A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973 TV Short) User Reviews

Isn't it funny how some traditions fade away?

[CuriosityKilledShawn · 7/10 · 29 November 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.

Excellent holiday special which is very appetizing

[Catherine_Grace_Zeh · 9/10 · 14 November 2006]

In my opinion, this is an excellent holiday special which is very appetizing. However, I couldn't bear seeing Snoopy and Woodstock having to endure all that torture. In addition, the thing that really makes this special worth watching is the score, especially "Little Birdie and "Linus And Lucy." When those songs are performed, I always get warm and tingly. I would have to say that's my favorite song of this special. If you ask me, Charles M. Schulz was a really good artist. In conclusion, I highly recommend this excellent holiday special which is very appetizing to everyone, especially all you fans of the comic strip who have not seen it. When you see it, prepare to smile, have a good time, and bon appetit.

A child's cooking skills.

[Baldach · 8/10 · 24 July 2002]

Throughout the years I have see the film a few times during the holidays. I would rank it as one of the top ten Peanuts films that Charles Schulz did. As a child I could relate to Charlie Brown whose cooking skills only include making toast and popcorn. After reading the comment about Woodstock eating the turkey, I noticed some thing else slightly distrubting. In this film short Charlie Brown invites all his friends for dinner. Yet Charlie Brown's only ethnic friend is Franklin, who is African American. Franklin does not say more than two lines in the film. Yet considering the film is nearly 30 years old this limited inclusion of multi-ethinic persons is understandable.

My Favorite of All the Peanuts Specials

[hfan77 · 10/10 · 24 November 2009]

I have watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for many years and of all the Peanuts specials that I have watched and reviewed for this website, this is my favorite. The opening scene where Lucy pulls the football away from Charlie Brown always cracks me up. If you watch it on DVD or tape it off the TV, play back the football scene in slow motion to see Charlie Brown in mid air.

As for the rest of the cartoon, I thought Peppermint Patty was bossy and rude to Charlie Brown, inviting herself, Marcie and Franklin to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving dinner, monopolizing their phone conversations and even worse, complaining about the nontraditional cuisine. She was also flirtatious toward Charlie Brown. There were also outstanding sight gags involving Snoopy and Woodstock and the scene where they get the food ready for the feast that's set to "Linus and Lucy." It proves that cartoon scenes can work well without dialogue.

I also liked the scene near the end when the kids are in the car and they sing "Over the River and Through the Woods" en route to the Brown's Grandma's condo for a real Thanksgiving dinner. Before or after you go over the river and through the woods for your holiday feast, watch this cartoon. You'll even learn about the holiday in Linus' Thanksgiving prayer.

Great TV special.

[iF.... · 10/10 · 26 October 1999]

I remember seeing "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" back in the 80s when I was just a child. Every Thanksgiving they would show this at night time, since I was around 6-9 years old I couldn't stay up late to watch cartoons. But my parents made exceptions in these cases. Heck, I even recorded this on BETA! Thats right those tapes that are half the size of VHS tapes! Now that I'm older I wonder where time went, one day I'm a kid sitting on the living room rug watching Charlie Brown the next day I'm in my room hearing the advertisement on TV for the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving holiday special. Since I saw this when I was a kid I must say I was scared of the last portion of this presentation, the part where Charlie Brown camps out of a house. Damn that scared me! All I can say is that this is a classic for anyone who saw this as a kid. What's wrong with those people that gave this a 1 rating?!?! Some people just have problems.

Today is Thanksgiving. "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" is a must see.

[dsp21953 · 27 November 2008]

Well, today is Thanksgiving and that means one thing to do, for certain that is. I must watch "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving." It has become a tradition for me for the last five years in a row and will continue for the rest of my life. You just can't go wrong with Good Old Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Watching this special brings the true meaning of Thanksgiving. As usually Snoopy steals the show. Thank you Mr. Charles Schulz for this and all the Peanuts holiday specials. Thanksgiving requires "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" year after year, it is simply tradition. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang on the holidays make the holidays more enjoyable.

