“Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?”

Posted on November 24, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

One nice thing that local Classic Rock station KKRW does is play Alice’s Restaurant every Thanksgiving at noon. Since I distinctly recall San Antonio’s KZEP doing the same thing while I lived there, I got to wondering: How many other stations play this Thanksgiving classic on the appointed day, and do they do it at noon? Leave a comment if you know of this happening elsewhere.

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6 Responses to “Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?”

  1. Bryan says:
    November 24, 2005 at 11:01 am

    Kuff,
    Back in the early to mid-90’s I had to travel (by car) frequently on Thanksgiving, and I always found a station playing “Alice’s Restaurant.” Mostly East Coast and Midwest, so it’s fairly pervasive.

    Took me a few trips to realize that it is a tradition…

  2. William Hughes says:
    November 24, 2005 at 1:03 pm

    I don’t know if the NYC radio stations play it any more, but I played it on my MP3 player today. 🙂

  3. texxas redd says:
    November 24, 2005 at 6:17 pm

    KGSR (107 FM)in Austin plays it at noon & 6PM. It’s still timely & that’s really scary.

  4. Linkmeister says:
    November 25, 2005 at 1:13 am

    The local NPR affiliate doesn’t play it, probably because 25 minutes is too long to cut into “Fresh Air,” “ATC,” or any of the other regularly scheduled programming. It’s a pity. I do have a vinyl copy, however.

  5. Amy says:
    November 25, 2005 at 8:06 am

    You might also be pleased to know that at this year’s annual Thanksgiving Carnegie Hall concert, it was at least planned for him to play the entire thing, which he normally doesn’t do, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the actual event that inspired the song. In fact, his tour right now is called the “Alice’s Restaurant 40th Anniversary Mascacree Tour”. Neat. 🙂

  6. David in NY says:
    November 27, 2005 at 7:33 pm

    My family has a two-hour drive every year to our house for the feast, and I understand that 25 minutes of the trip is devoted to Arlo. (Actually, this year we were out of the country visiting our son in Budapes, and the rest had to go to my sister’s. Since her husband is the one who usually plays it each year, I’ll have to ask what happened.)

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