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What A Cartoon! - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Patreon)

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2019-10-28 04:00:02
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This week's What A Cartoon! podcast takes a journey back to the mid-60s days of Peanuts-mania with the property's third TV special ever! Charles M. Schulz's comic stood as a pillar of the funny pages for 50 years, influencing almost every type of pop culture in its extremely long run. So it only made sense that CBS would want to capitalize on its tremendous success with annual specials that would stretch all the way into the '90s. To close out this spooky season, we do our best to cover the long, LONG history of Charlie Brown, and break down whether or not The Great Pumpkin is an atheist parable. Fill your trick-or-treat bag with rocks and be sure to cut extra holes in your ghost costume, because this podcast will shake your faith to its very core!

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Brian Hortin

I watched so many Peanuts specials growing up having inherited a love of all things Peanuts from my dad. I saw a lot of the lesser specials through the Nick show ‘You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown’ which was made up of all of the specials minus Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween. The most memorable of these 2nd tier specials for me was ‘Why, Charlie Brown, Why?’ which is another Linus centric special. That one is memorable because it deals with the heavy subject matter of childhood cancer. I think it’s the first time that I had seen a cartoon deal with a subject like this, and I think it did a really good job.

mavrick

For Better or For Worse made it to the big screen too....er, well probably just direct to VHS. I remember it being just god awful and I think it would be hilarious to hear you guys just tear it apart if it is as bad as my memory thinks it is. Now im thinking, how many strips got animated?

Joe Hodgson

Did my comment get removed? It was long, I don't know if that had an impact. Suffice to say, I like this and apparently my kids do despite my constant surprise they have any interest in Charlie Brown and Co.

Jarrod Hornbeck

Man, I loved listening to this. Glad to hear that the two of you share the same appreciation of Peanuts as a strip and a property as I do. I would 100% support a podcast that focuses only on all aspects of Peanuts media. I would also consider myself a ‘resident expert’ in the field. I will say, though, that while I share your opinion that the Schulz-created Peanuts feature-length films are inferior on a whole to the classic-era animated prime-time specials, real attention should be paid to ‘A Boy Named Charlie Brown.’ The first act at least is basically set pieces that are based entirely on paneled strips. It really reads, until it gets a bit more plot heavy, like a ‘greatest hits’ of favorite panels. It’s also incredibly funny. I recently saw a screening in a theater, and throughout the film there were numerous audible laughs, from myself included. Watch it again as an adult. The spirit of the strip is really captured. There’s also some really interesting and, well, downright gorgeous animation choices and sequences. I would love to see this considered for a future What A Cartoon. Maybe as a companion piece for the equally wonderful 2015 Peanuts Movie.

To Boldly Joe... Moore

Great episode, guys. I remember reading tons of Peanuts collection books when I was a kid and it's a series that still stands out, to this day. Actually, I'd be more than happy if the other Peanuts movies got reviewed around their respective holidays. As you said, there's so much history to talk about. Either way, keep up the awesome work. ^_^

Devin Hoffarth

So interesting localization fact: Apparently in Japan Marcy refers to Peppermint Patty as "senpai". Which I found to be an unusual choice since "sir" obviously has the respectful honorific associated with it but is also usually associated with men? Which obviously plays off Patty's tomboyish nature a bit more. I wonder if that influences Japan's perception of the two at all or if any of that nuance is lost on them. Other than that great podcast!

Royce A Murray

Have you guys ever gone to Knott's Berry farm during any of your LA trips because they have Peanuts themed attractions and costumes there

RoryDropkick

Oh. I was so happy to listen to this, and really I will pay more if you folks do more Peanuts podcasts. You mentioned the '86 broadcast and it brings up memories of watching the broadcast here in San Antonio on KENS-5 (oh yes), the local CBS affiliate I wore out my tape because it had that, and 3 weeks of Saturday morning cartoons. Also, I thought I was the only one who remembered "It's the Girl in the Red Truck Charlie Brown".... That was a real mind trip that I haven't thought about in 20+ years but it immediately is attached to Garfield & His 9 Lives becuase they were recorded on the same tape, both of those shows being 30 minutes of weirdness in their own way.

Patrick McClafferty

Thanks for confirming I'm not crazy about the existence of the live action/animated Peanuts special. I saw it decades ago on the tape the daycare I went to put on on rotation during rainy days along with random Disney shorts and Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire but I could never find it when I looked for it in the era of Google.

Patrick McClafferty

The Royal Guardsman Snoopy Christmas song is the better of their unlicensed Snoopy/Red Baron songs.

Christopher McDougall

There’s a special where Charlie Brown kicks the football! It’s called “It’s Magic Charlie Brown!” and I saw it for the first time recently since it’s paired with my “It’s the Great Pumpkin” blu ray. (I have the Peanuts Holiday blu ray set.) In “It’s Magic” Snoopy finds a magic book and performs a magic show for the kids. In it he turns Charlie Brown invisible, but forgets to turn him back. While invisible Charlie Brown kicks the football several times and even rubs it in Lucy’s face. By the end when he reverts back to normal and Lucy pulls the football away she claims that all the other times didn’t count, but come on! We all know that an invisible kick is still a kick.

Brian Rude

The part about the original recording with the commercials brought back an old memory for me! I definitely remember seeing those commercials with Peanuts specials as a kid in the '80s, or at least, seeing Peanuts plus Peppermint Patties and Mounds. I want to say that I saw them with the New Years' special, because I had that recorded on VHS and saw it numerous times so the commercials stuck with me.