It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
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Genre	Animated television special
Created by	Charles M. Schulz
Written by	Charles M. Schulz
Directed by	Bill Melendez
Voices of	Peter Robbins Chris Shea Sally Dryer Kathy Steinberg
Theme music composer	Vince Guaraldi
Opening theme	"Linus and Lucy"
Ending theme	"Charlie Brown Theme"
Composers	Vince Guaraldi John Scott Trotter Lee Mendelson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Lee Mendelson
Producers	Lee Mendelson Bill Melendez
Cinematography	Nick Vasu
Editors	Robert T. Gillis Steven Melendez
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Lee Mendelson Productions Bill Melendez Productions United Feature Syndicate
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 27, 1966 (1966-10-27)
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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a 1966 American animated Halloween television special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. The third Peanuts special, and the second holiday-themed special, to be created, it was written by Schulz along with director/animator Bill Melendez and producer Lee Mendelson. The cast included Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown, Christopher Shea as Linus Van Pelt, Sally Dryer as Lucy Van Pelt, and Melendez as Snoopy. The special features music composed by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, whose contributions include the theme song "Linus and Lucy". It aired on broadcast television every year from its debut in 1966 until 2020 when it became an Apple TV+ exclusive.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown follows the children of the Peanuts comics as they celebrate Halloween, while Linus forgoes celebrations to wait in a pumpkin patch for the mythical Great Pumpkin. The sequence following Snoopy as a World War I flying ace and its depiction of Lucy pulling a football away from Charlie Brown have both become widely recognized in pop culture. The program was highly successful, watched by 49% of American television viewers in its debut broadcast. It received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its artistic style and music score, and it is often regarded as the best of the Peanuts television specials. The success of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown led to the development of the Halloween special as a television genre.