Review of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Yes, Linus is a bit of a buzz kill. He just does not know when to have fun at all. Here is a holiday for candy and such and he invents a great pumpkin character who brings toys to the children in the pumpkin patch. Sadly, if there was such a thing, my guess it would be like that sketch they did on Robot Chicken where the great pumpkin was a monster that ate the little children. Thankfully, the only person that he ruins the holiday for is Charlie Brown's little sister. Meanwhile the rest of the gang goes trick or treating and this is funny as poor Charlie somehow only seems to get rocks while everyone else is scoring candy. There is also a rather funny Halloween party that has a good apple bobbing scene in it. It then concludes back at the pumpkin patch where a figure rises from the patch. Could it be? The famed great pumpkin? This show is a bit better to me than the X-mas special, but not as good as the Thanksgiving day show as that one is my favorite of the holiday specials. Linus actually does not give speeches or try to invent something to detract from that holiday anyway. This one has some funny moments and keeps itself nice and light hearted throughout.