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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984) (TV)
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Daniel M. Pinkwater (novel)
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Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta...
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Thanksgiving
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New Jersey
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Mayor
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Fascinating glimpse into soul of chicken.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Benny Baker | |||
| Vivian Bonnell | ... | Pamela Gershner (secretary) | |
| Hamilton Camp | ... | Gibbons | |
| Keene Curtis | ... | Crandall | |
| Richard Deacon | ... | City Council Member | |
| Stephanie Edwards | ... | Newscaster | |
| John Finnegan | |||
| Alice Ghostley | ... | Narrator / Mrs. Gluskin | |
| Arlene Golonka | |||
| Jerry Houser | |||
| Gabe Kaplan | ... | Anthony DePalma | |
| Bill McLean | |||
| Clive Revill | |||
| J. Jay Saunders | |||
| Van Snowden | ... | Henrietta |
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58 min
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"The Hoboken Chickn Emergency," is perhaps, one of the greatest exercises in surrealism since Salvador Dali's "Un Chien Andalou". The symbolism denoted by the chicken is at the same time nostalgic for a simple, more agricultural time, and characteristic of a new, more frantic lifestyle. The concept of the "emergency", has it's roots in the 1903 film, Edwin S. Porter's "The Life of an American Fireman".
The recalling of such cinematic classics as these surely puts "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" in a class far above similar efforts.
Truly an American masterpiece.
JM/ZM