It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a 1966 American prime time animated television special based on the comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz. A Halloween special, it was the third "Peanuts" special (and second holiday-themed special, following "A Charlie Brown Christmas") to be produced and animated by Bill Melendez. It was also the first "Peanuts" special to use the titular pattern of a short phrase, followed by "Charlie Brown", a pattern which would remain the norm for almost all subsequent "Peanuts" specials. Its initial broadcast took place on October 27, 1966, on
A Christmas Story (1972 TV special) they finally find Santa. Timmy's letter is delivered, Gumdrop and Goober make it home safely and a boy's special wish magically comes true on Christmas. The songs featured in "A Christmas Story" included: "Which One is the Real Santa Claus?", "Sounds of Christmas Day" and "Hope" were re-used five years later in the 1977 TV special "A Flintstone Christmas". "Hope" was also re-used in "Yogi's First Christmas" (1980). The special was first released on VHS as part of the "Hanna-Barbera Super Stars" video collection by Hanna-Barbera Home Video in 1989, and re-released again in the 1990s by Turner Home Entertainment.