It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (DVD)(Remastered Deluxe Edition) (1966)

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Actors: Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Kathy Steinberg, Ann Altieri
Directors: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman
Writers: Charles M. Schulz
Producers: Bill Melendez, Lee Mendelson
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)\
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: September 2, 2008
Run Time: 25 minutes

Charlie Brown gets rocks in his trick-or-treat bag, Linus awaits a visitation from the Great Pumpkin in his terribly sincere pumpkin patch (while the adoring little Sally sits tight with him), Snoopy falls asleep, Lucy harasses Schroeder, and Pig-Pen kicks up a dust storm even beneath his costume in this classic television broadcast. Funny stuff, but also graced with Charles Schultz's more poignant and gently satiric themes from the 1960s on the influence of faith, failure, and hope in our lives. --Tom Keogh

The story opens with Linus and Lucy going out into a nearby pumpkin patch to find a pumpkin. After rejecting a couple of smaller choices by Linus, Lucy points to the biggest pumpkin in the bunch, which Linus clumsily rolls back home. When they get home, Lucy takes a big knife and slices into the pumpkin to gut it, at which point a mortified Linus says "Ohhhh, you didn't tell me you were going to kill it!", and starts wailing.

With autumn already in full swing, Charlie Brown is busy raking leaves with Snoopy's help. Linus sees the pile and jumps right in the middle of it, forgetting he had a wet sucker in his possession. Moments later Lucy comes with a football for Charlie Brown to kick, but he initially refuses. Lucy shows him a letter, but for the first time she pulls it away when Charlie Brown is about to kick the ball, which sends him landing flat on his back, like always. (Read More)