I can’t even think of another halloween cartoon special, other than the Simpsons annual take on it. I look forward to the Great Pumpkin, because it doesn’t get overplayed like the Christmas special.
Also, I like the fact that:
- The kids trick-or-treat after dark, without parental supervision… unlike now, where it’s a timed activity during dusk, and all parents are within arms length of their eggshell children with massive flashlights “just in case” it gets dark.
- The kids actually have costumes on;
- At the halloween party, they actually bob for apples (does anyone do this anymore?)
- Linus and Sally can sit in a pumpkin patch all night by themselves without worrying that they will get kidnapped and/or molested, and their parents don’t get reported to CPS.