EPT"Can I have a piece of candy for my stupid brother who couldn't come with us because he's sitting in a pumpkin patch waiting for the Great Pumpkin" Lucy sheepishly started but ended in complete surrender at the naivete of her younger brother. She was torn whether to ask out of pity or out of her responsibility as an older sister.
Mute, sympathetically or simply to get these similarly-costumed kids off the porch, the adult lazily tossed another batch of candy for the absentee.
Brought up in a consequential decade of capitalism and post-Vietnam war, the kids compare their pillages:
"I got 5 pieces of candy!" Lucy proudly claimed!
"I got 5 pieces of candy" another happily celebrated"
"I got a Quarter" another admitted.
In disbelief from what his eyes saw, Charlie Brown reached into his bag and held it up for all to be confused: "I got a rock" he neutrally uttered.
At the next round of houses, they once again polished their adventures with reward: cookies, candy and gum. But ol' Charlie Brown reached in again, surprised that no holes were torn into his bag from the amount of gray stuffings he received: "I got a rock!". His tone skewed upward, either completely flabbergasted that adults have sets of rocks ready to hand out or because he has received two rocks in a row without perforating his bag. Regardless, the dangers of Halloween during the 80s were not hidden razor blades but the amount of chucked rocks you could get from going house to house, pleading for candy: a symbolic reminder that kids can get away with some things in life.
On their last trip, they congregated one last time: Popcorn Ball! Fudge Bars and Packs of Gum! and a rock for Mr. Young Brown. Valentine's Day would be next year where he'd once again receive no cards; but no one knew if his childhood could sink any lower than the Halloween of 1981 where he received 3 rocks in a row.
Mute, sympathetically or simply to get these similarly-costumed kids off the porch, the adult lazily tossed another batch of candy for the absentee.
Brought up in a consequential decade of capitalism and post-Vietnam war, the kids compare their pillages:
"I got 5 pieces of candy!" Lucy proudly claimed!
"I got 5 pieces of candy" another happily celebrated"
"I got a Quarter" another admitted.
In disbelief from what his eyes saw, Charlie Brown reached into his bag and held it up for all to be confused: "I got a rock" he neutrally uttered.
At the next round of houses, they once again polished their adventures with reward: cookies, candy and gum. But ol' Charlie Brown reached in again, surprised that no holes were torn into his bag from the amount of gray stuffings he received: "I got a rock!". His tone skewed upward, either completely flabbergasted that adults have sets of rocks ready to hand out or because he has received two rocks in a row without perforating his bag. Regardless, the dangers of Halloween during the 80s were not hidden razor blades but the amount of chucked rocks you could get from going house to house, pleading for candy: a symbolic reminder that kids can get away with some things in life.
On their last trip, they congregated one last time: Popcorn Ball! Fudge Bars and Packs of Gum! and a rock for Mr. Young Brown. Valentine's Day would be next year where he'd once again receive no cards; but no one knew if his childhood could sink any lower than the Halloween of 1981 where he received 3 rocks in a row.
That is my favourite scene hahahaha -- Though Charlie Brown Christmas Special had the best music, I also enjoy Charlie Brown's theme which I feel is a perfect theme for him:
I used to collect a lot of Peanuts paraphernalia. I have all their comics from the early 50s to late 80s (still waiting for the rest to come out) back in Montreal.
