economics, Management and Auctions, and the Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State. And he has held positions in manufacturing operations and supply chain management, including in Mexico, England and Germany.
State College Borough Council Appoints Nine Inaugural Members To Community Oversight Board WPSU Min Xian reported on the State College Borough Council and their action to increase transparency and accountability of the State College Police Department.
NOVA Universe Revealed “Black Holes” - Wednesday, November 17 at 9:00 pm
Take a seat on the ultimate thrill ride to explore nature’s strangest and most powerful objects. Discover new science showing how black holes reshape entire galaxies, warp the fabric of space and time, and might even be portals to another universe.
Conversations Live “Ask A Veterinarian” - Thursday, November 18 at 8:00 pm
Local veterinarians answer pet-related questions around proper diet and exercise, and more.
Great Performances “San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night” - Friday, November 19 at 9:00 pm
Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony's 110th season as it welcomes its new GRAMMY-winning music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music by John Adams, Esperanza Spalding & Wayne Shorter and performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving - Sunday, November 21 at 7:30 pm
Peppermint Patty invites everyone to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, even though he's going to see his grandmother. Snoopy decides to cook his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with help from his friends.
Call the Midwife “Special Delivery” - Sunday, November 21 at 8:00 pm
Take a celebratory look back at 10 years of CALL THE MIDWIFE in this compilation full of births, deaths, love stories, faith and family. Go behind the scenes at Nonnatus House for interviews with the cast and crew in this thank you to the fans.
Searching for Sequoyah - Monday, November 22 at 9:00 pm
SEARCHING FOR SEQUOYAH spans two countries and three Cherokee nations, leading viewers on a journey through the life and death of Sequoyah. This documentary allows viewers to learn more about Sequoyah through the written language he created for the Cherokee people, interviews with his descendants, cave writings depictions, and more.
Independent Lens “Home from School: The Children of Carlisle” - Tuesday, November 23 at 9:00 pm
Northern Arapaho tribal members travel to Pennsylvania to retrieve the stories and the remains of children who died at Carlisle Indian boarding school in the 1880s. More than a century later, will these Native American boys finally come home?
Great Performances “Coppelia!” - Friday, November 26 at 9:00 pm
Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 classical ballet favorite. Featuring a blend of live action ballet with CGI, the film features ballet stars Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo.
Celebrating PBS NewsHour - Tuesday, November 30 at 8:00 pm
Celebrating PBS NewsHour highlights the history and accomplishments of this groundbreaking public media news organization. From its creation in 1975 as The Robert MacNeil Report, the PBS NewsHour has set the standard for broadcast journalism and garnered more than 30 major awards for the program and its co-anchors.
Industry News
NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer Has Died
Petra Mayer, a beloved books editor on NPR's Culture desk, died on Saturday, 11/13. She died suddenly at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland of what's believed to be a pulmonary embolism, said Nancy Barnes, NPR's senior vice president for news, in an email to staff. "Petra was NPR through and through," Barnes wrote. "To say that Petra will be missed simply seems inadequate."Mayer was a proud nerd with a penchant for science fiction, comics and cats, said fellow books editor Meghan Sullivan. She shared those passions with readers and listeners through her reviews of sci-fi, fantasy, romance, thrillers and comics, her trusty on-the-scene reporting at Comic-Con, and her contributions to the Book Concierge, NPR's annual literary-recommendation tool. She brought her zeal to the guest chair on occasional Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast episodes. Full obit here.
Molly Wood To Leave American Public Media
Molly Wood, host of American Public Media’s Marketplace Tech and co-host of the podcast Make Me Smart, announced she will leave the network at the end of the month. Wood is leaving journalism to become an investor and podcaster with Launch, a company that supports entrepreneurs and invests in startups, she said on Twitter and in a Wednesday episode of Make Me Smart. She will be working with an “emphasis on all the climate tech that I have gotten so obsessed with over the past three years,” she said on the podcast. Wood joined Marketplace in 2015 from the New York Times. She previously worked for CNET, where she hosted and co-created the podcast Buzz Out Loud and created the show Always On with Molly Wood.
Kentucky Cable Operator Drops Cable Service
Barbourville Utilities in Ky., is cutting the cord. The Kentucky cable operator has told its customers that it is getting out of the traditional cable business to focus on broadband. It is not signing up any new cable customers, but will help any current customers who want to keep traditional video service through a deal with Dish, while pointing broadband subscribers to all the over-the-top video streaming service choices available through their broadband connections. Cable operators large and small have made no secret of their view that the event horizon for traditional cable was not a lengthy one, witness NCTA's change to "The Internet & Television Association."
With a Wink, Judge Fights ‘Tyranny’ Of Elf On The Shelf
MARIETTA, Ga. — Santa may have fewer eyes in homes this Christmas season after a Georgia judge — jokingly — banned the Elf on the Shelf. Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Leonard posted a mock order on Twitter Thursday banishing these elves. “Tired of living in Elf on the Shelf tyranny? Not looking forward to the Elf forgetting to move and causing your kids emotional distress? I am a public servant and will take the heat for you. My gift to tired parents,” Leonard tweeted. He recalled a “horrific incident” in his own home when “three children were sent to school in tears, with one child being labeled an ‘Elf Murderer’ and accused of making the elf ‘lose his magic.’”Given the risks of such emotional damage — and supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — the judge wrote that he had no choice but to banish the elves from Cobb County. He did make an allowance for parents who don’t feel overwhelmed by the “Elf on the Shelf tyranny,” writing in his tweet: “If you love your elf, keep your elf. No contempts.” [AP - 11/8/21]
I'm Stuffed
"The Thanksgiving tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that everyday!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us.’ “ -- Jim Gaffigan
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