Movie time: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Not the best of qualities in terms of video to internet, but finding this particular story was nigh on to impossible. General consensus seems to be that this is pretty much the least popular of the great Shultz trinity. No one even makes mention of the Valentine, Easter or camp specials anymore. I guess they do not officially exist in the lexicon.
Someone finally posted their copy recorded in the early 80s, television commercials and all. Now that is a hoot. Talk about a flash from the past. Still, quality is not all there, but in terms of video like this, you take what you can get and smile happily.
Regardless of the quality of the video, it is the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special, shown in 1973. If you are of a certain age range, watching this around Thanksgiving time was as much a part of the Thanksgiving dinner celebration as putting black pitted olives on all your fingers and waving at everyone around the table until Mom told you to quit playing with your food and take them off your fingers.
It is so interesting to me to re-examine my reactions to these little specials now that I have passed into the age of the “wah wah wah wah wah” mush mouth speaking adults portrayed in Charlie Brown specials. After Charles Shultz passed on, biographies shed a little light on the personal demons that haunted him through his life.
As an adult, I have so much more history behind me than I did in 1973. Now I can see his experiences reflected in these specials. Watching them fascinates me. It gives a whole new meaning to a quaint enjoyable childhood delight.
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November 15th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I love love love the Charlie Brown holiday specials, but I never counted the Thanksgiving one as one of the greats. The Halloween and Christmas ones were made in the 60s and had different voices than the Thanksgiving one. Those are the ones near and dear to me