Good ol' Charlie Brown has a problem: Peppermint Patty has invited herself and some pals over for Thanksgiving dinner. Too bad the only things he knows how to make are cereal and "maybe toast." Can this loveable loser (or some would say "existential antihero") pull off a T-day feast? Will Charlie Brown and his friends learn what it really means to give thanks? Will Lucy finally let him kick that football? Tune in.
Favorite Quotes
Lucy: [holding football] Oh, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown!
Charlie Brown: She must think I'm the stupidest person alive.
L: I'll hold the ball and you run up and kick it.
CB: Hold it? Ha! You'll just pull it away and I'll fall flat on my back and kill myself.
L: I wouldn't do that. It's Thanksgiving.
CB: What does Thanksgiving have to do with anything?
L: One of our most cherished traditions is the Thanksgiving football game.
CB: Gee, I guess if it is a tradition, it would be an honor. She wouldn't pull it away if it is a tradition. This time I'm gonna kick that ball clear to the moon! [runs up to kick the ball but Lucy snatches it out of the way at the last second]
CB: Aaauuugh! [falls flat on his back]
L: Isn't it peculiar how some traditions just fade away?
Charlie Brown: I can't cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.
Linus: That's right. I've seen you make toast.
Peppermint Patty: [sees Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving feast of pretzels, popcorn, jelly beans, and toast] What kind of Thanksgiving dinner is this? Where's the turkey, Chuck? Don't you know anything about Thanksgiving dinners? Where's the mashed potatoes? Where's the cranberry sauce? Where's the pumpkin pie?
Marcie: You heard what Linus was saying out there. Those early Pilgrims were thankful for what had happened to them, and we should be thankful, too. We should just be thankful for being together. I think that's what they mean by "Thanksgiving," Charlie Brown.
[after singing "Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandmother's House We Go."]
Charlie Brown: Well, there's only one thing wrong with that.
Linus: What's that, Charlie Brown?
CB: My grandmother lives in a condominium.
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