charlie brown and the great pumpkin was made in 1966.
when was charlie brown and the great pumpkin made?
1966
the great pumpkin was first mentioned by linus in "peanuts" in 1959, but the premise was reworked by schulz many times throughout the run of the strip, and also inspired the 1966 animated television special "it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown" and had brief mentions in "you're not elected, charlie brown" (1972) (in which the mention of it almost blows linus' chances in a school election); "it's the easter beagle, charlie brown" (1974) in which sally expresses her concerns about the easter beagle's reality to linus, citing her previous experience with the non appearance of the great pumpkin; and "you're a good sport, charlie brown" (1975) in which linus goes into the pumpkin patch to make a makeshift motorcycle helmet for charlie brown for a motocross race, with charlie being teased as being the great pumpkin by some race fans. it was also briefly referenced in "the peanuts movie" (2015), where linus says he hopes the new kid in town, later revealed as the little red-haired girl, would be willing to believe in it. the best-known quote regarding linus and the great pumpkin, originally from the comic strip but made famous by the tv special, is: "there are three things i have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the great pumpkin."
great pumpkin
the great pumpkin is a holiday figure in whom only linus van pelt believes. according to linus, the great pumpkin flies around bringing toys to sincere and believing children on halloween evening. every year, linus sits in a pumpkin patch (a place linus believes is the most sincere and lacking in hypocrisy) on halloween night waiting for the great pumpkin to appear. invariably, the great pumpkin fails to turn up, but a humiliated yet undefeated linus stubbornly vows to wait for him again the following halloween. linus acknowledges the similarities between the great pumpkin and santa claus, the existence of which linus considers to be ambiguous (in the television special, linus tells charlie brown he'll stop believing in the great pumpkin when charlie brown stops believing in santa claus, while writing to the great pumpkin that santa claus has better publicity). charlie brown attributes linus's belief in the great pumpkin to "denominational differences". linus is faithful to the belief of the great pumpkin, even creating a great pumpkin magazine at one point.
great pumpkin