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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Remastered Deluxe Edition)
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Item Description...
Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/07/2008 Run time: 128 minutes
Outline
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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Item Specifications...
Record Label Warner Home Video
Format Animated / Color / DVD / Original recor
Dimensions: Length: 5.4" Width: 7.5" Height: 0.7"
Weight: 0.25 lbs.
Binding DVD Video
Publisher Warner Home Video
Age 4
ISBN 1419869256
EAN 9781419869259
UPC 883929006489
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 | Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown Nov 29, 2009 |
Thanksgiving is not really something that is acknowledged and certainly not something that is celebrated in Scotland, but I watch this TV special every year in the run up to Xmas just to get me in the mood. The cartoon begins with the usual gag where Lucy yanks the football away from Chuck. I guess he'll never learn to distrust women, eh.
But his main grief in this one is the fact that all of his friends invite themselves over to his place for Thanksgiving despite the fact he's going to his grandmother's for the celebration. Snoopy and Woodstock work together (and against each other) to prepare a slapdash dinner including toast, jelly beans and popcorn. Needless to say the rest of the Peanuts gang are far from impressed with the menu, though that doesn't stop Peppermint Patty putting the moves on Chuck.
All this talk of food has made me hungry.
An episode from "This is America, Charlie Brown" is also featured in which the Peanuts gang recreate the famous Mayflower Voyage and trials and perils of the passengers and crew as they make their way to the new world. Having never studied this in school I never knew what Thanksgiving was about other than eating a turkey. This episode details all the main parts of the story and is quite a history lesson.
It's a natural companion piece to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as is obvious by it's inclusion on the DVD. But for all of you non-American people who don't fully understand the holiday perhaps you should watch this first.
I don't get why the starving passengers didn't just eat Woodstock though.
A self-congratulatory 12-minute documentary is also included. | | |  | Popcorn & Jellybeans -- a Yummy Remastered Version Nov 18, 2009 |
I recently checked out the remastered DVD version of the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, which was the third of the three holiday cartoons created back in the 1970s: the Christmas and the Halloween (Great Pumpkin) cartoons.
This short cartoon was drawn by creator Charles Schultz ("Sparky") and was like watching one of his newspaper strips come to life. There was no grand message, no alien invasion, no potty humor or Steven Spielberg-ish special effects.
A charming story of Charlie Brown getting talked into having a dinner that Peppermint Patty forced herself to be invited. And a bunch of her friends, too. Rather than talk her out of it ("you can't talk Peppermint Patty into anything", he complains) he decides to make a Thanksgiving dinner for them before going to his grandmother's house for their family thanksgiving.
Snoopy's fight with the lawn chair was not part of the story but was fun to watch. The shocked look on the kids' faces when they were served buttered toast, pretzel sticks, jellybeans and a large helping of popcorn was priceless.
A great story for little kids. I'm afraid Pixar has made me jaded, sadly.
Another interesting story is Peanut's take on The Mayflower Story. Sure, historically inaccurate but fun to see and get a flavor of what Thanksgiving is really all about. It's not about the food, it's about the people (if there is a message here, that is it).
Finally, a trailer promoting several other DVDs coming out soon and a "making of" that has the original child voice actors, now grown up, discussing their experiences with Lee Mendelssohn and so on.
Overall, a nice package. Clean, bright color, great sound and that awesome Vince Giraldi musical score will take you back.
Recommended.
[From Wiki:]
Film Credits
Written and Created by Charles M. Schulz
Directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman
Produced by Lee Mendleson and Bill Melendez
Original Score Composed and Performed by Vince Guaraldi
Arranged and Conducted by John Scott Trotter
Animators: Bob Carlson, Sam Jaimes, Bror Lansing, Bill Littlejohn, Don Lusk, Al Pabian, Frank Smith, Bob Matz, Rod Scribner, Patricia Joy, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson, Kenneth Muse, Pete Burness, Hank Smith
| | | | charlie brown Thankgiving Oct 23, 2009 |
| This came in great shape in the mail. It is your classic Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Show that you see on TV every year!!! All ages can enjoy this movie together! | | | | Charlie Brown's THANKSGIVING Jan 11, 2009 |
| I purchased this dvd for a niece & nephew for Christmas. I contacted their parents to select a movie that they thought the little ones would enjoy--and they selected Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving. Their mom sent me an email to thank me & to let me know that the kido's loved the movie & had watched it several times already--and the parents enjoyed it too. Afterall, who wouldn't love a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!!! | | | | Gift for Holiday Dec 22, 2008 |
This movie contains a bio of the title and the title itself. The extra feature is nice.
My family loves all the peanuts specials so this is no exception.
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