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 Every
year, Halloween seems to get a bad rap from some one of
some group of people. This tends to scare us more then any new horror
film ever could. here, you'll find some of the articles we've found and
why they scare us. Maybe if we all stand up for the right to celebrate
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'Great Pumpkin' won't visit this year
Oct. 30, 2000 - Since it's the eve of All
Hallow's Eve, here's a TV trick and a treat.
First the dastardly trick - far worse than soaping up your
picture tube. CBS isn't airing "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,"
one of the oldest and best of the Peanuts animated specials, this year. Blame it on this
weird TV season, delayed a good month by September's later-than-normal Olympics Down
Under.
"The season started late, and they didn't want to
pre-empt our new shows," says CBS spokeswoman Susan Marks. She also offered
the good news that the network will, indeed, air "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
this season, although a date hasn't been set.
This is the last season any of the classic animated specials
will air on CBS, since ABC has picked them up. Their new landlords have said they'll try
their darnndest to run the Halloween and Christmas "Peanuts" specials next
season, along with "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."
In another reminder of the Olympics, viewers north of the
border - who saw actual live coverage of the Sydney Games, unlike their American cousins -
were able to watch the Charlie Brown Halloween special Sunday night on Canada's YTV.
Inside Radio & TV is seriously considering defecting to Canada in search of better
television.
In case you're wondering, Charlie Brown first uttered his
immortal "I got a rock!" back on Oct. 27, 1967. It was the third of the animated
specials for CBS from Charles Schulz.
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" debuted on Dec. 9,
1965, and "Charlie Brown's All-Stars" was first broadcast on June 8, 1966.
The source for all this great Peanuts trivia is "Scott's
Peanuts Animation & Reprints Page" at
web.mit.edu/smcguire/www/peanuts.html.
Oh yeah, that treat promised at the top of the column is the
release this fall of the Charlie Brown Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials on
DVD, either individually or a boxed set. Paramount Home Video is offering them for around
$20 apiece or $53 for the box set.
SOME HORRIFYING NEWS
Fox is airing "The Simpsons" annual Halloween
episode on Wednesday night, when all that's left of the scariest day of the year is a
tummy ache. The scheduling actually makes sense, since Halloween night traditionally
offers a smaller audience. You can see "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XI" at
7 p.m. Wednesday, locally on Channel 6.
Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Oct. 30, 2000
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Every
year, Halloween enthusiasts anxiously await the retail
industry to begin their Halloween season and see who's
first to stock products for the spooky season. Many
stores begin stocking Halloween products as early as
July! |
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