My Episode Review on A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving · 5:51pm Nov 28th, 2019
Salutations, my good friends.
This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here. And before I get into my newest episode review, I'd like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving.
To celebrate this special occasion, I'm gonna present my 10th episode review, as well as my 12th and final "Thanksgiving Treat" for this year, by reviewing another Charlie Brown classic:
"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"
Here's the summary of it:
On Thanksgiving day, Charlie Brown and his family are set to visit his grandmother's for a feast.
However, after Peppermint Patty invites herself, Marcie, and Franklin to come to Charlie Brown's place for Thanksgiving dinner, Charlie scrambles to make a feast for the trio of friends and make it work.
With the help of Linus and Snoopy, will Charlie give Peppermint Patty and the others a perfect Thanksgiving? Or the opposite of that?
When my family and I used to use cable a lot, outside of the news, Wheel of Fortune, and America's Funniest Home Videos, we would see this classic come on ABC at 7 p.m on Thanksgiving. This short being another Charlie Brown classic I fondly grew up with, I couldn't resist reviewing it for this very occasion.
Similar to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", this is another Charlie Brown cartoon that delivers perfectly!
The animation, among other things, is amazingly accomplished in its own way. I know that it was made in the early 1970s, but I can tell that the animation team had obviously advanced in technology with creating it. They were able to keep capturing the comic book-essence that makes the series so special, of course, but they also gave it an added sense of beauty.
The direction by Bill Melendaz and Phil Roman, and the story by Charles M. Schulz, were all as delightful as ever. The humor that the film had, particularly the gags revolving around Snoopy and Woodstock, were all laugh-inducingly hilarious. The funniest moment, in my opinion, was when Snoopy was facing off against the out-of-control beach chair. To balance the scales, Schulz, Roman, and Melendaz gave this holiday special perfect heart, emotion, and moral too.
To top it all off, the characters were still as innocent, sincere, lovable, and honest as ever. I mean, I was admittedly finding myself wanting to chastise Peppermint Patty for inviting herself and the others to Charlie's house, as well as for not being satisfied with what Charlie and the others served, but I was happy that she learned from what she did wrong and developed as a character.
In conclusion, "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" is another cartoon classic that is instantly worthy of being part on one's life. It's one that I'm proud to have grown up with and added to my DVD collection, that's for sure.
So, I rate "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" five out of five stars.
Fun Fact: For as long as I can remember, it's been a tradition in our family to do our own "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving", where we basically replicate the meal Charlie Brown prepares, and eat it while watching the special.
A happy Thanksgiving to you.
I would burn the jelly beans. That's how bad I am.
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I'd only burn the black and white ones.
Really love this special myself.