A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is a 1973 30-minute long short film based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz.

Summary
Peppermint Patty invites herself and all the other neighborhood kids over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The animation is smooth and matches the comics designs perfectly.
 * 2) The voice acting is great from the talents of child actors playing their respective roles and Bill Melendez' vocal effects as Snoopy and Woodstock.
 * 3) There are many funny moments, like the famous Peanuts running-bit where Lucy holds a football for Charlie to kick only for her to move it and make Charlie fall. Although the football gag had been used first in the Great Pumpkin special, it made sense for Thanksgiving to include it in their celebration.
 * 4) The idea of all the child characters in Peanuts gathering together to celebrate their own Thanksgiving is very original.
 * 5) Pleasant background music composed by the talents of Vince Guarsldi.
 * 6) Peppermint Patty’s apology to Charlie for criticizing his “dinner” is a nice moment, in comparison to the later specials such as It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown and Happy New Year, Charlie Brown.
 * 7) For a 30-minute film, it has some nice story development with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang.
 * 8) This was known as the first Peanuts-related television special to have an original story, as previous specials prior had plotlines based on the comic strip.
 * 9) Vince Guaraldi can be heard singing "Little Birdie", as it was the first Peanuts special to include an actual adult voice.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Peppermint Patty was pretty hard on Charlie Brown when criticizing him on his idea of a Thanksgiving Day dinner. She did apologize to him afterwards.
 * 2) During production, the CBS executives were shocked at Woodstock eating a turkey with Snoopy, considering it cannibalism  in a television special.