Yes, I watched it every October on CBS when it came on as well, from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s. I always loved Halloween as a child, and continued to as a teenager and adult, and this special was one of the big parts of it for me. And even though I liked all the Peanuts holiday specials, this one was my favorite. My first memories of it are from the mid 1970s when I was 5 or 6, but it premiered on Thursday night, October 27, 1966, and this month will be its 40th anniversary. I was born in 1968, and would not remember its first few showings, but always looked foward to and really liked it after I began seeing it. I did not see it for a few years after the mid 1990s as had no acess to TV, but did watch it in a store in October, 2004 when it came on ABC, and really liked it as much as I has all those earlier years. I hope to see it again this year, and even more so due to its 40th anniversary (and keep that in mind this month, this special will turn 40!). It has all the things that did make Halloween so good for me as a child in the 1970s, then a teenager and adult in the 1980s/1990s, and since then as a thirtysomething (the children getting their costumes and going trick or treating, then to a Halloween party, the scary figures and carving the pumpkin into a jack o latern at the beginning, and the falling leaves and cool weather atmosphere throughout). I knew, however, there was no such thing as a Great Pumpkin.
"I happen to be a vegetarian". Lex, from Jurrasic Park
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AWERTH
18 years ago
I just got the Peanuts Holiday Triple DVD set yesterday!!
What are the purposes of signatures!!..
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