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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ()

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The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination.
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Charlie Brown (voice)
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Linus Van Pelt (voice) (as Chris Shea)
Sally Dryer ...
Lucy Van Pelt (voice)
Cathy Steinberg ...
Sally Brown (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ann Altieri ...
Frieda / Violet (voice)
Lisa DeFaria ...
Patty (voice)
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Snoopy (voice)
Glenn Mendelson ...
Schroeder / Shermy (voice)
Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter ...
Pigpen (voice) (as Gail DeFaria)

Directed by

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Bill Melendez

Written by

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Charles M. Schulz ... (written by)
 
Charles M. Schulz ... (comic strip "Peanuts") (uncredited)

Produced by

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Bill Melendez ... producer
Lee Mendelson ... executive producer

Music by

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Vince Guaraldi

Editing by

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Robert T. Gillis

Editorial Department

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Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez ... assistant editor (as Steven Melendez)

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Nick Vasu ... camera operator

Animation Department

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Bob Carlson ... graphic blandishment
John Freeman ... graphic blandishment
Bernard Gruver ... graphic blandishment
Flora Hastings ... graphic blandishment
Ruth Kissane ... graphic blandishment
Faith Kovaleski ... graphic blandishment
Ed Levitt ... graphic blandishment
Bill Littlejohn ... graphic blandishment
Beverly Robbins ... graphic blandishment
Frank Smith ... graphic blandishment
Dean Spille ... graphic blandishment
Eleanor Warren ... graphic blandishment
Rudy Zamora ... graphic blandishment
Bob Bachman ... animator (uncredited)
Gerard Baldwin ... graphic blandishment (uncredited)
Frank Braxton ... graphic blandishment (uncredited)
Gwenn Dotzler ... graphic blandishment (uncredited)
Bill Melendez ... graphic blandishment (uncredited)
Frank Nissen ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Børge Ring ... animator (uncredited)
Jack Schnerk ... graphic blandishment (uncredited)
Russ von Neida ... graphic blandishment (uncredited)
John Walker ... graphic blandishment (uncredited)

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Vince Guaraldi ... music performer
John Scott Trotter ... conductor / music arranger
Colin J. Bailey ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Monty Budwig ... musician: bass (uncredited)
John Gray ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Vince Guaraldi ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Manny Klein ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Ronny Lang ... musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
John Scott Trotter ... additional music (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Charlie Brown is excited to be invited to Violet's Halloween party--his first-ever party. Before the party, the Peanuts gang plans to go trick-or-treating; meanwhile, Snoopy, dressed as the WWI flying ace, takes his Halloween persona to extremes. Linus won't be joining them for trick-or-treating or the party: he will be waiting in the local pumpkin patch for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin. Linus believes that the Great Pumpkin rises out of the most sincere pumpkin patch--one more sincere than his own local one--flies into the air, and delivers presents to all the boys and girls around the world. Because of his belief, Linus is the laughingstock among his friends. Sally is torn between going trick-or-treating for the first time and attending Violet's sure-fire fun Halloween party, or following her love Linus and waiting for the Great Pumpkin's arrival with him. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Peanuts, pumpkins, and pleasure for the whole family! (2008 DVD re-release) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Charlie Brown: La grande citrouille (France)
  • C'est la grosse citrouille, Charlie Brown (France)
  • C'est la fête, Charlie Brown (France)
  • Die Peanuts - Der große Kürbis (Germany)
  • Ésta es la gran calabaza, Charlie Brown (Spain)
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  • 25 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia After this special originally aired children all over the country sent candy to Charlie Brown out of sympathy. See more »
Goofs In the opening scene in which Lucy and Linus go out to the pumpkin patch, we see the setting sun in the background, which the children pass as they walk. However, the sun (just like the moon when we drive a car) would not be "passed" as though it were a stationary object; rather it would "move" along with the person moving. A second setting sun appears at the end of the same shot, after the children turn a corner and walk in another direction. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Blue Peanuts (1987). See more »
Soundtracks Snoopy and the Leaf See more »
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 »
Quotes [repeated line]
Charlie Brown: I got a rock.
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