Why Are Bad Movies Called Turkeys?  Why Are Bad Movies Called
Turkeys?  Nov 21, 2012  Chevy Chase  As a nation of devoted
movie fans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving Day by gathering
with friends and family, cooking large feasts, paying proper
obeisance to the television football gods, ingesting large
amounts of food, and then sneaking off to go see a holiday movie
or two, may I suggest addiing one more item to your ‘To Do’
list?  Stop calling movies turkeys! Both filmmakers and turkeys
deserve greater respect. And here’s why.   Fun Facts
Thanksgiving - Norman Rockwell-- The birds we now call turkeys
were native North Americans living happily in the wild. They
were first domesticated in Mexico and then taken to Spain by
explorers in the 16th century, soon making their way to the
U.K., and then reintroduced to North America along with other
newly arrived immigrants.  -- The turkeys served as part of the
first Thanksgiving Day feast were of the native, wild turkey
variety.  -- Average life span for a turkey i