Movies & specials · 1966
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits in the pumpkin patch.
The story follows two Halloween evenings at once: the familiar bustle of costumes and treats, and Linus’s patient vigil for the Great Pumpkin. That quiet patch is as much a part of the season as the party.
HMOT’s recovered entry records the special’s original CBS broadcast on October 27, 1966. The restored Halloween 2012 listing also records it on ABC, a small piece of the special’s long television afterlife.
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Title, year, and story premise were recovered from HMOT’s original movie index (record 248). The original page path is preserved here. Editorial notes are new for the 2026 rebuild; stale availability claims, advertisements, and legacy images have been omitted.
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