Peanuts, Sally and Linus sit in a pumpkin patch under the stars, awaiting the Great Pumpkin.
The Great Pumpkin is one of the most beloved aspects of Peanuts lore, with the gag spanning nearly the entire history of Charles Schulz's legendary comic strip – but the 1977 arc where Marcie joined Linus on his vigil in the pumpkin patch, only to be"deprogrammed" from her belief in the Great Pumpkin afterward, might be the funniest instance of the bit ever.
Linus Being Declared A "False Prophet" Was The Pinnacle Of Peanuts' Great Pumpkin Jokes First Published: October 31 To November 5, 1977 Close ✕ Remove Ads "I've decided I need something to believe in," Marcie tells Linus in the Halloween 1977 Peanuts strip, as she joins him to await the arrival of the Great Pumpkin – which, in typical Marcie fashion, she misnames as the"Great Grape.
That is, in this sequence of cartoons, Charles Schulz used the familiar Great Pumpkin premise – Linus waits for the mythical being to arrive, only to be perennially stood up – to put two of the Peanuts Gang, Linus and Marcie, in a totally unexpected situation.
✕ Remove Ads When Marcie reappeared in the November 2, 1977 Peanuts strip, she explained to her best friend Peppermint Patty how unpleasant it was to be"deprogrammed" – and the next day's strip was when she matter-of-factly explained to Linus that her parents had called him a"false prophet.
Readers who sample Peanuts ' Great Pumpkin panels from over the years will find lots to love, but will be hard-pressed to come across anything that surpasses this 1977 series of comics.
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