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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

TV Short  -  25 min  -  Animation | Short | Comedy
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The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.

Director:

Bill Melendez

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz, and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea and Sally Dryer
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Cast

Cast overview:
Peter Robbins Peter Robbins ...
Charlie Brown (voice)
Christopher Shea Christopher Shea ...
Linus Van Pelt (voice) (as Chris Shea)
Sally Dryer Sally Dryer ...
Lucy Van Pelt (voice)
Kathy Steinberg Kathy Steinberg ...
Sally Brown (voice) (as Cathy Steinberg)
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Storyline

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. Written by Chuck Warner <deepwell@ix.netcom.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Halloween | Great Pumpkin | Pumpkin | Peanuts | Halloween Party  | See more »

Taglines:

Peanuts, pumpkins, and pleasure for the whole family! (2008 DVD re-release)

Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ésta es la gran calabaza, Charlie Brown See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Bill Melendez Productions, United Feature Syndicate (UFS) See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

After this special originally aired, children all over the country sent candy to Charlie Brown out of sympathy. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Linus' letter to the Great Pumpkin disappears from his hand in one frame, as he takes it to the mailbox. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
[Lucy scoops out the innards of the pumpkin Linus brought]
Linus: [groans] You didn't tell me you were gonna kill it!
[bawls]
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Crazy Credits

Linus 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. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Knight Rider: Halloween Knight (#3.5)" (1984) See more »

Soundtracks

"Breathless"
Written by John Scott Trotter
Performed by The Vince Guaraldi Sextet See more »