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

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Bill Melendez

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (written by)

Release Date:

27 October 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

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

Plot:

The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.

Plot Keywords:

Halloween | Great Pumpkin | Peanuts | Pumpkin | Halloween Party

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Peter Robbins	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Christopher Shea	...	Linus Van Pelt (voice) (as Chris Shea)
Sally Dryer	...	Lucy Van Pelt (voice)
Kathy Steinberg	...	Sally Brown (voice) (as Cathy Steinberg)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ann Altieri	...	Frieda / Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Gail DeFaria	...	Pigpen (voice) (uncredited)
Lisa DeFaria	...	Patty (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy (voice) (uncredited)
Glenn Mendelson	...	Schroeder / Shermy (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bill Melendez

Writing credits
Charles M. Schulz		(written by)

Produced by
Bill Melendez	....	producer
Lee Mendelson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Vince Guaraldi

Cinematography by
Nick Vasu

Film Editing by
Robert T. Gillis

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

Music Department
John Scott Trotter	....	conductor
John Scott Trotter	....	music arranger

Other crew
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

Production Companies

• Lee Mendelson Film Productions
• Bill Melendez Productions
• United Feature Syndicate (UFS) (in cooperation with)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Nacional Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Pictures
• PlayArte Filmes (Brazil) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Producers' Sound Services  sound (as Producers' Sound Service)

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:G | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

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

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!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken (#29.11)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Breathless

What would Halloween be without it??

Now what would Halloween, my favorite holiday, be without Charlie

Brown and the Great Pumpkin? Not to date myself, but I remember the very first time it aired on

CBS at the ripe old age of 7! I've never missed it since! Nothing encapsulates childhood, camaraderie and the spirit of

Halloween more than this Charles M. Schultz classic. Charlie

Brown and his bag of rocks, Snoopy and the Red Baron, Linus'

ingenious use of his security blanket for a ghost costume, Vince

Guaraldi's great score, and of course, bossy Lucy and her

sarcastic voice of reason - I think we all know a 'Lucy' growing up! All the feelings of anticipation, excitement and fear so commonly

associated with this spooky holiday is captured here - even the

feeling of great disappointment when awakening the day after and

knowing one must wait another FULL year for this greatest of

holidays to come again - another year to plan and live out your

fantasy. Well, at least there's Charlie Brown Xmas to get us over

the hump! Good Grief!!