A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (TV 1973)

Peppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.

Directors:

Bill Melendez, Phil Roman

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (written and created by)

Stars:

Todd Barbee, Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Todd Barbee	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Robin Kohn	...	Lucy van Pelt (voice)
Stephen Shea	...	Linus van Pelt (voice)
Hilary Momberger	...	Sally Brown (voice)
Christopher DeFaria	...	Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt (voice)
Jimmy Ahrens	...	Marcie (voice)
Robin Reed	...	Franklin (voice)

Storyline

Peppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.

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Plot Keywords:

thanksgiving | holiday in title | saying grace | surrealism | based on comic | 

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Taglines:

Spend Thanksgiving with Good Ol' Charlie Brown. (2008 DVD re-release)

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

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Details

Official Sites:

Snoopy.com

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 November 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

El día de acción de gracias de Charlie Brown

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Bill Melendez Productions, United Feature Syndicate (UFS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Right after Snoopy uncovers Woodstock from under one of the napkins when setting the table for the fake Thanksgiving dinner, he is holding the napkin that Woodstock was hiding under. As he jumps down in the next shot, the napkin is gone.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lucy van Pelt: [holding football] Charlie Brown! Oh, Charlie Brown!
Charlie Brown: I can't believe it. She must think I'm the most stupid person alive.
Lucy van Pelt: Come on, Charlie Brown. I'll hold the ball and you kick it.
Charlie Brown: Hold it? Ha! You'll pull it away and I'll land flat on my back and kill myself.
Lucy van Pelt: But Charlie Brown, it's Thanksgiving.
Charlie Brown: What's that got to do with anything?
Lucy van Pelt: Well, one of the greatest traditions we have is the Thanksgiving Day football game. And the biggest, most important tradition of all is the kicking ...
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Crazy Credits

During the closing credits, Snoopy and Woodstock both have a slice of pumpkin pie.

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Connections

Referenced in Mad: The Bourne Leg-a-Turkey/PilGrimm (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Is It James or Charlie?"
(uncredited)
Music by Vince Guaraldi

User Reviews

You're holding my hand, you sly dog

Charlie Brown almost gets depressed again. Another holiday is coming. That means more school-work. It appears as if this time, most everyone shares his idea of not making Thanksgiving about food, like Christmas was about commercialism. This time, old block-head doesn't have the time to be depressed. Because Peppermint Patty has invited herself and two friends along for Chuck's big turkey dinner. The problem is... there isn't going to be any dinner. He's going to his Grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. So, to fix things - instead of telling them the truth, he has Snoopy and Woodstock fix up a small supper of junk food. Priscilla (Patty) is not pleased and blows her top.

Probably my favorite of the Peanuts holiday specials, spare one with Charlie Brown falling in love - I'm not sure which. Why should this be my favored over the brilliant Great Pumpkin Halloween film or the nostalgic and brightly chilling A Charlie Brown Christmas? This time, it's because of the music. Not to mention Peppermint Patty is my favorite character. I named a cat after Lucy in real life, but Priscilla is definitely my favorite. The stand-out song "Little Birdy" really glows and the idea of Grandmother living in a condo is funny. *** out of ****