# Happy Thanksgiving from Retro Ralph!

**Source:** RetroRalph  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2019-11-28  
**Duration:** 2m 10s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43LHbQNnmw

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## Analysis

Retro Ralph releases a brief Thanksgiving greeting video thanking viewers for supporting the channel's growth in 2019. The video includes a short light gun arcade game segment before Ralph signs off to enjoy Thanksgiving with family.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Channel growth in 2019 was driven by viewer support — _Ralph directly thanks viewers for making the channel a success in 2019_

### Notable Quotes

> "if it wasn't for you, there would be no Retro Ralph"
> — **Retro Ralph**, N/A
> _Direct gratitude to audience for channel success_

> "it is Papa Duke cool to know that you guys have stood by me as I've grown the channel"
> — **Retro Ralph**, N/A
> _Uses community term 'Papa Duke' while thanking audience for loyalty_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Retro Ralph | person | Content creator hosting Thanksgiving greeting video, thanking channel audience for 2019 support |
| Jon Hey | person | Voice heard at beginning of video saying 'Jon Hey guys, welcome back' — likely co-host or guest |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Channel gratitude and community appreciation
- **Secondary:** Arcade gameplay (light gun game)

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — Warm, grateful tone throughout. Ralph expresses genuine appreciation for viewer support and community engagement. Casual, friendly demeanor with audience.

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## Transcript

Hey guys, welcome back. Happy Thanksgiving. If you're watching this right now, you probably killed one of me and you're eating me right now, which is kind of weird, but I just want to say thank you so much for making the channel a success in 2019. It's been pretty awesome and I am super thankful for all of you guys, because if it wasn't for you, there would be no Retro Ralph. So it is pretty cool to know that you guys have stood by me as I've grown the channel. But now, I must leave you because I need to eat some turkey myself, But before I do that, I think you're going to watch me, a turkey, kill a deer. Or try to. On my ad games. Light guns on the ad games. It's a little clickbaity, but you get what I'm saying. Let's kill some deer. Alright, whitetail. It's just you and me. Oh. Dang Not bad Double book. Alright guys, well that's it for right now. I just wanted to say, happy Thanksgiving. And again, I appreciate all of you guys. If you like this video, feel free to give it a thumbs up. Please consider subscribing to the channel and check out all the other content on the channel. There's still a little bit of time left in 2019, so who knows what will happen. So take care guys, enjoy Thanksgiving with your families. With your families? I'm not editing this, so with your family. Enjoy it with your family. Enjoy it with your family, and we will see you on the next one. Bye.

_(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 9c3b6961-ffff-4998-b60c-894a32994a3f*