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Talkin Halloween specials. Great Pumpkin and Garfields Halloween adventure come to mind. Whatever the special, what are your favorite parts?

I actually remember the 1966 debut of the 'Charile Brown Halloween' special. And every year I see it, it get more and more special to me!!!!

It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown & The Wizard of Oz come to mind right this moment

I always wondered how The Wizard Of Oz became a holiday tradition?

Always loved the Charlie Brown special, and later on, the Fat Albert Halloween special was fun too. "I'm a clown!" "We KNOW that. But what are you dressed as??" I haven't seen the Fat Albert special in years and would love to see that again.

Oddly, I like to watch Little House On The Prarie Halloween episodes.

Mrs. OEJ here, *ahem* As far as The Wizard of Oz being a holiday tradition, it actually goes back to the publication of the book. It was a HUGE seller for Christmas and THE gift to have at Christmas time was an Oz book and this carried on well into the 1920s. The original book was published in 1900. In one of the Oz books, Santa himself makes an appearance in Oz and Oz author L. Frank Baum also wrote 'The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus' Now as far as the movie....the movie first aired November 3 1956. Heck, when Oz was on TV once a year, that in itself was a special event, practically a holiday and I'm not totally exaggerating because I'm biased either. But November people start thinking about the holidays and Oz got moved around many time slots in November, sometimes the night before Thanksgiving, and in December, a few times in the spring around Easter. I guess the tv execs thought the holiday season would bring in good viewership for Oz. Now with way, waaaaaaaaaaay too many tv showings and DVD it's not the special event that it used to be but when I have kids, it will be. Oz geek signing off.

You know, I never really watched Little House, but I imagine the Halloween episodes are kinda fun. I never knew they even did them! Mail me a tape immediately please yes thank you

Charlie Brown hands down favorite.

D'OH!!

My favourite Halloween cartoons have always been the Simpsons Treehouse of Terror specials, but I do also love the Garfield's Halloween Adventure, the Sabrina The Teenage Witch Halloween episodes and of course, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.

a special memory for me would be the 1st time i saw the rocky horror picture show. i was 15 (i knew it existed for many yrs, just never saw it) and thought it was the most amazing thing

Nostalgiascape wrote:Talkin Halloween specials. Great Pumpkin and Garfields Halloween adventure come to mind. Whatever the special, what are your favorite parts?

The Simpsons Halloween specials are always a must to see on Halloween, also the original Halloween.

I've always liked the SouthPark Halloween shows, too!

Oh my goodness... OEJ how could I forget South Park?!?! I love that show and I love their Halloween specials!