On October 27th, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" will be celebrating it's 40th anniversary of airing on television. Since it was first aired in 1966, it has become a Halloween classic. It has been shown on TV every year since it's release date. It was nominated for an Emmy award, has been released on home video and DVD, and to celebrate it's anniversary, a special book has been published called "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic." This includes the entire script, photographs that have never been released, interviews with the child actors who were the voices in it, and storyboard excerpts.
This cartoon has truly left it's mark on Halloween and as a television classic. As a massive fan of Snoopy and the Peanuts gang, and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this piece of art, here are 17 of the best moments in "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."