# It's (no longer) the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** apple\ **Created:** [October 22, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580 "2020-10-22T09:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/1 "2020-10-22T09:19:43Z")
For the first time in 54 years, it won’t be on broadcast television. It is moving to Apple+ although they are making it available free from 10/30-11/1. Because 2020 is hopelessly screwed up. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/media/peanut-great-pumpkin-apple-tv-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/media/peanut-great-pumpkin-apple-tv-trnd/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/2 "2020-10-22T09:34:28Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > It is moving to Apple+ although they are making it available free from 10/30-11/1. Let me guess: you have to sign up, and when you forget to cancel, Apple+ is happy to bill you for the next year, and cannot be canceled without 3 months notice. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/3 "2020-10-22T10:33:33Z")
This. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/4 "2020-10-22T12:45:10Z")
Pouting now… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/5 "2020-10-22T13:01:59Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Let me guess: you have to sign up, and when you forget to cancel, Apple+ is happy to bill you for the next year, and cannot be canceled without 3 months notice. Nope. Assuming you have an iTunes account, there is no need to subscribe to anything on Apple TV to watch. Assuming you don’t have an iTunes account, there’s no need to provide payment information to obtain one. In fact, I believe they still allow free access to the pilot episode for all of their content to preview to see if you want to pay for the $5/month subscription. I recommend “The Morning Show”, “Ted Lasso”, “Little America” and “Amazing Stories”. Pass on “For All Mankind” and “See”. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/6 "2020-10-22T13:18:35Z")
I got a rock! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/7 "2020-10-22T00:56:31Z")
> **[Charlie Brown holiday specials will not air on TV for the first time in...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie-brown-big-pumpkin-christmas-holiday-specials-apple-tv/)** > > Specials like "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" will be available for free — but only for a small window of time. > For the first time in nearly six decades, the Charlie Brown holiday specials will not be broadcast on television. Instead, the Peanuts are heading to Apple TV+. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/8 "2020-10-22T01:09:39Z")
Wow! Another reason to love Apple! Cool. I love Peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/9 "2020-10-22T01:30:05Z")
I knew there was something about you that was off! Not about loving Peanuts, obviously, everybody loves Peanuts. But, about loving Apple. You and I have nothing more to say. Good day to you, sir! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/10 "2020-10-22T03:59:11Z")
And for those who have yet to abandon physical media, Target has The Great Pumpkin on DVD for ten bucks so you can have it forever. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/11 "2020-10-22T04:03:44Z")
“There are three things I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/12 "2020-10-22T04:36:33Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I knew there was something about you that was off! Not about loving Peanuts, obviously, everybody loves Peanuts. But, about loving Apple. > You and I have nothing more to say. > Good day to you, sir! ![](https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExeXM3Z2RpYXNkNm1sdnUzdmJidWh1OTJpNm9kbnI2eXU0d3gzMjd0aSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/WDn21GO1KmpNK/giphy.gif "Step Brothers Ryan GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY") ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/13 "2020-10-22T13:35:51Z")
Modhat: Merged the 2 threads keeping the more descriptive title. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/14 "2020-10-22T14:16:58Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > And for those who have yet to abandon physical media, Target has The Great Pumpkin on DVD for ten bucks so you can have it forever. If it doesn’t start with [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-4_d_6A8nE0/hqdefault.jpg "The CBS Special Presentation Logo: Remastered Version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4_d_6A8nE0) and doesn’t have commercials for Dolley Madison snack cakes, it’s not really a Peanuts special. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/15 "2020-10-22T14:53:56Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Wow! > Another reason to love Apple! > Cool. I love Peanuts. Another reason for my “I hate streaming” thread. I love my DVD copy. It will always be there, always the same\*. No, they can’t take that away from me! From now on, future generations will never know the joy of waiting for the special, and have the shared experieince of everyone watching it the same night. They already don’t know of the wonders of Dolly Madison snack cakes. \*To be honest, it has already changed. On my VHS copy, the closed captions actually told the titles of the songs Schroeder plays on the piano for the WWI Flying Ace. The DVD captions say something like “sad music”. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/16 "2020-10-22T15:01:19Z")
If you try to hold my hand, I’ll slug you! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/17 "2020-10-22T15:42:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > If you try to hold my hand, I’ll slug you! Halloween isn’t just getting too commercial, it’s getting too dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/18 "2020-10-22T15:50:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > future generations will never know the joy of waiting for the special, and have the shared experieince of everyone watching it the same night To be fair, younger generations have never really known about this for a while. With DVR time shifting, fewer people are waiting to watch things like this live (also you can fast forward the commercials) ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/19 "2020-10-22T16:40:53Z")
I gotta say I’m not sure I understand the issue here? Instead of being freely available at one specific time over the air with commercials it’s freely available for 2 days on a website without them. Seems like an upgrade to me? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/20 "2020-10-22T17:00:01Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > it’s freely available for 2 days on a website without them. Until it’s not. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580.md?page=2)