A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973 TV Short)

Christopher DeFaria: Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt

Quotes 

• Marcie : You were kind of rough on Charlie Brown, weren't you, sir?

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Rough? Look at this! Is this what you call a Thanksgiving day dinner? Did we come across town for this? We're supposed to be served a real Thanksgiving dinner!

  Marcie : Now wait a minute, sir. Did he invite you here to dinner, or did you invite yourself, and us, too?

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Gee, I never thought of it like that. You think I hurt ole Chuck's feelings? I bet I hurt his feelings, huh? Golly, why can't I act right outside of a baseball game?

  [short pause] 

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Marcie, maybe you could go to ole Chuck and patch things up for me. Maybe you can tell him how I really feel. Tell him I didn't mean it the way it sounded. Marcie, you can do it. You go and see him and tell him I really like it and I think the dinner's okay with me.

  Marcie : Well, I don't know, but I'll try. I think maybe you should go to Chuck and tell him yourself.

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : No, Marcie, I'll just ruin everything. You know I'm too brusque and rough. You go and speak for me.

  Marcie : Well, okay.

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : [sing-song]  You're holding my hand, Chuck, you sly dog.

• Marcie : He's all yours, Priscilla.

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Priscilla?

  Charlie Brown : Priscilla?

• Linus van Pelt : In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of his brave Indians and a great abundance of food. Governor William Bradford and Captain Miles Standish were honored guests. Elder William Brewster, who was a minister, said a prayer that went something like this: 'We thank God for our homes and our food and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world for freedom and justice."

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Amen.

• Linus van Pelt : This is not unlike another famous Thanksgiving episode. Do you remember the story of John Alden, and Priscilla Mullins, and Captain Miles Standish?

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : This isn't like that one at all.

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : [appalled by Snoopy's Thanksgiving dinner]  What's this? A piece of toast? A pretzel stick? Popcorn? What blockhead cooked all this?

• Marcie : What are we going to wear to this big Thanksgiving party, sir? What time do we go?

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Well kid, I'm gonna go like this. Ole Chuck is pretty cool about dates. He always wears that striped shirt of his.

  Franklin : I just talked to Charlie Brown. He said dinner would be served a little earlier.

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Great, we're ready.

  Franklin : You think I should wear a tie?

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : No, you can go as you are, Franklin. I don't think Chuck'll mind. Besides, he didn't say it was formal.

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : [entering the living room with Marcie]  Apologies accepted, Chuck ole boy?

  Charlie Brown : Sure.

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : There's enough problems in the world already, Chuck, without these stupid misunderstandings. Let's not play lovers' games, Chuck.

  Charlie Brown : [as he and Peppermint Patty shake hands]  I agree.

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : [as Snoopy places the fake Thanksgiving dinner on the table]  Are we going to have a prayer? It's Thanksgiving, you know.

  [to Charlie Brown] 

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Before we're served, shouldn't we say grace?

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : What kind of Thanksgiving dinner is this? Where's the turkey, Chuck? Don't you know anything about Thanksgiving dinners? Where's the mashed potatoes? Where's the cranberry sauce? Where's the pumpkin pie?

  [Charlie Brown walks away in shame] 

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : [approaching the other guests after Charlie Brown's phone call to his grandmother]  We're all invited to Charlie Brown's grandmother's for Thanksgiving dinner.

  [the others cheer]