"In my neighborhood, if you gave a kid a rock for trick-or-treat, it would go through your window."
"If some girl pulled the football away from me, it would be the last thing she'd ever do."
"What's up with the dancing? The one stupid kid is just shrugging his shoulders, clicking his heels and moving his head from side to side."
"Why would you bring home a dead Christmas tree and expect your friends to tell you how brilliant you were?"
"Who names their kid 'Linus'?"
Yes, it was Mr. Ginley expressing these sentiments, in response to my comment that the Peanuts holiday specials aren't airing on local TV channels but only watchable on Apple TV.
Personally, I enjoy the Peanuts Christmas special. It brings back happy memories of watching the holiday specials with my siblings each year. But I do believe the Peanuts gang jumped the shark when they expanded into other holidays like Thanksgiving and Easter.
And the whole Great Pumpkin thing got weird fast. It made me wonder if Charles Schultz questioned his belief in the Almighty. (Did he ask the Big Guy for something and wait and wait for it, only to get no reply at all?)
Mr. Ginley did concede that Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack was a high point in the Christmas special. We agreed on something, at least.
But I know again this year, A Charlie Brown Christmas will be a solo event for me.
And I'm perfectly okay viewing it without the benefit of the resident critic's running commentary.
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