Mark Your Calendars! This Is When You Can Watch ‘It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’

Do you love watching It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown every year? It is one of the best fall television shows that comes around every fall. This year the film will air on Thursday, October 18 at 8 pm EST on ABC. It will air again on Friday, October 26th at 8 pm EST on ABC as well.

If you really love Charlie Brown, you can watch You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, after the October 26th airing. It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown celebrated its 50th anniversary two years ago, can you believe it? Here are some fun facts about the film!

1. One classic scene was originally just a comic strip

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You know when Lucy pulls the classic prank on Charlie by taking away the football right before he is about to kick it? This is the first Charlie Brown animated episode to feature it as an animation instead of just a comic strip.

2. Children sent Charlie Brown candy after it originally aired

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Since Charlie Brown kept getting rocks for Halloween, sweet children from all over the country mailed him candy to the studio. How sweet is that?

3. Did you catch this detail about Lucy?

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After Linus writes a letter to the Great Pumpkin, they show him walking by Lucy. She is reading a copy of TV Guide that has her photo on the cover.

4. How Snoopy walks changes halfway through the episode

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At first, he walks on all fours, but then he switches to walking more like a human. The creators thought it would be more cartoony.

5. A loose tooth almost ruined the whole episode

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Kathy Steinberg who was the young actress who voiced Sally had a loose tooth halfway through filming. They thought it might change her voice, so they rushed to finish her scenes before it fell out.

6. The young actors couldn’t pronounce certain words

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For example, the word “restitution” was hard for some of the young actors to say. In one scene, Sally yells “I demand restitution!”. They had to teach her to say it like “res-ti-tu-tion”. I guess things like that can be an issue when working with young kids for voice work!

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Do you love this Charlie Brown episode? Do you watch it every year with your family before Halloween? Who is your favorite character in the comic strip?

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You can watch the introduction for It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in the clip below: