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

NR196625mAnimationComedyFamily

Linus writes a letter to the Great Pumpkin and waits in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night. The children prepare for trick-or-treating, and Charlie Brown gets an invitation to a party.

  • Netflix3.9/5
  • IMDb8.1/1024,640 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes90%

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Plot summary

Linus believes the Great Pumpkin rises from a pumpkin patch on Halloween night and brings presents to good children, so he writes a letter to it while his friends tease him. Sally Brown, who likes Linus, is the only one who shares his belief. Charlie Brown announces that Violet invited him to her Halloween party. Lucy carves a jack-o'-lantern from a pumpkin she and Linus bring home. On Halloween night the children go trick-or-treating in costumes, and Snoopy puts on the costume of a World War I flying ace. Linus keeps watch in the pumpkin patch.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

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  • Steinberg's lines as Sally Brown were rushed when she developed a loose tooth, and she was taken to the studio to record them all in one night; she lost the tooth the next day and developed a severe lisp. She struggled with the word "restitution", so Mendelson had her pronounce it one syllable at a time and spliced it together.
  • Schulz suggested the idea of Charlie Brown receiving a rock while trick-or-treating, but Mendelson felt this was "too cruel"; Schulz and Melendez responded by suggesting he should receive three rocks, and Mendelson later agreed it was the right decision after seeing the scene's popularity.
  • The response was so positive that Schulz and the studio began receiving packages of candy, sent in response to Charlie Brown's failure to get any during the program.
  • Melendez insisted on having child actors in all of the Peanuts specials, and he voiced Snoopy himself by recording nonsense words and then speeding up the playback.
  • Artist Dean Spille painted the backgrounds of the French countryside for Snoopy's flying ace sequence from memory, having previously visited similar areas in Europe, and he was given full creative freedom by Schulz and Melendez.

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