A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

I will be reposting some of my Thanksgiving Posts along with some music until Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone…we are only two days away for those who celebrate it. This special first premiered on November 20, 1973, on CBS and won an Emmy Award. Great Thanksgiving special as always with the earlier Peanuts.

The Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Peanuts specials I always looked forward to. The way their world was only for kids where grownups were heard but only as noise in the background.

It starts off with Lucy tempting Charlie Brown with that football. Just one time I want to see Charlie kick the football…or Lucy.

It’s Thanksgiving and Peppermint Patty invites herself and Marcie over to Charlie Brown’s house but Charlie and Sally are ready to go to their grandmothers. Charlie talks to Linus and he suggests having two Thanksgiving dinners.

The only thing Charlie can come up with is feeding his friends toast and cold cereal which does not make Peppermint Patty happy whatsoever. She lets Charlie have it really bad until Marcie reminds her that she invited herself over.

Not going to give it away for those who have not seen this wonderful holiday cartoon. The music by Vince Guaraldi is excellent and makes every Peanuts cartoon special.

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, Alternative music, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player. Not the slightest bit interested in politics at all.

31 thoughts on “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”

  1. Actually haven’t seen this one in a long while and I forgot the story line so thanks for the refresher. As you know we already had ours but we love the football games and the tv specials. Oh and apparently it’s been Black Friday for like a month it seems. Happy Thanksgiving!

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      4. Come on over dude! I’ll fight you for the drumstick!
        Oh dude…I’ll get to your video soon man!

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  4. another good one. It took a back seat to the Christmas and Halloween one in my mind,but I like it a lot nonetheless. And with most PEanuts things, there’s such a good message underlying about being both grateful and generous no matter what you have to offer.
    It still seems a tiny bit ‘odd’ to me to have Thanksgiving so late in the year – as a Canuck, we’re used to celebrating it in the first half of October (was a bonus if Jays were in playoffs, occasionally got to see an American League playoff game over the dinner) but whenever it falls, it’s a good day.

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      2. Oh I would love to! I think some comedy sites might have that…Charlie kicking the hell out of her.

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      3. There are a couple of Christmas movies I watch every year now: “The Snowman” and “Klaus.” I wonder if my son will make sure my grandbaby gets to watch the old Charlie Brown Specials. Hey, now I have an idea to get them for her for Christmas 🙂

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