The third special based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip — and second holiday-themed special, after A Charlie Brown Christmas — has become a ubiquitous presence on TV every Halloween season (it airs Friday night at 8/7c on ABC), so you’d be forgiven for thinking you know all there is to know about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
Here are five fun facts you probably didn’t know about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
2016 is the 50th anniversary of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, the Peanuts Halloween special that’s been delighting families since it first aired in 1966.
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs Friday, Oct. 28 at 8/7c on ABC.