# It's (no longer) the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

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**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:** 5\
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**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 24, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/42 "2020-10-24T16:18:50Z")

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I don’t think that’s very accurate. Most of the traditional Christmas specials remained on network TV. There was little reason to purchase them.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/43 "2020-11-18T20:36:12Z")

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Seems this created such a backlash that Apple has made a deal with PBS.

> **[You’re on PBS, Charlie Brown: Apple Will Share ‘Peanuts’ Holiday Specials...](https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/charlie-brown-pbs-apple-peanuts-tv-streaming-1234834757/)**
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> Good grief! Charlie Brown’s famous “Peanuts” holiday specials, once available in broad fashion each year via ABC and CBS, are now caught up in some of the complexities of the stre…

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/44 "2020-11-19T18:54:30Z")

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Just how can a pumpkin patch be sincere anyway? I’ve always wondered.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/45 "2020-11-19T19:09:18Z")

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I love Francesco Marciulano’s often dark takes on the Peanuts strip.

[![](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/peanuts-171.jpg) ](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/peanuts-171.jpg)

[![](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/peanuts-3.jpg) ](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/peanuts-3.jpg)

[![](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/medlarge740.jpg) ](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/medlarge740.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-longer-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/923580/46 "2020-11-19T23:56:27Z")

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I’m glad to see this. This is simply not the year to lose a family holiday tradition.

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