No, the great pumpkin doesn't exist.Kenjitsuka said:I never saw this. Again; wrong country I guess. Snoopy was not hugely popular over here. We knew he existed, but he was not on TV or comic book shelfs.
But I do think I somehow saw some fragments of this many years ago. Doesn't the Great Pumpkin (almost) kill one or all of them?
You are thinking of an episode of Robot Chicken which spoofs this, which is itself pretty funny.Kenjitsuka said:I never saw this. Again; wrong country I guess. Snoopy was not hugely popular over here. We knew he existed, but he was not on TV or comic book shelfs.
But I do think I somehow saw some fragments of this many years ago. Doesn't the Great Pumpkin (almost) kill one or all of them?
The Simpsons made a Treehouse of Horror about "the great pumpkin" ,too.blackaesir said:You are thinking of an episode of Robot Chicken which spoofs this, which is itself pretty funny.Kenjitsuka said:I never saw this. Again; wrong country I guess. Snoopy was not hugely popular over here. We knew he existed, but he was not on TV or comic book shelfs.
But I do think I somehow saw some fragments of this many years ago. Doesn't the Great Pumpkin (almost) kill one or all of them?
I watched this for the first time in like two decades just a year or two ago. Its kind of amazing how much more depressing the whole special feels now that I am older. But that is Charlie Brown for ya'. It does "get" Halloween though.
Snoopy's dogfight against the Red Baron is awesome.
There is also the segment "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" from Treehouse of Horror XIX in which Milhouse takes on the Linus role. The Grand Pumpkin comes to life and takes revenge on Springfield after learning of all of the "pumpkin atrocities": carving pumpkins, roasting seeds, etc.blackaesir said:You are thinking of an episode of Robot Chicken which spoofs this, which is itself pretty funny.Kenjitsuka said:I never saw this. Again; wrong country I guess. Snoopy was not hugely popular over here. We knew he existed, but he was not on TV or comic book shelfs.
But I do think I somehow saw some fragments of this many years ago. Doesn't the Great Pumpkin (almost) kill one or all of them?
Same. It was definitely one of those things that got a lot of traction because there just wasn't anything else out there. An entire generation foisted it on their kids in an eyerolling case of nostalgia goggles, and therefore because those kids saw it, it became nostalgic for them as well and put it on their kids. It's basically manufactured nostalgia at this point. I guess there are worse things, but good god I can't sit through even ten seconds of it without immediately losing my patience. It is not that deep or appreciable guys, sorry.marioandsonic said:Okay, I am going to sound like a heartless bastard or whatever for saying this, but...
I never liked Peanuts.
I'm sorry, but I just never found it that entertaining or funny.
I think this is part of why I was never fond of Charlie Brown (and the Halloween Special in particular) when I was younger.But part of what always made Peanuts so influential is that it understood that disappointment is one of the fundamental emotions of childhood - that "growing up" and "living on after disappointment" are effectively the same thing
I know right? I mean, it's like they were giving him the incentive to throw the rock back at their window or something!Darth_Payn said:Also, what kind of sick bastard gives a kid a ROCK instead of, well, anything edible for their trick-or-treating?! That's just begging for a broken window.