What did you expect, a turkey card?

[Hey_Sweden · 7/10 · 3 November 2017]

Among the Peanuts seasonal specials, 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' does seem to get somewhat lost in the shuffle. This may be because, overall, it's just not as memorable as 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' or 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'.

It's still quite delightful for any Peanuts fan, starting off on a classic note as Lucy once gain pulls the football away from our hero. Soon, the terminally wishy-washy Charlie Brown finds himself roped into preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for Peppermint Patty and her friends Marcie & Franklin. This, despite the fact that all he's capable of preparing is cold cereal and maybe toast. But Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock all pitch in, and before long a feast of toast, jellybeans, pretzel sticks, and popcorn awaits the kids.

Giving the special some gravitas is the ever level-headed Linus, who gently reminds us why this holiday exists in the first place.

'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' definitely has its bonuses. The characters are all funny as usual, with Snoopy and Woodstock taking centre stage for a while. One priceless bit has Snoopy engaging in a battle with an uncooperative chair. That "Little Birdie" tune sung by Peanuts composer Vince Guaraldi is very amusing. And there's that classic hysterical bit of nonsense when an adult voice (Charlie Browns' grandmother) is represented by some squawking on a trumpet.

Although lightweight compared to the Christmas and Halloween specials, this is still good, solid, charming entertainment that delivers some honest laughs and subtly stated sentiment.

Seven out of 10.

A typically delightful and wonderful Peanuts holiday TV special

[Woodyanders · 10/10 · 26 November 2009]

Scrappy and willful tomboy Peppermint Patty invites herself and several of her friends over for a Thanksgiving feast at Charlie Brown's house. Worried about being unable to provide a decent meal because of his lackluster cooking skills, Charlie Brown receives some much-needed help from the precocious Linus, the ever-exuberant Snoopy, and Snoopy's jolly pal Woodstock to whip up the best possible food for the grand occasion. Director Bill Melendez and Phil Roman, working from a very warm and witty script by Charles M. Schulz, expertly craft a sensationally breezy and snappy 25-minute cartoon romp that brims over with engaging characters (Linus in particular really shines as he explains the historical significance of Thanksgiving in fascinatingly thorough detail), deliciously dry humor, and a spot-on relevant message about the true meaning of Thanksgiving (it's all about friends and family instead of food). Hilarious highlights include Lucy van Pelt pulling the old football trick on hapless Charlie Brown for the umpteenth time, Snoopy's battle with a pesky uncooperative folding chair, Snoopy tossing plates of food at everybody, and Peppermint Patty blowing up at Charlie Brown at the unacceptable meal of junk food. Moreover, there's a cool jazz ditty called "Little Birdie" and a marvelously spirited music montage sequence depicting Snoopy and company preparing the food for the gala event. The whole thing ultimately culminates in a truly uplifting happy ending. The bright and colorful animation holds up pretty well. Vince Guaraldi's fabulously jaunty score further enhances the infectious merriment. Done with genuine heart and a certain sweet charm, this baby sizes up as a total treat that's essential annual viewing on Thanksgiving day.

Sweet Classic Cartoon that will never get old! Solid 7 Stars!

[huggibear · 7/10 · 23 November 2017]

I don't remember ever watching this when I was a child. Somehow, I must have missed it when I was helping my family prepare for Thanksgiving dinner the night before. I'm 50 now and I still enjoy these old animations. Plus they let us watch a bonus cartoon called 'This is America, Charlie Brown'. I don't know if this is a usual combination viewing or if this was the first time ABC has showed this line-up. Either way, I enjoyed them both and I had never seen them before. I thought 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' was quite comical because of Snoopy and Woodstock. If you've never seen it, watch it once for sure. It's worth your time if you've got nothing better to do on the eve of Thanksgiving.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is another great Peanuts holiday special

[tavm · 10/10 · 23 November 2006]

Charlie Brown and his little sister Sally are planning to go to Grandmother's place for Thanksgiving dinner but Peppermint Patty invites herself, Marcie, and Franklin to the Browns expecting one themselves. Linus suggests making one before going to Grandma's so Snoopy and Woodstock start getting the table and chairs. As Peppermint Patty and friends arrive, she's disappointed at getting popcorn, toast, pretzels, and jellybeans instead of turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. Marcie apologizes on her friend's behalf before Patty also says she's sorry. Chuck's grandmother then calls and invites everyone over...Another great Peanuts holiday special that's as much a classic as the Great Pumpkin and Christmas one. I especially liked the "Little Birdie" song sung by the late great Peanuts score musician Vince Guaraldi. Snoopy's battle with a lawn chair during this number is the most hilarious scene in the special. As with the Christmas special, Linus recites a wonderful story of Thanksgiving's beginnings with great heart and sincerity. Unfortunately, ABC cut the scene of Snoopy and Woodstock walking to Charlie Brown's house in Pilgrim outfits and the tag of Snoopy and Woodstock pulling the wishbone with the bird falling backwards with the broken wishbone. So my rating of 10 here is based on the original unedited broadcast.

It's ThanksgivingTime

[AaronCapenBanner · 7/10 · 14 December 2013]

Tenth animated special based on the cartoon strips of Charles M. Schulz finally gets around to Thanksgiving, as Charlie Brown and Sally are intending to go to their Grandma's house for the holiday, but somehow Peppermint Patty invites herself and some other friends over to Charlie's house, and he must frantically cook something to serve, so with the help of Snoopy and Woodstock, makes toast, popcorn, and pretzel sticks, much to Patty's annoyance! Enjoyable tale may not have the warmth and humor of either Christmas or Halloween, but can still hold its own as one of the best of these specials, though I'm not sure little bird Woodstock should be eating turkey...?

Of the Charlie Brown holiday specials this one is my personal fave.

[Aaron1375 · 8/10 · 20 November 2011]

Yes, here we actually had a Charlie Brown holiday where Linus was not a complete buzz kill. A change of pace from the norm for him, but his one is a simple tale of a couple of Charlie Brown's friends inviting themselves over for a Thanksgiving day feast when Charlie Brown is intending to go to his grandmother's house so he and his pal Linus and Snoopy cook up a feast all on their own. This grand meal including plenty of toast and popcorn. I like this one, to me it is the funniest of the three most well known ones...Halloween and Christmas being the other two. This one is also about the poor holiday stuck between Halloween and Christmas and to me seems to be almost a forgotten holiday these days as the retail stores push Halloween and Christmas and seem to ignore Thanksgiving all together. This one really shows the friend or family member that likes to kind of invite themselves to dinners and things like that this time of year as the culprit in this case is the ever exuberant Peppermint Patty. Marcie comes along too. I know lots of people that kind of tag along events such as these mainly because they do not want to cook themselves so I guess this one sort of hits home, and for me is the funniest and best of the holiday trio.

A "Peanuts Gang" Celebration

[strong-122-478885 · 6/10 · 1 October 2016]

Greetings, one and all -

Are you ready for Thanksgiving? It's just around the corner, you know.

And, even if you're a vegan, you can still enjoy this holiday celebration without having to eat any turkey. Yeah. There's always plenty of pumpkin pie and cranberry dressing to gobble up.... Yummy! Yummy!

And, if you've got nothing better to do you can always watch "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving". It's a sure-fire way to get you into the spirit of the day.

Believe me - Viewing this 1973, TV special is always a pleasant way to pass a mere 25 minutes.

