It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown is on this evening in the first of the many seasonal 'Charlie Brown and friends' stories. But it's more than the seasonal cartoon broadcast. It's childhood returning for a spell. There's just something about it. I grew up with Snoopy, Woodstock, Linus, Lucy, Pigpen, Peppermint Patti, and the rest of the gang. And I didn't realize that there were no adults in the cartoons until someone pointed it out. Then, as a parent myself, it was a special occasion to pass along to my son. We would have Jer's friends stay overnight and line them up on the couch in their PJ's and watch The Charlie Brown Special. I think it deserves to be right up there with 'As American as apple pie.'

You're a good man, Charlie Brown!!