Sarah Silverman's Thanksgiving Memories Animated (VIDEO)

Just in time for the holiday, Sarah Silverman shares with us her most memorable Thanksgiving as a child, animated by Sascha Ciezata for Funny Or Die. In "Sarah Silverman's Thanksgiving Special," you can listen to Silverman tell of a brisk November day where she picked out her very own turkey with her father on a farm in New Hampshire.

It's an adorable story, save for the part where she was traumatized for life when the turkey was beheaded right before her eyes. You can also hear Silverman's father's version of the story, which differs in nearly every way (except for the traumatizing part). But really, what good are holidays if not for irreparable emotional scarring?

WATCH:

Sarah Silverman's Thanksgiving Special from Sarah Silverman

Comments

[SCboy]

07:38 PM on 11/28/2010

As I sit here stuffed on turkey leftovers I can only say, she's right about Thanksgiving.

[BruntLIVE]

11:57 AM on 11/28/2010

She would be more famous if she changed her last name.

[sqeptiq]

03:59 PM on 11/26/2010

I can take Silverman in limited doses, but her *I'm a dippy, neurotic mess* shtick has worn a bit thin. She could use something new.

[tploomis]

03:06 AM on 11/25/2010

History is written by the victors. Families have no victors, so multiple histories can sound completely different from each other. Rashoman in action.

[tploomis]

03:08 AM on 11/25/2010

I'm sorry -- Rashomon.

[tploomis]

03:04 AM on 11/25/2010

Funny stuff! I was expecting the dad to say she had it all wrong and he never exposed her to anything as awful as that. Sure enough, he says she remembered it entirely wrong, but his version of what happened is even more traumatic and lacking in parental judgment than her version. With a father like that, we might all have turned out to be Sarah Silvermans -- especially if our fathers had been willing to play along with the joke.

[swamijo]

10:45 PM on 11/23/2010

I LOVE Sarah Silverman (and also very thankful I'm a vegetarian!)

[Nuclear Football]

12:02 PM on 11/23/2010

The animation on this was downright inartful.

[grange]

08:59 AM on 11/23/2010

Her dad was funny

I just associate her with piss after her recent revelations

[henrypapillon]

02:14 AM on 11/23/2010

She is sick. if I had met a girl like that when I was young, I would have married her.

[swamijo]

10:46 PM on 11/23/2010

me too, FANNED!

[TheFabOne]

01:15 AM on 11/23/2010

Uh........yeah...........

[VoteLibertarian]

12:07 AM on 11/23/2010

how is she still relevant?

[ramal]

12:37 AM on 11/23/2010

Because she is funny?

[Nuclear Football]

09:27 AM on 11/23/2010

She lives in a perpetual state of immaturity, and people just LOVE that. She's a 40 year old kid.

[LastWave]

08:58 PM on 11/27/2010

do you understand that this is a character? her job is to be funny, and she does it well. if that means acting immature then so be it. shes immature but your uptight.

[Scarabus]

12:03 AM on 11/23/2010

Well, at least Sarah Silverman's turkey-slaughter was animated, unlike Sarah Palin's.

[henrypapillon]

02:15 AM on 11/23/2010

But I actually thought Sarah Palin's turkey slaughter interview was hilarious.

[Brandon Swarthout]

02:35 AM on 11/23/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5p9QUMmhkc

[Scarabus]

11:08 AM on 11/23/2010

Yeah, I did too.

[JackDermand]

11:44 PM on 11/22/2010

That was great! I love the cut out animation. Looked like it was shot in super 8 too. Love it.

[lyingtruth]

11:26 PM on 11/22/2010

Sarah, I'd like to slaughter a lamb for you and then offer you to the gods...!

Just give me a moment to change into my Chiton and wreath.

[henrypapillon]

02:15 AM on 11/23/2010

Hey, I'd hate to be Chiton!

[lyingtruth]

09:33 AM on 11/23/2010

You just need to date more...!

[mykebee]

10:57 PM on 11/22/2010

Some folks don't know, but Sarah knows squat!

[henrypapillon]

07:19 AM on 11/24/2010

I've seen her do that!

[lyingtruth]

09:58 AM on 11/24/2010

Now you get .....fanned......"