Great Pumpkin check-in thread.

[Cyrano]

All “Peanuts” fans know that Linus believes that, on Halloween, the Great Pumpkin rises up out of the most sincere pumpkin patch in the country.

I believed Linus when I was a kid. And, back then, I even spent one Halloween near a pumpkin patch hoping to catch sight of the Great Pumpkin.

I love the concept of the Great Pumpkin. It’s non-religious, non-political, non-ideological and causes no damage or pain to anyone. And you’ve just got to admire Linus’s enduring faith that one Halloween, he would catch sight of the Great Pumpkin.

How about checking in if you appreciate “Peanuts” creator Charles Schultz’s brilliance and the 50 years of insights and innocence he gave to us?

[Raster]

1. YES! I too am waiting for the Great Pumpkin to rise up from the pumpkin patch.

[rubberducky]

2. I spent my holloweens under the kitchen table when I was little and NO amount of coaxing could bring

me out.

[DefenseLawyer]

3. Sorry that your Pumpkin Patch wasn't the most sincere. n/t

[Cyrano]

12. It might have been. But at one point I dozed off and may have missed the GP.

[FredStembottom]

4. Insights, yes. Innocence, not so much.

Read the early years of Peanuts. What makes it all so effective and funny is the grown-up undercurrents of depression and worry that tinge everything that goes on.
Once the strip began to focus on Snoopy (and the Red Baron and "Woodstock" etc.) it lost some of that.

But both the original Christmas and Halloween TV specials were flavored with Charlie Brown's angst, Linus' faith and idealism and Lucy's narcissism and cruelty..... with forever endearing results.

:hi:

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. LOVED it when I was a kid (still do!)....seemed to last much longer back then!

I even loved the Dolly Madison ads which typically ran!

Through his Christmas and Halloween specials, Schultz captured the magic of being young in ways few if any have since.

[mdmc]

7. i still love it

:)

[KatyaR]

18. Me, too . . .

I was stunned the other day to hear my new boss say she hated "pop culture" and that she didn't like Peanuts and had never seen "The Great Pumpkin." How can ANYONE not like Peanuts? It made me really sad.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. I just ate pumpkin bread...

...and it was GREAT!

Case closed.:D

[MineralMan]

8. The Great Pumpkin is DEFINITELY coming this year.

I'm so sure of that...I know it hasn't come to pass before, but this year, things will be different.

[hfojvt]

9. well it was an alternative 'religion' to Santa Claus

but one part never made sense. The Great Pumpkin rises out of the most sincere pumpkin patch, BUT then it delivers toys and candy to ALL the good children.

So why isn't the faith destroyed the first time the GP does not deliver? I mean, even if a guy picks the wrong pumpkin patch, then he/she should still get the toys and candy, he/she would just miss seeing the GP rise up.

The TV special would have made more sense if Lucy (or their invisible parents) had felt sorry for him and left a little pile of candy by his bed that he would then attribute to the Great Pumpkin. He needs somebody to enable his Great Pumpkin faith in the same way that millions of adults enable the Santa Claus, Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairie (otherwise known as the Molinator).

[Cyrano]

10. hfojvt, let me reply to you this way. Sigh.

[hfojvt]

13. Good grief.

I certainly am a blockhead.

Wishy-washy too. I like the Great Pumpkin, but then again, no. On one hand, but on the other hand.

[LWolf]

11. k&r for Charles Schultz.

[Swamp Rat]

14. GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN!!!.... WE'RE IN THE WRONG PUMPKIN PATCH!!!

:yoiks:




:D

[Cyrano]

17. AAAAGGGGGHHHHH. You've let Dick Cheney into the world of "Peanuts."

[Kalyke]

15. He may be back this year now that he was fired as Tennessee's

head football coach:




Hee hee

[Minimus]

16. I found it sad that Charlie Brown always got rocks, so as a child I did

not enjoy the TV special.

As an adult, I do like your admiration for Linus's enduring faith that he would catch site of the Great Pumpkin.

[Hissyspit]

19. The Great Pumpkin never caused damage??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8B8lQ09fB4

[Hekate]

41. Oh. My. God. I never knew that existed....

:rofl:

[bridgit]

20. Iowa Pumpkin Grower Obliterates California Record at Half Moon Bay's Pumpkin Festival

I have Charlie's on DVR and will watch it tonight :bounce: http://www.miramarevents.com/pumpkinfest

[tandot]

21. Me and my hubby are fans and we are certain our little pumpkin will be, too

[Cyrano]

22. Your little pumpkin is incredibly cute

[tandot]

23. Thanks!

He looks just like his daddy :)

[PopSixSquish]

24. Three Cheers for Charlie Brown!!!

I always watch the Peanuts Halloween and Christmas specials. We should always believe in a little magic...

[Greybnk48]

25. Love the Peanuts gang!! I'll be looking for the Great Pumpkin tonight with you!

[Peacetrain]

26. In the pumpkin patch.. looking for the great pumpkin! a classic

[ThatsMyBarack]

27. What a classic!

There will never be a Charles M. Schulz.

[malaise]

34. +1

Charles Schulz was brilliant.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. +1 more

[JimWis]

29. I still like Peanuts. But I missed the Halloween special this year.

Did the Great Pumpkin show up?? Or was it the same as every year? One can always hope.

[Cyrano]

31. I haven't seen the Great Pumpkin yet tonight.

I know that Lucy always pulls away the football before Charlie Brown can kick it. And I know that the chances of being there when the Great Pumpkin rises up out of the most sincere pumpkin patch in the country are miniscule.

But we've got to keep hope alive.

[Number23]

30. The Great Pumpkin is King!

All Hail Charlie Brown and any and all Peanuts-affiliated fare!

[underpants]

32. I carved a "great" pumpkin last night

I carved "great" into it. Looks cool.

[AwakeAtLast]

33. Watching the Great Pumpkin is one of our favorite traditions!

I always make popcorn and we sit together and watch. This year AALette asked, "Mommy, is there REALLY a Great Pumpkin?" I said, "I don't know honey, what do you think?"

Her reply, "I sure do. Linus is so lucky - he gets to stay up all night waiting for it!"

Another one has joined the ranks, Sir! :patriot:

;)

[jmondine]

35. Wait... I see him! I see... crap, it's just a beagle.

[Hepburn]

36. The Great Pumpkin is already at my house

:hi:

[EFerrari]

37. I honored the Great Pumpkin tonight by making cookies

with a recipe posted by SoCalDem that included pumpkin as an ingredient.

When we were growing up, my little brother and I loved "Peanuts" although we lived in the burbs and never met a pumpkin patch. :)

[Hekate]

38. Ah, the Great Pumpkin, rising in the light of the full moon, blessing all the little kids...

... with candy corn. :-)

Hekate

[Desertrose]

40. My favorite time of year!!

Samhain!!

[Hekate]

42. I missed it this year, but I did put up a Dia de los Muertos altar, so it wasn't a total loss.

Enjoy!

Hekate

[Stargazer09]

39. Thank you for the reminder!

My kids (ages 2 to 10) have been watching that Peanuts episode over and over this month.

It never grows old. :)