A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving [Blu-ray]

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving [Blu-ray] Review

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is twenty-five minutes long and was originally aired on November 20, 1973. This was the third holiday special with A Charlie Brown Christmas being the first and It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown being second. With the exception of the football scene where Lucy pulls the football away from Charlie Brown, Lucy is not featured in the rest of the special. The main story is that Peppermint Patty has invited herself, Marcie, and Franklin to Chuck's house for Thanksgiving Dinner and Charlie Brown and Sally will be at their grandmother's condo that day. Linus comes up with the idea of having two Thanksgiving Dinners; one for Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Franklin, and the other at his grandmother's place. The plan goes into full effect and the two recruit Snoopy to help set up the table chairs and make dinner. The two funny scenes are when Snoopy gets into a fight with a folding deckchair that comes to life and the kitchen scene where Woodstock accidently put butter on Snoopy's ear. The gang arrives and is escorted to the backyard to be seated for dinner. Look for chair that disappears and reappears next to Franklin whenever the scene cuts back and forth. In the end Charlie Brown's grandmother invites Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Franklin, and Linus over to her place and Charlie Brown emerges as the hero at the end. Not quite up to par with the first two, but still a good Peanuts special. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving gets an AAA+++.

Also included in this DVD is the The Mayflower Voyagers. The Mayflower Voyagers is twenty-four minutes and originally aired on October 21, 1988. The Mayflower Voyagers was the first of an eight part special called This is America, Charlie Brown. The bulk of the Mayflower Voyagers is done in narration by Charlie Brown. There are a few dialogues done by Lucy, Linus, Sally, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie. Also included in this special are adults, in full view, with actually speaking parts and not the blah, blah we usually hear on other specials. This was something of a rarity in the Peanuts specials. Basically The Mayflower Voyagers tells the story of the Pilgrims journey to the new world, their hardships, and the meetings of friendly Indians. This would be a good lesson for pre-school kids. The Mayflower Voyagers gets an AAA+++.

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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving [Blu-ray] Overview

This sweet, heartwarming 1973 offering from the Peanuts gang (and Charles Schulz) once again shows Charlie Brown in a pickle, as his erstwhile friends impose upon the hapless would-be-host to provide a memorable and traditional Thanksgiving feast. And as much as Charlie Brown would rather forget the whole thing, he just can't help but try for fear of being labeled a failure. Ultimately it's up to Snoopy and Woodstock to save Charlie from certain embarrassment, and it falls to Linus to impart to all assembled the true meaning of Thanksgiving. This very special Emmy Award-winning cartoon features the usual sweet unassuming humor that only the Peanuts can provide, along with the melodic Vince Guaraldi score, and is one of those childhood classics meant to be enjoyed again and again. --Robert Lane

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