Who Killed The Great Pumpkin? (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
Peanut’s famous It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown has entertained us for years, but the film has always been shrouded in mystery.
The One Question Everyone Wants to Know?
Have you ever stopped to ponder the deep-rooted question that has been on my mind since I was a child? Did you ever wonder why The Great Pumpkin never shows up for Linus and Sally in the Pumpkin Patch?
The Clue Was Right In Front Of Us All The Time, And We Didn’t See It
Lucy is guilty of killing The Great Pumpkin!
Here’s the facts as we know it. Lucy mocks Linus for writing to the Great Pumpkin, saying that he makes her the laughingstock of the neighborhood.
(Linus writes a letter to the Great Pumpkin) Lucy screams: Not again! Writing a letter to a stupid pumpkin? You make me the laughingstock of the neighborhood! All they talk about is my little brother, who always writes to the Great Pumpkin.
Lucy Van Pelt: You better cut it out right now, or I’ll pound you!
Linus: There are three things that I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.
The event symbolizes Linus’ humiliation and refusal to submit.
Linus enters the pumpkin patch and spends the night in prayer, seeking to achieve the kind of honest belief that will summon the spirit.
Evidence That It Was Lucy Who Killed The Great Pumpkin
The movie begins with Linus and Lucy walking to the famous pumpkin patch and picking out the largest pumpkin they can find. Linus then has the task of carrying and sometimes rolling the pumpkin back to their home.
While in the house, Lucy gets the pumpkin ready for when the crime happens. Lucy cuts and guts a pumpkin that Linus carries home, causing Linus to scream, “I didn’t know you were going to kill it!”.
This event symbolizes the beginning of a festival that was meant to end with the ascent of a Great Pumpkin but instead started with the execution of the Great Pumpkin.
Another Sick Theory
Lucy, at the Halloween party, uses Charlie Brown’s head as the stencil for the pumpkin before carving. Could this also mean Lucy metaphorically kills Charlie Brown? Wow, this is getting deep.
List Of Must Watch Holiday Christmas Classics Movies
When it comes to Holiday Christmas Classics on TV and Movies there is no shortage of great entertainment. The holidays are going to whip by us so fast it will make your head spin. Take some time around the family tube and don’t forget some of these Christmas classics from the past.
Here are some are my personal favorites. I won’t be surprised if in some parts of the movie make your eyes water a bit. It must be the onion dip with the potato chips. I hope you get a chance to see some of my all-time favorite Christmas movies.
WCSX Staff Picks For Favorite Holiday Christmas Classics
Megan Murphy – goes right off the charts to start a controversy with the pick of the movie, “Die Hard.” Megan, a huge Bruce Willis fan says, “I’m totally 100% on the bandwagon that,Die Hard is no doubt a Christmas movie.”
Big Jim’s House Jim O’Brian – “Yippee ki yay,” a second vote for, Die Hard. As for TV classics, the episode of M*A*S* H* where Hawkeye goes out as Santa to a fox hole.
Local Celebrity Ryan Logan – The Christmas Classic, Bad Santa. The Christmas season just got much less joyous in this dark comedy, Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Bernie Mac.
“I consider Rise ofThe Guardians a Christmas movie but really it deals with all holidays. It centers around Jack Frost. The cast is star-studded. Chris Pine is Jack Frost, Hugh Jackman plays the Easter Bunny, and Alec Baldwin voices a tatted-up Russian Santa.
“Our favorite family Christmas movie is National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. The movie is a timeless classic and has so many unforgettable moments.”
Ben Perez WCSX Regional Promotions ManagerPromotions – Favorite is, A Christmas Story. Be careful, Ben, you’ll shoot your eye out, kid.
Screamin’ Scott Randall – Here are some of my personal favorites. I won’t be surprised if some parts of the movie make your eyes water a bit. It must be the onion dip with the potato chips. I hope you get a chance to see some of my all-time favorite Christmas movies. Some great Christmas Holiday Movie Classics watching is in store for the next few weeks. And if you really want to know what I think. Yes, I think, Die Hard is a Christmas movie too.
The Night of the Meek - The Twilight Zone episode (season 2, episode 11)
This movie originally aired on December 23, 1960, on CBS. Years before Bad Santa, Art Carney starred as a drunk mall Santa with one wish to make someone’s Christmas wishes come true. There are a lot of Hollywood extras in this episode to make this a wonderful Christmas classic come to life. It’s my All-TIME favorite must-see episode.
The Ref - with Denis Leary , Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis
Denis Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar trapped in a fate worse than jail when he takes a bickering couple played by Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis, and their annoying relatives hostage. Before long, they’re driving him nuts, and the line between who is whose hostage begins to blur. His only hope is to act as their referee and resolve their differences.
Fred Clause - starring Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn had a smash hit with the movie, “Swingers,” in 1996. I was so impressed that I had to watch everything that he was in. Here is Vince in a Christmas movie, Fred Clause. Imagine if Santa had a brother.
Bill Murray in "SCROOGED"
This is a hilarious take-off of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” Bill Murry and a cast of characters rip through the Christmas Tale with a lot of twists and turns. Even the ending seems like the movie company ran out of money for a script to finish. It does end on a happy note.
Three Stooges Christmas
What kind of Three Stooges fan are you? Do you like Shemp or Curly? This short film entitled “Malice in the Palace” features Shemp along with Moe and Larry as each don disguises as Santa Claus and rides in a horse-drawn sleigh across the sand.
Born in Mt Clemens, Screamin’ Scott has been a part of the Detroit airwaves for 30-plus years. With 40 years of experience in radio. When he’s not out on the streets for WCSX, you can find him devoting time to local charities with his, “Screamin Angels”; and for 16 years with Rock 4 Tots charity. And last 10 years with his local band, "Chit!." Screamin Scott likes to write about nostalgic Detroit area memories, classic rock, and local metro Detroit topics.
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