A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
November 21, 2007
By: 
rollerkaty
Category: 1973, Charlie Brown, Thanksgiving
I can’t imagine the holidays without a Charlie Brown special to mark the occasion. The Great Pumpkin, the sad little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, the Easter Beagle… there’s even a Thanksgiving special. Tonight we settled in to watch the television classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, which originally aired in 1973.
I’m sure I have seen this special before but I honestly have no recollection of it. Peppermint Patty, who has a crush on Charlie Brown, invites herself over to Charlie Brown’s house for Thanksgiving Dinner along with some other friends. With the help of Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, Charlie prepares a dinner of toast, popcorn, pretzels and jelly beans and serves it to his guests who are seated around a ping pong table. Yum!
Although I gotta tell you, I just can’t help but wondering… where are Charlie Brown’s parents? At the end of the episode Charlie and the gang travel to his grandmother’s house in the back of a station wagon… but who is driving the car? It’s incredibly mysterious. If you are wondering what Charlie Brown’s parents are up to you may want to check out ye110wbeard’s Land of Silly blog.
Tags Charlie Brown . Thanksgiving . 1973
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November 22nd, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Heehee, I LOVE Snoopy and the Peanuts gang. Look forward to them every holiday.
Good question about the parents. I never thought of that. That’s the difference between reality and the cartoon world.
Authority figures don’t come into the picture unless they’re part of the storyline. And even then, it’s usually the muffled “mwh, mwh, mwh, mwh” voice you hear.
I don’t think there’d be much of a story if the parents were always in the picture. From a kid perspective, in the cartoon kiddy world - neglectful parenting seems to be a must! ;o)
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I just had a conversation earlier this week with a coworker about how neither of us could ever remember seeing this Charlie Brown Thanksgiving show.
I think it’s a conspiracy.
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Required viewing for US children.
The Great Pumpkin is at some key party with Mr and Mrs Brown.
November 30th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Yeah, Peanuts cartoons were clever since all of the adults always had that “wommpa-wommmpa” voice going on…I’ll always have a soft spot for A Charlie Brown Christmas though.