Linus Van Pelt..."Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate... thanks Apple+

[chickapin parterre]

Van Pelt: The fear of everything.
Charlie Brown: THAT'S IT! .......Comfortable Normalcy....that's it !!!!

Well, you won't find any of them on youtube, at least not in their entirety.

Honestly Apple, of all the years to do this....did it HAVE to be 2020? I really believe that a lot of people were looking forward to the comfortable "normalcy" that these Charlie Brown specials give. Like, "Well, the world might be imploding but at least I can still watch The Great Pumpkin this Halloween!" Almost 60 years of annual airing and of course THIS is the year it stops. Good Grief!
Too scary for today's kids?

 

[superme80]

Well, you won't find any of them on youtube, at least not in their entirety. They're pretty strict with the copyright laws. You CAN watch Great Pumpkin, but of course it has been manipulated in order to "fool" the copyright bot so it's a lesser experience than a normal viewing.

Honestly Apple, of all the years to do this....did it HAVE to be 2020? I really believe that a lot of people were looking forward to the comfortable "normalcy" that these Charlie Brown specials give. Like, "Well, the world might be imploding but at least I can still watch The Great Pumpkin this Halloween!" Almost 60 years of annual airing and of course THIS is the year it stops. Good Grief!

They should really start airing the Garfield Halloween special again (that you CAN watch on youtube, legally from the Garfield channel itself). I LOVED that one as a kid and never understood why they stopped showing it. Too scary for today's kids?

I bought the Garfield Specials on dvd years ago. My boys love them as well. A Garfield Christmas is one of my favorite Christmas Specials!!!

 

[design_mom]

I saw that AppleTV+ is going to show the specials for free on limited days: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-worl...FvlbX8djJTZEXMguMWSPzDoNleoR1-6HnS8zp8r1rk4NU

 

[RamblingMad]

Well, you won't find any of them on youtube, at least not in their entirety. They're pretty strict with the copyright laws. You CAN watch Great Pumpkin, but of course it has been manipulated in order to "fool" the copyright bot so it's a lesser experience than a normal viewing.

Honestly Apple, of all the years to do this....did it HAVE to be 2020? I really believe that a lot of people were looking forward to the comfortable "normalcy" that these Charlie Brown specials give. Like, "Well, the world might be imploding but at least I can still watch The Great Pumpkin this Halloween!" Almost 60 years of annual airing and of course THIS is the year it stops. Good Grief!

They should really start airing the Garfield Halloween special again (that you CAN watch on youtube, legally from the Garfield channel itself). I LOVED that one as a kid and never understood why they stopped showing it. Too scary for today's kids?

The DVDs are sold out. Yeah, 2020 sucks.

 

[Planogirl]

I'll have to look for any DVDs of classics. I agree that the exclusive rights thing is annoying whatever the reason.