The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.
- Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 4 nominations total
Peter Robbins
- Charlie Brown
- (voice)
Christopher Shea
- Linus Van Pelt
- (voice)
- (as Chris Shea)
Sally Dryer
- Lucy Van Pelt
- (voice)
Cathy Steinberg
- Sally Brown
- (voice)
Ann Altieri
- Frieda
- (voice)
- …
Lisa DeFaria
- Patty
- (voice)
Bill Melendez
- Snoopy
- (voice)
Glenn Mendelson
- Schroeder
- (voice)
- …
Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter
- Pigpen
- (voice)
- (as Gail DeFaria)
- Director
- Writer
- Charles M. Schulz(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter this special originally aired children all over the country sent candy to Charlie Brown out of sympathy.
- GoofsWhen Sally decides she's going to join Linus in the pumpkin patch instead of trick-or-treating with the others, her ghost costume she was holding vanishes suddenly.
- Quotes
[repeated line]
Charlie Brown: I got a rock.
- Crazy creditsLinus and Charlie Brown are at the wall and Charlie tells Linus that he's done stupid things in his life, too. Then Linus keeps on shouting during the credits about how sitting and waiting in a pumpkin patch wasn't stupid.
- Alternate versionsThe version of the show broadcast on CBS from the late 1970s until it went to ABC was edited, cutting out most of the trick-or-treat/I got a rock sequence. This version was also time-compressed. Some older video releases also edit this sequence and also the scene where Snoopy dances along to Schroeder's World War I-era piano music. Later airings on CBS in the late 1990s would also cut the scene where Lucy pulls the football away when Charlie Brown attempts to kick it. The Paramount video release is unedited.
- ConnectionsEdited into Blue Peanuts (1987)
Featured review
I Got A Bag Of Rocks
After A Charlie Brown Christmas, this one came along the next fall. While it is not quite the first one, it has some good moments. Of course when this was made, Halloween was more of a trick or treat holiday as this one was originally sponsored by Dolly Madison, the maker of cup cakes. This high point of this one is Lucy talking about wearing a costume to match your personality.
Snoopy has his first major World War 1 Flying Ace segment here and it is effectively woven into the story. As a Halloween Special, Linus is always waiting for the Great Pumpkin & it is consistent with Linus that he makes a negative remarks about Santa believers. After all, in the previous Christmas Special, Santa is not mentioned in his speech of what Christmas is all about.
The Halloween party, which is a bigger staple today than ever is here though if this were to be updated, Snoopy could decorate his dog house with Halloween Lights, like he did with Christmas lights in the other special. While it is not Christmas, it did help build Charles Schultz resume so that he would do lots more television & movies with the Peanuts gang.
Snoopy has his first major World War 1 Flying Ace segment here and it is effectively woven into the story. As a Halloween Special, Linus is always waiting for the Great Pumpkin & it is consistent with Linus that he makes a negative remarks about Santa believers. After all, in the previous Christmas Special, Santa is not mentioned in his speech of what Christmas is all about.
The Halloween party, which is a bigger staple today than ever is here though if this were to be updated, Snoopy could decorate his dog house with Halloween Lights, like he did with Christmas lights in the other special. While it is not Christmas, it did help build Charles Schultz resume so that he would do lots more television & movies with the Peanuts gang.
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- DKosty123
- Dec 4, 2009
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- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 4:3
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By what name was It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) officially released in Canada in French?
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