A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973) (TV)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Directors:

Bill Melendez
Phil Roman

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (written and created by)

Release Date:

20 November 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Thanksgiving | Surrealism | Cartoon Dog | Dog | Based On Comic

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vince Guaraldi	...	Little Birdie singer (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bill Melendez
Phil Roman

Writing credits
Charles M. Schulz		(written and created by)

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

Original Music by
Vince Guaraldi

Film Editing by
Robert T. Gillis		(as Bob Gillis)
Chuck McCann
Rudy Zamora Jr.		(as Rudy Zamora)

Production Management
Robert T. Gillis	....	production manager (as Bob Gillis)

Music Department
John Scott Trotter	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Carole Barnes	....	graphic blandishment
Evert Brown	....	graphic blandishment
Bob Carlson	....	graphic blandishment
Bernard Gruver	....	graphic blandishment
Sam Jaimes	....	graphic blandishment
Faith Kovaleski	....	graphic blandishment
Bror Lansing	....	graphic blandishment
Joanne Lansing	....	graphic blandishment
Adele Lenart	....	graphic blandishment
Ed Levitt	....	graphic blandishment
Bill Littlejohn	....	graphic blandishment
Warren Lockhart	....	president: Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates
Don Lusk	....	graphic blandishment
Joice Lee Marshall	....	graphic blandishment
Al Pabian	....	graphic blandishment
Chandra Poweris	....	graphic blandishment
Beverly Robbins	....	graphic blandishment
Frank Smith	....	graphic blandishment
Dean Spille	....	graphic blandishment
Eleanor Warren	....	graphic blandishment
Carla Washburn	....	graphic blandishment
Manon Washburn	....	graphic blandishment

Production Companies

• Lee Mendelson Film Productions
• Bill Melendez Productions
• United Feature Syndicate (UFS) (in cooperation with)
• Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (in cooperation with)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1973) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Coast Recorders  voice recording
• Radio Recorders  voice recording
• Wally Heider Sound  music recording (as Wally Heider Recording)
• Producers' Sound Services  mix (as Producers' Sound Service)
• Dickson/Vasu  camera

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min | USA:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: As Franklin sits alone on the opposite side of the table from which Snoopy serves "dinner", empty chairs adjacent to him disappear and reappear.

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 off of the football.
Charlie Brown: Is that right?
Lucy van Pelt: Absolutely. Come on, Charlie Brown. It's a big honor for you.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1985) (TV)

holiday fun!

I have always enjoyed these "Charlie Brown" specials as

I called them...It always tells me a holiday will be coming shortly when i watch this on television. there is a weird quality to these specials...they are children oriented, but they seem to have a lot of strong messages

behind them for anyone of any age....like Linus's speech

about Massasoit--a young one who loves his blanket and

sucks his thumb, and to be so smart is like an oxymoron, a mature child..I'm sure we can all relate to one of the

characters in a way!