Peanuts Deluxe Holiday Collection [6 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Overview

"This set contains a selection of beloved Peanuts holiday television specials, including the yuletide classic Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown."

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/2010
UPC:	0883929141104
Original Release:	1965
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	0:50:00
Sales rank:	24,552

Special Features

A Christmas Miracle: The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas; ; We Need a Blockbuster Charlie Brown!; ; Popcorn & Jellybeans: Making a Thanksgiving Classic

Editorial Reviews

This wonderful half hour show, originally shown on CBS in 1966, is the pinnacle of Peanuts specials, an exercise in gentle humor and subtle satire depicting one boy's quixotic crusade and a dizzying trek across no-man's land by a beagle. It's Halloween, and everyone dresses up in costumes to go trick-or-treating. Charlie Brown, in a sheet with holes cut for his eyes, declares himself a ghost, but looks more like a potato and winds up collecting a bag full of rocks. The only person who doesn't go trick-or-treating is Linus, who, hoping to prove that the Great Pumpkin really does exist, sits alone in a pumpkin patch all night awaiting the mythical mega-gourd's arrival. Snoopy, meanwhile, boards his trademark Sopwith Camel to fight the nefarious Red Baron, only to be shot down. Lost in an imaginary war-strewn countryside, the intrepid dog must wander his way back home. (Snoopy's odyssey seems so monumental that it wouldn't be surprising if one of its effects on impressionable young viewers is sowing seeds of later wanderlust.) For the first time, Charlie Brown isn't the focus of the special, although his trick-or-treating failure provides some memorable laughs. Linus's singular faith in the Great Pumpkin is at the heart of the show and is both touching and meaningful, reminding us that no matter the occasion, there are stronger feelings in this world than the want for candy. The restored DVD includes the equally autumnal special, You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown.