While your holiday meal might consist of turkey that's deep-fried, braised or roasted, the turkeys who've been featured in music through the years have inspired pop culture crazes. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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"The album is a good example of fixing things that I thought could be fixed," Paul Simon says. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images hide caption
Melissa McCarthy stars as a detective investigating a string of puppet killings in The Happytime Murders. Hopper Stone/STX Entertainment hide caption
A scene from Jimmy Buffett's Broadway musical Escape to Margaritaville. Matthew Murphy/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
This year marks the 25th anniversary since David Sedaris' "Santaland Diaries" first aired on Morning Edition. dane_mark/iStock/Getty Images hide caption
Violinist Jascha Heifetz in 1917, the year he made his American debut at Carnegie Hall. Library of Congress/Bain News Service hide caption
'Like Electricity': Jascha Heifetz Made His American Debut 100 Years Ago
The Amana Radarange was born of a happy accident caused by an engineer who was working for the defense contractor Raytheon in the 1940s. Courtesy of The Smithsonian Institution hide caption
Chuck E. Cheese's recently renovated San Antonio restaurant. The chain has plans to update its look inside and out — and will retire its (animatronic) house band. Darren Abate/AP hide caption
Say Goodbye To The Pizza Time Players: Chuck E. Cheese Retires Its Band
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says "We're losing as a nation," when it comes to opioid abuse. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Homer might become a braniac, Marge might develop a gambling addiction or nerdy Lisa could find herself among the cool kids for a half-hour, but by the end of each episode of The Simpsons — which first appeared 30 years ago as short segments on The Tracey Ullman Show — the family and its hometown of Springfield resets to status quo. Courtesy of Fox hide caption
Scientists Say They Can Read Your Mind, And Prove It With Pictures
Now You See It, Some Day You Won't: Scientists Get Closer To Invisibility
We finally found this simple, traditional radio at Radioshack — though they are also available, in abundance, online. Emily Jan/NPR hide caption