By: Vickie J. Rubinson
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving originally aired on CBS in 1973 and won an Emmy Award the following year.
The special opens with Lucy enticing Charlie Brown to kick the football she is holding. Charlie Brown at first refuses, correctly suspecting that Lucy will pull it away as always; but Lucy convinces him that kicking the football is a Thanksgiving tradition and that being asked to do is an honor. Charlie Brown decides that Lucy would never pull her trick on a national holiday and ends up getting deceived and landing flat on his back once again.
Charlie Brown gets a call from Peppermint Patty, who invites herself over to Charlie Brown's house for the holiday dinner. Two subsequent phone calls add Marcie and Franklin to the guest list, and since CB cannot get a word in edgewise with Patty, he quickly finds himself in a quandary with no easy solution--at least not until Linus shows up.
Linus suggests to CB that he could have two dinners: the first one for Patty and her friends and then the second one at his grandma's home, forcing CB to admit that all he knows how to make is "cold cereal and maybe toast."
Best part of the show: Linus recruits Snoopy and Woodstock to set up a ping-pong table and chairs in the backyard (setting the table has its own problems as Snoopy goes toe-to-toe with an uncooperative, folding chair that comes to life and tortures him). Snoopy and Woodstock set the table, then help CB and Linus with the food. When the food is readied, Snoopy and a reluctant Woodstock go to Snoopy's doghouse and dress in Pilgrim clothing. They return to the house with Snoopy holding a musket, which fires unexpectedly and causes CB to freak out.
The guests arrive, and they all make their way to the backyard for the feast. Linus leads the group in prayer and Snooopy serves up the food, throwing the plates to each guest Frisbee-style. Each person gets:
- Two slices of buttered toast,
- Some pretzel sticks,
- A handful of popcorn
- A few jelly beans.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving originally aired on CBS in 1973 and won an Emmy Award the following year.
The special opens with Lucy enticing Charlie Brown to kick the football she is holding. Charlie Brown at first refuses, correctly suspecting that Lucy will pull it away as always; but Lucy convinces him that kicking the football is a Thanksgiving tradition and that being asked to do is an honor. Charlie Brown decides that Lucy would never pull her trick on a national holiday and ends up getting deceived and landing flat on his back once again.
Charlie Brown gets a call from Peppermint Patty, who invites herself over to Charlie Brown's house for the holiday dinner. Two subsequent phone calls add Marcie and Franklin to the guest list, and since CB cannot get a word in edgewise with Patty, he quickly finds himself in a quandary with no easy solution--at least not until Linus shows up.
Linus suggests to CB that he could have two dinners: the first one for Patty and her friends and then the second one at his grandma's home, forcing CB to admit that all he knows how to make is "cold cereal and maybe toast."
Best part of the show: Linus recruits Snoopy and Woodstock to set up a ping-pong table and chairs in the backyard (setting the table has its own problems as Snoopy goes toe-to-toe with an uncooperative, folding chair that comes to life and tortures him). Snoopy and Woodstock set the table, then help CB and Linus with the food. When the food is readied, Snoopy and a reluctant Woodstock go to Snoopy's doghouse and dress in Pilgrim clothing. They return to the house with Snoopy holding a musket, which fires unexpectedly and causes CB to freak out.
The guests arrive, and they all make their way to the backyard for the feast. Linus leads the group in prayer and Snooopy serves up the food, throwing the plates to each guest Frisbee-style. Each person gets:
- Two slices of buttered toast,
- Some pretzel sticks,
- A handful of popcorn
- A few jelly beans.
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