Tuesday, October 31, 2006
You Didn't Tell Me You Were Gonna Kill It!

The following blog entry was written by Meredith Matthews, the editor of Current Health magazine.

Happy Halloween! 

 

Amid all the decorating, last-minute costume-planning, and candy gobbling, hopefully you got a chance to watch the classic TV special, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. (If not, you can always rent it!)

 

This year marks the 40th anniversary of this childhood favorite, and if your childhood was anything like mine, Halloween just wasn't complete without watching Linus waiting in his "sincere" pumpkin patch for the Santa Claus-like Great Pumpkin, and laughing at Charlie Brown as he bungled his costume. Good grief!

 

Truly devoted fans of the show need to own this book. It is about the making of the program. It includes the entire script, artwork, and interviews with some of the people who helped make The Great Pumpkin happen.

 

Too bad the publishers didn't package the book with a DVD of the special, though. Somewhere Charlie Brown is still saying, "I got a rock."


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Bryon    Posted by
Bryon
on 10/31/2006
12:18 PM
10/31/2006 1:25:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
I think "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" are the best of the Peanuts TV specials. In fact, the only ones worth watching. But, boy are they worth watching! They never grow old. When I was a kid, I never understood (or liked) the part where Snoopy is a WWI flying ace, shot down over France, creeping through the French countryside at night. Now I think it's the best part. I love Halloween.
Deb
11/2/2006 12:29:54 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
I think that is great that the Peanuts 40th anniversay is comming up. I hope they are going to air an Peanuts special. I love the Peanuts show, I use to always watch it when i was little. I like Snoopy the dog the best out of the whole cast of the Peanuts. Also I like the bird, what ever his name was. I can't rember.
Jasmine
11/2/2006 12:39:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Woodstock, Jasmine. The bird's name is Woodstock.
Bryon
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