Thanksgiving really needs a better marketing team. Sure, it gets coverage — all those stories on how to brine/deep fry/spatchcock a turkey, all that advice on how to survive your family (preferably without the spatchcocking) — but where’s the cultural fanfare? The soundtrack, the decorations, the “very special episodes”? Filmmakers are oddly disinterested — name five Thanksgiving-themed films (and “American Gangster” doesn’t count). Hallmark Channel celebrates with Christmas movies, and even most long-running television series take a sporadic approach.

Which is yet another reason to love “Friends.” From its first season to its last, “Friends” has celebrated Thanksgiving with the hijinks, hilarity and occasional pathos it deserves. Available to stream and download on HBO Max, each of the 1

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