A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
A yummy Thanksgiving Movie Treat for you to enjoy this holiday!
Maybe it's not as iconic as A Charlie Brown Christmas or It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, but this Peanuts holiday special is a good holdover between Halloween and Christmas. This Emmy-winning classic sees Peppermint Patty infiltrating Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving holiday, which he naturally scrambles to put together with his trademark anxiety.
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Two slices of toast, a handful of jellybeans, some pretzels - not quite what comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving dinner. It's not what Peppermint Patty imagines either, but that's what she gets when she invites herself over to Charlie Brown's house for a turkey-day feast. After chastising "Chuck" for providing such a meager meal, she ends up eating more than her words and gains a few pounds of emotional sustenance. She also learns a little bit about the true meaning of the holiday. And you will too.
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Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family
Release Date: November 20, 1973
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Director: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman
Studio: Peanuts
Review:
"You're holding my hand, you sly dog."
31 May 2003 | by Ann_Bowman_Invents (90210, USA) –
Charlie Brown almost gets depressed again. Another holiday is coming. That means more schoolwork. It appears as if this time, most everyone shares his idea of not making Thanksgiving about food, like Christmas was about commercialism. This time old blockhead doesn't have the time to be depressed because Peppermint Patty has invited herself and two friends along for Chuck's big turkey dinner. The problem is... there isn't going to be any dinner. He's going to his Grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. So, to fix things - instead of telling them the truth, he has Snoopy and Woodstock fix up a small supper of junk food. Priscilla (Patty) is not pleased and blows her top.
Probably my favorite of the Peanuts holiday specials, spare one with Charlie Brown falling in love — I'm not sure which. Why should this be my favored over the brilliant Great Pumpkin Halloween film or the nostalgic and brightly chilling A Charlie Brown Christmas? This time, it's because of the music. Not to mention Peppermint Patty is my favorite character. I named a cat after Lucy in real life, but Priscilla is definitely my favorite. The stand-out song "Little Birdy" really glows and the idea of Grandmother living in a condo is funny.
Starring:
Todd Barbee, Robin Kohn, Jimmy Aherns
Supporting Actors:
Stephen Shea, Hilary Momberger-Powers, Christopher DeFaria, Robin Reed, Vince Guaraldi, Bill Melendez