Sort of sadly felt a bit flat

[Angels_Review · 4/10 · 11 March 2014]

It starts out with the oldest gag in the Peanut's Gang comics, the football kick. Lucy pulls the ball from Charlie when he was about to kick it. I have to say; I have mixed feelings about that. Charlie Brown is always falling for it, but yet I feel sorry for him because Lucy always seems to bring up good points to tell him why she 'won't' pull it this time. I love the fact they pull up that people seem to skip Thanksgiving and go to Christmas in the stores. It also brings into consideration how the whole group gets together and looks at what they are thankful for rather then the large turkeys and dinners. The peanut group always seems to do that sort of thing, pretty much bringing the story to its simplest forms.

The artwork is pretty well done even if some of the images are inconsistent in some areas. The show has its own charm that really made it one of the best things.

Sadly, some jokes seem to go a bit overboard and long for my taste, though the ones with Snoopy normally have a really fun charm to them. I don't know exactly why but I like his character more then any other.

holiday fun!

[AWERTH · 31 October 2004]

I have always enjoyed these "Charlie Brown" specials as

I called them...It always tells me a holiday will be coming shortly when i watch this on television. there is a weird quality to these specials...they are children oriented, but they seem to have a lot of strong messages

behind them for anyone of any age....like Linus's speech

about Massasoit--a young one who loves his blanket and

sucks his thumb, and to be so smart is like an oxymoron, a mature child..I'm sure we can all relate to one of the

characters in a way!

Ah. The Good Memories

[I_Am_The_Taylrus · 8/10 · 23 November 2006]

SPOILERS

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is one of the many Holiday specials for the Peanuts. It is my third favorite. It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is my favorite.

The show begins with Lucy doing her usual football trick to poor Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown gets a phone call on Thanksgiving. It is Peppermint Patty. She heard about Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving dinner. She invites herself over to his Thanksgiving dinner. The only problem is that the Thanksgiving dinner is at his Grandma's house. She also invites Marcie and Franklin. Charlie thinks he is doomed. Linus explains that if he is going to his Grandmother's house at 4:30, Charlie Brown could have two dinners. His first dinner could be for his friends, the second could be at his Grandma's. Charlie says he can't cook.

Snoopy and Woodstock set up tables in the backyard. After some mishaps they mange to get a ping-pong table set up.

Franklin explains to Marcie and Peppermint Patty that dinner at Charlie Brown's will be a little earlier. Peppermint Patty says that they are ready.

Snoopy spreads out a tablecloth on the ping-pong table. Then Linus, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy make dinner. It's basically buttered toast, pretzels, candy, and popcorn.

Snoopy puts plates and napkins on the ping-pong table. Snoopy and Woodstock go back into Charlie Brown's house dressed as Pilgrims. Charlie Brown explains that they can't serve dinner dressed like that.

Marcie, Franklin, and Peppermint Patty come to Charlie Brown's house. He takes them to the backyard and seat them. Before they eat Peppermint Patty says that they should say Grace. They sort of do. Snoopy then puts all the food on plates. While they are eating Peppermint Patty is outraged. She explains that a Thanksgiving dinner is made up of turkey, gravy, and cranberries. She says that it is not made up of popcorn and toast. Charlie Brown goes back into the house. Marcie says that Charlie Brown didn't even invite Peppermint Patty over. Patty tells Marcie to patch things up for her and tell him that she likes the dinner. Marcie does just that. Charlie Brown says that he feels guilty that he ruined everyone's Thanksgiving. Marcie says that Thanksgiving is not just about eating, it's about giving thanks. Patty comes and asks if he accepts her apology. He does. Then he finds out that he is late to go to his Grandma's. He calls her and says that he will be a little late. Grandma says that his friends could come with him.

They get into the back of Charlie Brown's car. They sing Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandmother's House We Go. Charlie say that the only problem with that song is that his Grandma lives in a condominium.

Overall, this is a great special.

8/10

Around this time of the year.....

[raysond · 9/10 · 11 November 2005]

Ever since the holiday special "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving",first aired on CBS-TV in November of 1973,this was one of many "Peanuts" inspired specials that brings out the kid in all of us,but at the same time have a message in between the lines. For years,from 1965 until 1998,the CBS Television Network has been televising these classic Charlie Brown specials every year including the titles based on the characters created by Charles M. Schultz. If you remember the specials that aired once annually which included the entire gang and the misadventures they encountered along the way. If not to mention the first four installments of the classic "Charlie Brown" theatrical features as well,which sometimes CBS would show on special holidays which included the first-ever 1969 feature,"A Boy Named Charlie Brown",then in 1972,with "Snoopy Come Home",and from there with "Race For Your Life,Charlie Brown",in 1977,and finally the last theatrical installment "Bon Voyage,Charlie Brown,And Don't Come Back",which was released in 1980. CBS would show these features on special occasions and around the holiday seasons as well,especially during Thanksgiving,Christmas,and Easter time. Not to mention,CBS also gave Charlie Brown and his faithful dog Snoopy their own Saturday Morning cartoon show as well which lasted for five years running and they would put out new specials based on this series. This would last on the Tiffany network for more than four decades. During the end of the 1990's,the change would come at a hard blow to the rest of Peanuts gang,which for certain end Charlie Brown's long association with CBS entirely.

All that would change drastically in 1998,when CBS stopped airing these classic "Peanuts" specials along with the rest of the entire Charlie Brown stuff. From there the specials switched networks too,this time from their years at CBS over to ABC,where the specials would aired annually on a yearly basis,not to mention ABC took over the entire production of the Charles M. Schultz's "Peanuts" specials which some new material was added with the already classic masterpieces. This phase took place after the untimely death of one of the greatest animators of all time when Charles M. Schultz,the creative force behind Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang,passed away. However,ABC still aires these classics to this day,on a annual basis. But getting back to "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving",there is one thing that I got to say about this special presentation....it is a bonafide classic that still holds up some 30 years later. I remember seeing this special for the first time back in the early 1970's,when I was small,but today I get a kick out of enjoying every minute of it when it comes on. It involves the story of Charlie Brown,who invites to Thanksgiving dinner the rest of the gang which includes Peppermint Patty,her best friend Marcy,Franklin (the only African-American character on the show),Linus and his sister Lucy,and others to Charlie's house for Thanksgiving dinner even though the Brown family has other plans. However,Charlie's faithful and resourceful dog Snoopy lends a helping hand and pitches in to help along with his sidekick Woodstock for support. But the funniest and probably the hilarious part is when the Thanksgiving dinner is not about turkey and mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce,but turns out to be buttered toast,popcorn and cold cereal---junk food!

This is when Peppermint Patty goes off on Charlie Brown and his guests about the service of the dinner which was supposed to be about Thanksgiving and not junk food! However,Peppermint Patty felt really bad about saying the awful things the made Charlie feel real low,and gets Marcy to apologize to him for her. This is when his faithful dog,Snoopy really saves the day. However he calls his grandma and really invites his friends over to his grandma's house for Thanksgiving dinner. The moral of the story has a very important message for everyone. In this one the moral is that we are thankful for what we have and not to be concerned about what other people don't have. In other words,be thankful for what you got and sharing it with others during the Thanksgiving holiday. Also to boot in this classic special is the football kicking episode where Charlie Brown goes to kick the football while Lucy plays him every time for a sucker,which was always entertaining to boot. Watch it sometime!

The Old Football Trick

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 1 December 2015]

Peppermint Patty coerces Charlie Brown into inviting her and all her friends to a Thanksgiving dinner. Of course all she does is show up. He is stuck preparing the meal from his vast store of recipes. Toast, popcorn, and jellybeans. Of course, she demands turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, etc. She then berates him in front of his friends. Poor Charlie and his lack of backbone. Snoopy proves to be the real star of this episode with his incredibly positive outlook and resiliency. Everyone forgets that when it comes to accomplishments, he is the only one who pulls his weight. These Peanuts shows were certainly fun and continue to entertain many years later.

another charming Charlie Brown holiday special

[SnoopyStyle · 8/10 · 26 November 2014]

Charlie Brown and Sally are going to their grandmother's for Thanksgiving. Peppermint Patty calls and invites herself and then Marcie and Franklin to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving. Linus suggests Charlie Brown have two Thanksgiving dinner with the help of Snoopy and Woodstock. Peppermint Patty is angered by the lack of traditional Thanksgiving food but Marcie convinces her to apologize. Charlie Brown's grandmother calls and invites everybody to her place.

