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Based on a James Thurber short story about a man who daydreams of glory while on a shopping trip with his wife, but very different from it, Danny Kaye plays the title character, who daydreams to distract himself from all the annoying people around him, at home and at work. He meets a Dutch woman who has a book which contains secrets and people are after her. Has he found a real adventure at last?

The movie is of course a star vehicle for Danny Kaye and his athletic acting, which is needed for an adventure story. Humor makes the movie enjoyable. Probably far better than the story it was based on.

James Arness was admittedly old for the role, but he still gave a good performance as a policeman who had to retire due to an injury, only to find his best friend murdered after he won a lot of money. With the current homicide chief being indifferent, McClain manages to get back on the force and find the killer, and deal with other crimes.

McClain proves to be a normal police officer, with no gimmicks like lollipops or wisecracks or pet birds. But he isn't simply a copy of Harry Callahan; he goes after bad police as well. Too bad the show didn't last.

Charlie Brown is set to visit his grandmother's for a Thanksgiving dinner, and Peppermint Patty invites herself and her friends to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, so Charlie Brown and Snoopy and Woodstock end up improvising a thanksgiving dinner using buttered toast, popcorn, and jelly beans for his uninvited guests, and this does not please Peppermint Patty. And it is Marcie who tells her how it was her fault.

Not religious like "A Charlie Brown Christmas", but Thanksgiving is not an actual Christian holiday, but rather a celebration of the harvest, and only became popular in the USA during the late nineteenth century. Enjoyable rather than actually meaningful.