'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'
Directed by	Bill Melendez
Produced by	Bill Melendez Lee Mendelson
Written by	Charles M. Schulz
Starring	Bill Melendez Todd Barbee Stephen Shea Hilary Momberger Robin Kohn
Music by	Vince Guaraldi
Distributed by	CBS
Release date(s)	20 November 1973
Running time	30 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

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On Thanksgiving, the gang ends up having dinner at the ping-pong table with toast, popcorn, jelly beans and pretzel sticks which upsets Peppermint Patty. The dinner was catered by Snoopy and Woodstock after Peppermint Patty invited herself, as well as her friends Marcie and Franklin, to Charlie Brown's place for dinner. Despite much turmoil, Thanksgiving ends happily for the group with Charlie Brown's grandmother inviting the whole gang to her condo for dinner. Meanwhile, Snoopy cooks a traditional "turkey and pumpkin pie" dinner for himself and Woodstock. The First Thanksgiving, painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930). ... Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ... Popcorn Popcorn or Popping Corn is a type of maize which explodes from the kernel and puffs up when heated. ... Peppermint Patty Patricia Peppermint Patty Reichardt is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulzs comic strip Peanuts. ... Snoopy is the name of Charlie Browns pet beagle in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. ... Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulzs comic strip Peanuts. ... Marcie Marcie is a bespectacled fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulzs comic strip Peanuts. ... Franklins July 31, 1968 introduction in Peanuts. ...

The special won an Emmy Award in 1974. An Emmy Award. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Cast

• Todd Barbee - Charlie Brown
• Hilary Momberger - Sally Brown
• Stephen Shea - Linus van Pelt
• Christopher DeFaria - Peppermint Patty
• Robin Kohn - Lucy van Pelt (briefly)
• James Ahrens - Marcie
• Robin Reed - Franklin
• Bill Melendez - Snoopy/Woodstock
• Vince Guaraldi - Singer, "Little Birdie"

Hilary Momberger was a child actress in the late 1960s and early 1970s, known primarily for playing the part of Sally Brown, Charlie Browns little sister in the Peanuts motion picture and TV specials including: A Boy Named Charlie Brown and Snoopy Come Home. ... Stephen Shea was a child actor most noted for voicing the character of Linus van Pelt (inherited from his older brother, Christopher) from the Peanuts musical, Snoopy Come Home. ... Chris DeFaria was born on May 20, 1959 in Alameda County, California. ... Robin Kohn was a child actress noted for providing the voice of Lucy van Pelt in various Peanuts animation films during the early 1970s. ... Bill Melendez (born José Cuauhtemoc Melendez on November 15, 1916 in Hermosillo, Mexico) is a Mexican-born American character animator, film director, and film producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers and the Charlie Brown series. ... Vince Guaraldi (July 17, 1928 - February 6, 1976) was an American jazz musician and pianist best known for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. ...

Facts

To make room for their long commercial breaks during modern airings, ABC censored two scenes even though they're not racist. a) Snoopy and Woodstock go into Snoopy's doghouse to dress up as pilgrams, and when Woodstock flies away, Snoopy stretches out his arm cartoon style, and scolds Woodstock. Then, both go to the door and Snoopy knocks on it with his foot. b) While Charlie Brown and his friends go off to his grandma's condo for a proper Thanksgiving feast, Snoopy and Woodstock prepare to have their own proper Thanksgiving feast by getting the turkey ready. Next, they take a wishbone and break it, with Woodstock getting the bigger piece.

Links

• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving -- almost full episode on YouTube, with audio out of sync
• Recreating the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Dinner article on X-Entertainment