<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;Who&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;doesn't&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;love to come home from a long day of work, heat up some&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"&gt;yummy&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;food, turn on the TV and plop down on the couch to eat? Although many people still do enjoy a sit-down meal with the family that often &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;doesn't&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW204669725 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;include a television, back in the 1950s when having a TV in the home was a new concept, people found themselves wanting to eat in front of it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW139279952 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW139279952 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"&gt;On this episode,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW139279952 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;we thank Thanksgiving and an overabundance of turkeys back in 1953 for giving us the TV dinner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW139279952 BCX8" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Unusual History of Every Thing

Melanie Dellas and Karen Lacy

The Unusual History of TV Dinners: Giving Thanks to Thanksgiving

NOV 21, 20237 MIN
The Unusual History of Every Thing

The Unusual History of TV Dinners: Giving Thanks to Thanksgiving

NOV 21, 20237 MIN

Description

Who doesn't love to come home from a long day of work, heat up some yummy food, turn on the TV and plop down on the couch to eat? Although many people still do enjoy a sit-down meal with the family that often doesn't include a television, back in the 1950s when having a TV in the home was a new concept, people found themselves wanting to eat in front of it. On this episode, we thank Thanksgiving and an overabundance of turkeys back in 1953 for giving us the TV dinner.