Peppermint Patty's voice by Christopher DeFaria is really rough and raspy. It's a little bit jarring. Otherwise, this is a charming Charlie Brown holiday special and it holds up well. It has the innocence of the simple cartoon drawings. Also it's a single story without the usual detours. This just has the sense of the impending Holidays that appears every Fall. I do wonder if there is anything wrong with Woodstock eating turkey.

"Let's not play lovers' games, Chuck."

[utgard14 · 7/10 · 28 November 2014]

Charlie Brown and Sally are planning to go to their grandmother's for Thanksgiving. But those plans are interrupted when pushy Peppermint Patty invites herself, Marcy, and Franklin over to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Linus has the solution: a dinner with Patty and friends before they head over to their grandmother's. Unfortunately, all Charlie Brown knows how to make is "cold cereal and maybe toast." In steps Snoopy and Woodstock to prepare the most unique Thanksgiving dinner any of these kids have ever had.

As with the other Peanuts specials from the '60s & '70s, this is a treat for young and old alike. The wonderful characters and their relationships are what makes the old Peanuts cartoons so great. Lucy and the football, Peppermint Patty flirting with Chuck, Sally gushing over Linus, and Snoopy's misadventures with a lawn chair are just some of the highlights. Awesome Vince Guaraldi jazzy score including original song "Little Birdie." It's a cartoon guaranteed to make you grin ear to ear unless you're some kind of misanthrope.

Another great Peanuts Holiday special, this time centring around Thanksgiving

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 6 November 2015]

All the Peanuts specials are worth seeing at least once, and a good deal of them are classics. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving to me is not as good as Charlie Brown Christmas and Great Pumpkin as far as their Holiday specials go (and part of it is because Christmas and Halloween resonate a little more with me personally), but it is still a classic and one of the better Peanuts specials.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving contains some very nicely done animation. It's bright and colourful with detailed backgrounds and charming and never ugly drawings. The music score is both jaunty and whimsical, and the songs are certainly incredibly catchy and have the right amount of emotional impact. Who can't help tingle with warmth during Linus and Lucy? As can be expected, A Charlie Brown Christmas is incredibly well written, the humour is warm and gentle ("what do you expect, a turkey card?") but also hilarious, it's educational which parents will really appreciate and it's filled with charm and heart too, like with the uplifting ending.

The story, while simple, is equally funny, charming and heartfelt, while it doesn't have a central message as such like Christmas (for example) or Great Pumpkin's memorable absurdity the meaning of Thanksgiving is still very well put across without preaching. The occasional surreal touch- like Snoopy fighting with the deck chair, which also proved one of the funnier moments too- was welcome and didn't feel out of place.

Here the characters are on top form and true to personalities, as a big fan of Snoopy he doesn't disappoint and Charlie and Linus are very likable. Peppermint Patty may not be for all tastes (coming from someone who knows people who find her voice irritating), but is to me a very colourful and entertaining character regardless. The voice acting is fine and well suited, with only the occasional choppiness of Marcie's voice work being a very occasional oddity.

Overall, a great Thanksgiving special, and one of the better (and slightly overlooked) Peanuts Holiday specials. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Happy Thanksgiving to all from the Peanuts

[Terryfan · 7/10 · 26 November 2020]

I grew up watching the peanuts as a kid and I recently decided to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and it's honestly not my favorite of the bunch

The story is that Charlie Brown and Snoopy have to make a extra Thanksgiving meal because Peppermint Patty invited herself Marcy and Franklin over to Charlie Brown house without giving Charlie Brown the chance to explain Sally and he will not be home. As usual with Peppermint Patty you can't get a word in.

