When I was a kid Thanksgiving was always at me grandfather's house. Me and the 'rents would pile into the car and drive the excruciating 5 min haul to the good ole double wide on Starr Rd. where a feast of Turkey, 'taters, and gravy awaited. The meal was also served up with a heaping spoonful of guilt as every year my grandmother reminded us that we don't come to see her enough and she may not be around NEXT Thanksgiving.
One of the things I did to pass the time that became a "tradition" for me in my little only child world was watch a King Kong marathon on TV. WOR-R 9 out of New York city would run a six hour marathon of Ray Harryhausen giant gorilla goodness. The marathon started with Mighty Joe Young, then it was the original King Kong followed by Son of Kong. Now Mighty Joe Young was okay, but at the time I always felt he was a Kong wanna be. The highlight of the trio of course was Kong and after that movie finished it was normally time to go home so I never saw Son of Kong all the way through.
Of course interrupting my movie marathon was the Thanksgiving meal which I tried to eat as quickly as possible so as not to miss the Kong-Tyrannosaurus smack down!
So, in honor of my weird little tradition today's caricature is of Jack Black as Carl Denham from the King Kong remake back in 2006. I know I probably should have done Fay Wray but I've been wanting to do a Jack Black drawing and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.
