If you're searching for the Great Pumpkin, look no more for this Trick or Treat! Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Sally, Snoopy and the whole Peanuts Gang appear once again in the Pumpkin Patch this October - with their annual return on ABC!
*UPDATE: TWO SPECIAL AIRINGS THIS YEAR -
See Details Below!
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PRESS RELEASE from ABC...
🎃 It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 🎃
Holiday Programming
Released 10/07/19
EVERYONE’S FAVORITE ANIMATED CLASSIC HALLOWEEN SPECIAL,
CHARLES SCHULZ’ ‘IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN,’
AIRS TUESDAY, OCT. 22, ON ABC
The classic animated Halloween-themed PEANUTS special, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” created by late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, will air TUESDAY, OCT. 22 (8:00–8:30 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (TV-G) (Rebroadcast. ABC OAD: 10/30/01)
In the 1966 animated special “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” The PEANUTS gang celebrates Halloween, with Linus hoping that, finally, he will be visited by The Great Pumpkin, while Charlie Brown is invited to a Halloween party. Cast members include Peter Robbins (Charlie Brown) and Christopher Shea (Linus). The cast also includes Sally Dryer as Lucy, Chris Doran as Schroeder, Bill Melendez as Snoopy, Kathy Steinberg as Sally, Tracy Stratford as Violet and Ann Altieri as Frieda.
“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” was executive produced by Lee Mendelson and created and written by Charles M. Schulz. Bill Melendez is the producer and director and Vince Guaraldi is the music composer.
On Oct. 2, 1950, the PEANUTS comic strip launched in seven American newspapers. PEANUTS animated specials have become a seasonal tradition. Charlie Brown kicking the football, Linus and his blanket and Lucy leaning over Schroeder’s piano are images to which everyone can relate. Such phrases as “Security Blanket” and “Good Grief” have become a part of the global vernacular. Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez’s association with Charles Schulz stretches back to 1965 with “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” which debuted on CBS in 1965 with Mendelson as executive producer and Bill Melendez as animator and director. The three men continued their long-term association until Schulz’s death, working together on 50 PEANUTS network specials and four feature films. The network specials won five Emmys®, two Peabodys and 18 other Emmy nominations.
About Peanuts Worldwide
The PEANUTS characters and related intellectual property are owned by Peanuts Worldwide LLC, a joint venture owned 80% by Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
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BONUS:
If you miss the Great Pumpkin on Tuesday, October 22nd, you'll have another to watch it - Sunday, October 27th, with “You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown.” The specials air from 8-9pm EST.
An annual tradition for this 50 yr old Grandmother. My Children had the same, and now my grandsons are keeping the tradition going! Just received a picture from our daughter over the weekend of the boys, 7 and 3, all cozied up.They had the snacks and watching it by streaming! Times have changed but not tradition!🧡 - Becky P.
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