This special reminds how much I hate Peppermint Patty out of all the characters from the Peanuts she is my least favorite and watching this special is a clear example of why she is a bad character.

The animation is good with good attention to detail as you would expect from the Peanuts specials.

The voice acting is decent for some parts and at leas they had the Lucy and Charlie Brown football gag in the opening which makes it worth watching.

The music is good with a original song written for the special

In my opinion A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving isn't the strongest of the bunch and it shows how ungrateful some can be.

Overall perhaps you and your family will Enjoy it but be warn it does feel mean spirited

I give A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving a 7 out of 10

Dinner Time

[hellraiser7 · 10/10 · 7 November 2013]

Believe it or not Thanksgiving is actually my second favorite holiday of the year if you can believe that. To me it's not just the delicious dinner we eat, but to me it's the company that you keep. This film is another childhood relic of mine and just like the holiday just never gets old, I'm an adult and I still watch it to this day.

There's really not much I can say about it, the animation is great well it's pretty much the kind you'd expect from the "Pennuts" comics but I wouldn't want it any other way. However what really drives there are as usual the characters as well as the music score with it. The music score is just superb, from the theme but my favorite is that upbeat piano score when their making Thanksgiving dinner.

And it just fun, funny, and touching seeing each of the characters go through the motions. The comedy is great as usual, from the infamous football kick scene which I find funny but a little sad at the same time, one day Charlie Brown just needs to kick Lucy in the face, sorry that sounded harsh but the amount of times she trick him will make anyone do it. And my favorite which is the fight with Snoopy and a fold able summer chair, it's one of the daftest fights I've ever seen, I can emphasize with Snoopy frustrations with those chairs those suckers can be a pain to unfold due to them sticking all the time, let alone don't always stay upright. But mainly just the concept itself is ridiculous it's hilarious what the heck does a chair have to be so teed off about anyway, why am I bothering to ask? But there is a little emotion involved as usual when you feel sympathy for Charlie Brown as he did his best to give Perperment Patty and company a dinner of some sort; hey he's not a color nary chief what the heck does Perperment Patty expect. But most of all just isn't entirely sure what Thanksgiving is really about.

It's got a good message about the meaning of thanksgiving. That it was never really about the eating, but that it's about simply being thanking that you've came this far in life and the company that is with you at the table.

Well, that's all I have to say so Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Rating: 4 stars

Geeky Randy's summary

[Geeky Randy · 7/10 · 27 November 2014]

A Thanksgiving classic about Peppermint Patty inviting herself, Marcie and Franklin over for Thanksgiving, forcing Charlie Brown to recruit Linus, Snoopy and Woodstock to prepare a big holiday dinner. Tenth prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip PEANUTS. Won an Emmy Award in 1974. You can count on it to be aired every November on ABC, usually back-to-back with the first episode of THIS IS America, CHARLIE BROWN "The Mayflower Voyagers". Like a lot of childhood staples, this has sentimental value to those who grew up with it, but this segment is too brief and dated to really grip those who were introduced to it too late.

**½ (out of four)

Are we talking about the same show?

[rochesternypizzaguy · 3/10 · 28 November 2018]

I can't believe how many rave reviews there are of this special. For starters, it doesn't even begin to approach the level of the Christmas and Halloween shows, although that's admittedly a high bar. But aside from that, to me, this is simply an example of the decline of Peanuts that started in the early 1970s. Too much Snoopy, too much Woodstock (the creation of whom was one of Schulz's worst decisions, IMO), too much Peppermint Patty and Marcie. I'm sure Schulz was trying to come up with new ideas and story lines with those characters, but to me it was more a symptom of his growing creative exhaustion. And in this case, possibly his abdication of creative control over the TV specials, which were mostly cobbled together by other people. Even the music's not as good as in the 1960s shows. This is worth a one-time look as a period piece, but that's about it.