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Thirty Year Cold Turkey Reunion in Greenfield (Iowa Public Television. Broadcast 16 Jan. 2000) Greenfield, one of three shooting sites for Cold Turkey, had the imagination to stage a reunion featuring the cast and the extras. Director Norman Lear and actors Mike Cornelison, Dick VanDyke, and Jean Stapleton all appear. The narrative thread of this documentary has important similarities to the plot of The Music Man. The local Iowans‑‑characterized by Norman Lear as "self‑deprecating" people who "think that they're hicks"‑‑get excited by the reappearance of Hollywood celebrities. They feel inspired once again to go "cold turkey" and finish the festival with a bonfire of cigarette packages.
Marty Knepper Morningside College, kneppr@morningside.edu & John Shelton Lawrence Morningside College, j.shelton.l@gmail.com
