Forget Santa Claus, The Great Pumpkin is Coming to Town!

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It’s that time of year again, Friends.  Time to write our annual letters to the Great Pumpkin!  

This year I’m going to ask for lots of candy and a GoPro Hero because, as we all know, each year, on Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch, then flies through the air to bring toys to all the good little children (and adults) everywhere.  

If you’re not the letter-writing sort, in lieu of a letter, we can watch Linus’ attempts to catch the Great Pumpkin in action during our annual viewing of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” based, of course, upon the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schultz.

I’ve always enjoyed the Charlie Brown holiday specials because, spanning many years and many more child voice actors, the characters always remain remarkably consistent and so very like themselves, each one charmingly earnest in their own unique way. Lucy is mean, but there’s always truth in her words; Linus is sweet and naive, but wise beyond his years; Sally is selfish, but we can forgive her for this, because she’s so much younger than our bumbling hero, Charlie Brown, who is so very, well, Charlie Brown.

As Lucy would say, “of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you’re the Charlie Browniest.”

So I hope you’ll join me in the pumpkin patch as I wait for the Great Pumpkin (date night idea?), or at least arrive early enough for a viewing of the classic short as a pre-show accompanying "The Addams Family" and "Ghostbusters" on October 11th.  Tickets are on sale here.