My favorite scene is definitely where Snoopy is crawling through the French Countryside. The scenery, the music, the narration, everything is just perfect.
That is so right, Michael! As a young child, I remember that the melody itself filled me with such a sense of dread and desperation, although I wasn't old enough to understand why. I was locked into the sequence of events at that moment and have never forgotten it. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Like others here, that flute music and the artwork with Snoopy behind the lines has stuck with me and was the most memorable part of that whole show. There was a field near my house as a kid, and evenings late in Octoberwould often have cloudy skies that looked like those in the cartoon. I'd sit there looking at the silhouettes of the trees and listen to the wind rustling dry leaves and hear that haunting flute in my head. So powerful and I'm not sure why.
Exactly so RELEX so MOVING AND GOOSEBUMPS magical together THE sky's THE colors black, red green background music SO powerful GONE through out my childhood memories..Cashmere
God…just this scene sparked my love for Snoopy and the Peanuts gang. It’s to the point I have a whole book full of Snoopy comic illustrations as the flying ace.
2:52 was always my favorite part. My mom saw this air in the 60s. I used to watch it with my mom. My mom has since passed & I'm almost 50 and I continue to watch it every year with my son.
interesting to see how many other people have a lasting impression of the French countryside scene. the atmosphere of the dark skies, the desolate abandoned landscape, and the far-away gunfire combined with the sombre music kind of gives me the feeling of being in a warm, dry room while there's a heavy thunderstorm outside. the danger of war is looming around you but in this moment there's silence and calm in the immediate vicinity.
Snoopy had a great imagination. The music and the darkened scenes when he's behind enemy lines is just great. Then somehow he climbs up the side of a bombed out house and ends up at the Halloween party.
Much of the dialogue in Peanuts is of a level that is probably too intellectual for very young children to comprehend. In all probability, Charles Schultz probably created the Peanuts comic strip and television specials for the child within the adult.
Many times I have looked up this clip to listen to the haunting flute and take in the french county side artwork but tonight I read the comments for the 1st time and see that I am not the only one. I only wish it included Snoopy swimming the river and climbing up the edge of the house to the party.
I searched everywhere for a few years (seriously) for this music to no avail motivated solely by this piece. I lucked out when i found it in a lonely blog. I posted it immediately to youtube (the first place I looked for it). The 2 versions of "breathless" are the only ones ive ever seen. Still, there are many fans..perhaps more music is out there..somewhere..
It has a unique and powerful effect on me as well. The music moves me immensely and transports me back to childhood during a magical and spooky Halloween night...
Geminian INTJ It’s seriously the weirdest thing ever. It’s so surreal and eerie. I wish there was more about the song as it as well as you brings me wayyyy back, (even though I’m only 14). Feels like we’re being mind controlled.
In my very humble opinion, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is the greatest half-hour of television ever produced. And my favorite part is the World War I flying ace imagining he's down behind enemy lines, making his way across the French countryside.
The air battle portrayed in this show is geographically correct. The WW I flying ace is shot down over the Lorraine Valley, just east of the Champagne region in eastern France. He wades his way across the Moselle, the major river of the region and makes his way west to (what was then known as) Châlons-sur-Marne. (The city changed its name to Châlons-en-Champagne in the 1990s.) This was the correct thing to do as heading east meant Lorraine, which was part of Germany until 1918. I actually lived not too far from there for many years.
MAN! Just watched this last night and I am so hooked on the French country side scene! I remember it sticking with me forever. That flute and the depiction of art was amazing there
This scene used to creep me the hell out when I was 7, or even older. Especially at 2:56. The music combined with Snoopy's shadow against that haunting background rubbed me the wrong way.
“As scenes in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown illustrate, Schulz sought to convey some of the danger, sadness, and nostalgia of war.” www.google.com/amp/s/outermosthouse.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/charles-schulzs-war/amp/?client=safari
Same here, the somber artsytle depicting a dark night combined with the ominous music made that segment particularly unsettling. I enjoy the saturated background paintings of the sunset and night sky, though
The French Countryside scene is both haunting and endearing at the same time. The artwork, the music, the train whistle have stayed with me all of these years. Even though WW1 was a horrific war over 100 years ago, there is something nostalgic about it that draws me in. When trench warfare set in, both sides suffered equally and never really hated each other as you can see by POW pictures and letters home. I’m going to commission a graphic designer to recreate one of the scenes for me and hang it up every Fall.
There was something that stuck with me throughout my life because the "French Countryside" haunted me so profoundly. That short piece illustrated pure paranoia and just ill vibes. Even though it was aimed at children and lighthearded, it moved me a great deal, and dredges up more profound connotations of trench warfare than dry histroy textbooks ever could.
@@pIayingwithmahwii I think what he was trying to say was the scene was very different from most scenes in the special because it’s just snoopy for like few minutes.
Charles Schultz referring to Snoopy: “He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive. Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life.” Lol, so cute :)
This great animation of Snoopy's fight against the Red Baron was reused in several Peanuts specials including _He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown_ and _A Boy Named Charlie Brown._
1:26 never knew what this was as a kid. I though it was some weird modern art thing. I grew up when I realized it was German flak cannons firing on Snoopy in 1918.
from 2:45 to 3:13 is a scene that really stuck with me as a kid, and one that I still have a very emotional attachment to, especially around Halloween.
This “behind enemy lines French country side” scene all spooked me as a kid. I don’t know, now I equate WWI with autumn things even though it’s last four years. Today October 2nd, 2018, it’s the 100 year anniversary of the lost battalion-an American army battalion that got cut off from the Allied lines and surrounded by the Germans. That was October 2nd, 1918.... never forget. It’s funny, but if you follow the signs where Snoopy crashes and compare it to 1917-1918 trench maps of the Westen Front, Snoopy basically crashes in Boult-aux-Bois (70 Kilometers) from Châlons-sur-Marne, now known as Châlons-en-Champagne-Same place two different names. Snoopy heads south west either in confusion or an attempt to break over into a French controlled sector near the Moselle.... long story short snoopy basically walks towards no mans land then proceeds to traverse it until he can escape over into a friendly sector of the front. He ends up swimming across the Moselle river and goes to the kids Halloween party which implies his successful escape to friendly territory. Kinda interesting. They totally had a plan for that scene.
mattleemattlee123 I feel exactly the same. I used to become so emotionally wrapped up in that scene that my eyes watered. Then I'd go out to a nearby field and let myself get creeped out. God damn being a kid is wonderful.
I only found out a few weeks ago that the Red Baron was not only a real person, but one hell of a menace in World War 1. I thought he was always just Snoopy's enemy.
Manfred Von Richthofen was "officially" credited with 80 enemy aircraft destroyed. But you are right. If unofficial victories counted he would be close to about 150 or more. Richthofen was shot down at the age of 25 and received full military honors at his funeral which was conducted by the Allies. They had deep respect for him.
@@michaelyunkelo1757 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more The bloody Red Baron was rollin' up a score 80 men died to end that spree Of the bloody Red Baron of Germany
Like most everyone else, I've seen Great Pumpkin every year my whole life. But it's the French Countryside scene, with Snoopy behind enemy lines set against brilliant artwork and haunting flute melody that sticks with me. The scene that's most vividly remembered, however, is the iconic Red Baron scene. The whole fantasy of Snoopy flying a fighter plane during WWI feels so "real" to me. It seems perfectly normal to see Snoopy flying a doghouse in a Peanuts cartoon. I swear it took me over thirty years to finally realize Snoopy's fists were gripped on the airplane's control sticks. Prior to that, I had no idea why he was holding his fists out.
it amazes me Snoopy could handle a Sopwith Camel... it was a very agile, but that handling came at a terrible price... I understand more pilots died learning to fly it than those that were killed in actual combat...
I always think of this when the toaster oven is on because the toaster makes a ticking sound exactly like the one in the background when Snoopy is crawling behind enemy lines.
1:38 AND HE'S FLYING AND HE'S FLYING AND HE'S FLYING *HIGHER* KING OF THE SKY HE'S FLYING TOO FAST AND HE'S FLYING TO HIGH *HIGHER* AND EYE FOR AN EYE THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE!
As a kid I used to fantasize being Snoopy's wingman hunting the Red Baron and always getting my "plane" shot to hell in fact I always recreate the Snoopy and the Red Baron scene almost daily
Fun fact that I once read: After this first aired, fans who didn't know that Charlie Brown is a fictional character mailed packages of candy to Charles Schulz' studio for Charlie Brown. Look it up on Google and you'll see what I mean!
Same here, too! It's not even very long, but something about the images and music stays with me. To be honest, that's still what I think of when I think about Europe during World War I, since that was my first image of it.
Funny how similar we are. The countryside scene is my favorite scene from all the charlie brown movies. It just sticks out to me and the music and the train too.
The 48th anniversary of "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" is the same number of years between the Red Baron being shot down and the premiere of the "Great Pumpkin".
It's what horrible people give to trick-or-treaters instead of candy, along with apples and homemade stuff that your parents immediately toss in the trash as soon as you get home.
Michael I know!! I thought I was the only one. It’s so surreal, Erie, describes ww1s physiology without any words. But still not necessarily scary. we’re probably part of a secret group of chosen ones.
Fortnite is a terrible game yep, it’s was like we knew some messed up happened 100 years ago but we didn’t know and we knew it was horrible and terrifying for millions of people, snoopy showed us what it was...
@@BloodhoundPreston A working-class stiff with an overactive fantasy life. Created by writer James Thurber, played on film by Danny Kaye and Ben Stiller.
This scene always kind of perplexed me, it was pretty interesting visually but I had no idea wtf was going on. I was Probably too young to realize that Snoopy was pretending to reenact a WW1 Biplane dogfight
Someone else finally said it. I never liked or cared for this scene because I had no association with it. No child of my generation fantasized about being a WWI flying ace (whatever that was). I couldn't wait for this scene to be over whenever this special was on. But either way, I loved this. And to this day the opening brings back the strongest memories of anticipation. That's because back then we didn't have children's television "on demand" like today. We had to wait for it and when it aired we savored the moment.
@@junodonatus4906 Yeah this was one of my favorites, too. Had it on a VHS tape. I might be a bit younger than you, but i can relate. Waiting for Saturday morning cartoons and savoring them was the best. Internet kind of took the magic away from that as time went on
The movie was shown on Turner Classic Movies two weeks ago. It is a silent film called Lucky Star (1929) with a very young Janet Gaynor. It's the story of a farm girl and a crippled WWI veteran. Throughout the film that score was played. I recognized it at once as the Graveyard theme that Guaraldi used in It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I also found it interesting that the theme of WWI and the french countryside were in the film. I don't think it was a coincidence.
I know this isn’t related to the clip but Linus in this special literally wasted his whole Halloween night waiting for the ‘Great Pumpkin.’ He could’ve been out trick or treating with his friends but instead he decided to wait for something that doesn’t even exist!
I have to thank Snoopy and Schultz for making me much more interested in 20th century history. Click “Read more” if you want to learn some facts. Manfred Von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron” was awesome. In order to have the honor of being a “flying ace” you need to have 5 aerial victories (an “aerial victory” is when a pilot shoots down an enemy plane); so how many victories did the Red Baron have? 80!!! In January of 1917, after getting his 16th victory, Manfred got the honor to command his own squadron, Jasta 11. Jasta 11 was nicknamed by the Allies as the “Flying Circus”, as all of the members painted their planes a different color! And what color did Manfred choose? Red, and that’s how he got his nickname, the “Red Baron”! He was killed in April of 1918 when he flew too low as he was pursuing a Sopwith Camel (just like Snoopy’s plane), and a single artillery bullet hit him straight in the chest! It is unknown who killed him. Despite being the Allies’ greatest adversary, the Red Baron was massively respected, and he was given his own military funeral by the British Royal Flying Corps. This was always my favorite sequence as a kid, and it’s still super charming as an adult (oh, and Snoopy is always so cute) :D
It was always my favourite part. It still is. I'm somewhat convinced that scene, along with viewing "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown!" every time it aired fostered an interest in France at a young age, decades ago.
When I went on the east coast trip in middle school, my friend and I did a flight simulator. One of us was a gunnie and one of us was the pilot. We got the rank of ace. We did barrel rolls on top of barrel roles
This whole sequence was so surreal for me as a kid
Same.
It still is for me and I'm in my 40s. As a child it gave me a glimmer into the world of WWII. #SnoopyvRedBarron
@@m.layfette6249 the red baron was active during ww1, not 2 you dummy
peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Baron Once again proving that in a battle of Whits, you my dear are Unarmed.
@@m.layfette6249 damn
My favorite scene is definitely where Snoopy is crawling through the French Countryside. The scenery, the music, the narration, everything is just perfect.
The beautiful nighttime scenes with Snoopy behind enemy lines is awesome. The lone horn playing just makes it all work.
you mean the flute?..yes, plus those sounds of distant fighting and the train whistle..beautiful
Yep
That French country side part was and still is so lonely yet intriguing.
That is so right, Michael! As a young child, I remember that the melody itself filled me with such a sense of dread and desperation, although I wasn't old enough to understand why. I was locked into the sequence of events at that moment and have never forgotten it. Thanks for sharing your experience!
One of my fave animation sequences of all time. Great soundtrack and background animation. Beautiful.
Like others here, that flute music and the artwork with Snoopy behind the lines has stuck with me and was the most memorable part of that whole show. There was a field near my house as a kid, and evenings late in Octoberwould often have cloudy skies that looked like those in the cartoon. I'd sit there looking at the silhouettes of the trees and listen to the wind rustling dry leaves and hear that haunting flute in my head. So powerful and I'm not sure why.
mattleemattlee123 same here, that part really stuck to me.
Exactly so RELEX so MOVING AND GOOSEBUMPS magical together THE sky's THE colors black, red green background music SO powerful GONE through out my childhood memories..Cashmere
It is definitely a cool scene where the music makes it dreary and spooky. We're basically living in Snoopy's imagination.
All in this message board are my kinds of people. Memories of an ambience are what its always been about for me as well!
This scene and music has and always will be the epitome of Halloween for me.
God…just this scene sparked my love for Snoopy and the Peanuts gang. It’s to the point I have a whole book full of Snoopy comic illustrations as the flying ace.
2:52 was always my favorite part. My mom saw this air in the 60s. I used to watch it with my mom. My mom has since passed & I'm almost 50 and I continue to watch it every year with my son.
My grandmother was an expert pastel painter. The art style always touches my heart and I often find myself here when I'm hurting over her loss
interesting to see how many other people have a lasting impression of the French countryside scene. the atmosphere of the dark skies, the desolate abandoned landscape, and the far-away gunfire combined with the sombre music kind of gives me the feeling of being in a warm, dry room while there's a heavy thunderstorm outside. the danger of war is looming around you but in this moment there's silence and calm in the immediate vicinity.
Yea, I remember this part giving me nightmares just on the music Alone but I have grown to like it more
Great description of this scene. Love it!
Nailed it perfectly.
Snoopy had a great imagination. The music and the darkened scenes when he's behind enemy lines is just great. Then somehow he climbs up the side of a bombed out house and ends up at the Halloween party.
The people who disliked had absolutely no childhood whatsoever
the french countryside part has always struck a chord with me, the music + the scenery draws me in.
it's my favorite part too, the music & the eerieness & mellow -ness about it. when I see & hear this I know it's that time of year again
Desde criança é a minha parte preferida 🇧🇷❤️
The sounds of the artillery fire as Snoopy is creeping through the trenches is so crazy for a children’s cartoon.
Much of the dialogue in Peanuts is of a level that is probably too intellectual for very young children to comprehend.
In all probability, Charles Schultz probably created the Peanuts comic strip and television specials for the child within the adult.
Many times I have looked up this clip to listen to the haunting flute and take in the french county side artwork but tonight I read the comments for the 1st time and see that I am not the only one. I only wish it included Snoopy swimming the river and climbing up the edge of the house to the party.
I searched everywhere for a few years (seriously) for this music to no avail motivated solely by this piece. I lucked out when i found it in a lonely blog. I posted it immediately to youtube (the first place I looked for it). The 2 versions of "breathless" are the only ones ive ever seen. Still, there are many fans..perhaps more music is out there..somewhere..
It has a unique and powerful effect on me as well. The music moves me immensely and transports me back to childhood during a magical and spooky Halloween night...
Geminian INTJ It’s seriously the weirdest thing ever. It’s so surreal and eerie. I wish there was more about the song as it as well as you brings me wayyyy back, (even though I’m only 14). Feels like we’re being mind controlled.
This movie was trippy when I was younger. Especially this scene.
It was the 60s.
That’s why I’m here, plucking this into my acid playlist
die2no I saw this in like 2014 or 2015
In my very humble opinion, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is the greatest half-hour of television ever produced. And my favorite part is the World War I flying ace imagining he's down behind enemy lines, making his way across the French countryside.
Mine to! Wish I knew what music is used during that scene.
@@JeffBoggis me two i love the music
Gotta love the attention to detail with Snoopy mimicking working the pedal controls on the biplane.
The music is incredible
The air battle portrayed in this show is geographically correct. The WW I flying ace is shot down over the Lorraine Valley, just east of the Champagne region in eastern France. He wades his way across the Moselle, the major river of the region and makes his way west to (what was then known as) Châlons-sur-Marne. (The city changed its name to Châlons-en-Champagne in the 1990s.)
This was the correct thing to do as heading east meant Lorraine, which was part of Germany until 1918. I actually lived not too far from there for many years.
MAN! Just watched this last night and I am so hooked on the French country side scene! I remember it sticking with me forever. That flute and the depiction of art was amazing there
There is another scene (cut from modern versions) of him at a pub drinking beer & enjoying songs....One part of that is on my page.
Mr. Moseby Oh hey this is my old account. But still, so weird we all find it so eerie and surreal.
Exactly
This scene used to creep me the hell out when I was 7, or even older. Especially at 2:56. The music combined with Snoopy's shadow against that haunting background rubbed me the wrong way.
Herman Melvellei that’s the only reason i came back to this video it’s just so creepy
“As scenes in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown illustrate, Schulz sought to convey some of the danger, sadness, and nostalgia of war.”
www.google.com/amp/s/outermosthouse.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/charles-schulzs-war/amp/?client=safari
Same here, the somber artsytle depicting a dark night combined with the ominous music made that segment particularly unsettling. I enjoy the saturated background paintings of the sunset and night sky, though
Red Baron: earns the title of longest surviving flying ace in ww1.
Also Red Baron: gets remembered by children's cartoons and pizza.
That flute music during Snoopy's "behind enemy lines" scene is actually soothing!
Just brought back some great times. Thank you for posting this clip.
I love the music that plays after he is shot down and sneaking across the French countryside.
@@michaelyunkelo1757Eu tbm, sempre me assombrou essa música 🇧🇷❤️😅
I love the music... so Halloween
The French Countryside scene is both haunting and endearing at the same time. The artwork, the music, the train whistle have stayed with me all of these years. Even though WW1 was a horrific war over 100 years ago, there is something nostalgic about it that draws me in. When trench warfare set in, both sides suffered equally and never really hated each other as you can see by POW pictures and letters home. I’m going to commission a graphic designer to recreate one of the scenes for me and hang it up every Fall.
❤
There was something that stuck with me throughout my life because the "French Countryside" haunted me so profoundly. That short piece illustrated pure paranoia and just ill vibes. Even though it was aimed at children and lighthearded, it moved me a great deal, and dredges up more profound connotations of trench warfare than dry histroy textbooks ever could.
+Master Giegue I know right? That French Country side was freaky
+Master Giegue Yes, very well put. Beautiful artwork
Yes, the music only added to that sense of loneliness and fear
Master Giegue sss
Master Giegue werr
As a kid growing up in the 1970s-80s this special, this scene, is still the GOAT or animation sequences
I grew up in coastal New England, and one week Charles Schultz’s big shiny red yacht was docked in the inner harbor. It’s name… The Red Baron
Idk why but I really like all the countryside scenes
Me too! Very cozy in a way
The color of the artwork combined with the music. Just something about it.
Its like you would experience it on a dream, a surreal world.
It feels a bit eerie though, with gunfire and sirens in the background
It seems nice without the dead rotting corpses, residual chemical weapons, unexploded ordnance, and the constant threat of being spotted and killed.
The little 30 second segment of Snoopy sneaking around the fields after crashing was very liminal-esque.
That's exactly what I thought.
What does that mean?
@@pIayingwithmahwii I think what he was trying to say was the scene was very different from most scenes in the special because it’s just snoopy for like few minutes.
Grew up on these cartoons,just bought my pre-teen daughter a beagle puppy and wanted to show her the most famous beagle.
We all came for the same reason. How perfect. 🎶🎼🎵 🇫🇷 🌲
Why is this so surreal for everyone? Is this a message? Are WE the chosen ones!?
Charles Schultz referring to Snoopy:
“He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive. Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life.”
Lol, so cute :)
This whole cartoon scared the hell out of me as a kid. I genuinely had nightmares because of this
2:18
Snoopy earned his ticket to Valhalla that day!
This great animation of Snoopy's fight against the Red Baron was reused in several Peanuts specials including _He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown_ and _A Boy Named Charlie Brown._
Imagine walking outside to your dog doing this 😂
Snoopy is like "I'll get you next time Red Baron!"
This clip and snoopy crawling through to the party are my favorite parts
Greatest animation special ever created.
I love the background music when snoopy is walking to the Halloween 🎃 party
it cant just be me but when he was running through the "French countryside" it was terrifying to kid me
for me it was more so intriguing
The fact that Snoopy checks his control surfaces at 0:46 makes me love this all the more
1:26 never knew what this was as a kid. I though it was some weird modern art thing. I grew up when I realized it was German flak cannons firing on Snoopy in 1918.
Always loved Charlie Brown. Forget Hocus Pocus and Treehouse of Horror, this is the one thing everyone should be required to watch every October.
Except this year, those snobs at Apple have all specials there (at least I have the DVD of the Christmas one)
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. If that's the case...Burn copies and sell them on eBay for $10.00. $15.00 for Blu-ray. Upload to Roku or PlutoTV for FREE!!
Born in 1964 and was very young when I first saw this and it instantly made an indelible impression on me. I've loved Snoopy ever since
from 2:45 to 3:13 is a scene that really stuck with me as a kid, and one that I still have a very emotional attachment to, especially around Halloween.
I will always love this been a Snoopy Red Baron fan practically all my life !
This “behind enemy lines French country side” scene all spooked me as a kid. I don’t know, now I equate WWI with autumn things even though it’s last four years. Today October 2nd, 2018, it’s the 100 year anniversary of the lost battalion-an American army battalion that got cut off from the Allied lines and surrounded by the Germans. That was October 2nd, 1918.... never forget.
It’s funny, but if you follow the signs where Snoopy crashes and compare it to 1917-1918 trench maps of the Westen Front, Snoopy basically crashes in Boult-aux-Bois (70 Kilometers) from Châlons-sur-Marne, now known as Châlons-en-Champagne-Same place two different names. Snoopy heads south west either in confusion or an attempt to break over into a French controlled sector near the Moselle.... long story short snoopy basically walks towards no mans land then proceeds to traverse it until he can escape over into a friendly sector of the front. He ends up swimming across the Moselle river and goes to the kids Halloween party which implies his successful escape to friendly territory. Kinda interesting. They totally had a plan for that scene.
Thats a wonderful interpretation...enchanting visuals
Exactly my friend
Holy cow. I watched this when I was little, my children watched it and now my 5 grandchildren watch it. God I feel old sometimes 😊
Well seeing this makes me feel young and indeed we are young when we feel Joy w Charlie brown
Sadly apple tv took it away from us now ur grandchildren's children wont be able to watch it on cable tv, becoz apple took it away
Not as old as the Flying Ace
@@lunahetfield why did Apple take it away? You can watch Rudolph the red nosed reindeer on RUclips.
@@lunahetfield who the hell uses Apple TV? LOL
mattleemattlee123 I feel exactly the same. I used to become so emotionally wrapped up in that scene that my eyes watered. Then I'd go out to a nearby field and let myself get creeped out. God damn being a kid is wonderful.
Ninjamohawk lmao me too!!!
I only found out a few weeks ago that the Red Baron was not only a real person, but one hell of a menace in World War 1. I thought he was always just Snoopy's enemy.
Sabaton wrote a song about him, this dude was wild ruclips.net/video/1snEYPg8TXs/видео.html
No he had I believe over 200 kills.
Manfred Von Richthofen was "officially" credited with 80 enemy aircraft destroyed. But you are right. If unofficial victories counted he would be close to about 150 or more. Richthofen was shot down at the age of 25 and received full military honors at his funeral which was conducted by the Allies. They had deep respect for him.
@@michaelyunkelo1757
10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more
The bloody Red Baron was rollin' up a score
80 men died to end that spree
Of the bloody Red Baron of Germany
This flying scene was soooo intense for me as a kid!
I know! I always loved the shot at 1:44 when he does the 360 loop, so cool!
Like most everyone else, I've seen Great Pumpkin every year my whole life. But it's the French Countryside scene, with Snoopy behind enemy lines set against brilliant artwork and haunting flute melody that sticks with me.
The scene that's most vividly remembered, however, is the iconic Red Baron scene. The whole fantasy of Snoopy flying a fighter plane during WWI feels so "real" to me. It seems perfectly normal to see Snoopy flying a doghouse in a Peanuts cartoon.
I swear it took me over thirty years to finally realize Snoopy's fists were gripped on the airplane's control sticks. Prior to that, I had no idea why he was holding his fists out.
alman54 It seems to stick with everyone here. It’s weird
Exactly SO. MOVING AND GOOSEBUMPS magical together,lololololl.
The watercolor work in this animation is just gorgeous!
if it wasn't for snoopy, people would have forgot who the red baron was.
it amazes me Snoopy could handle a Sopwith Camel... it was a very agile, but that handling came at a terrible price... I understand more pilots died learning to fly it than those that were killed in actual combat...
Snoopy also managed to crash land his damaged aircraft instead of dying like most pilots who got shot down.
2:39 "CURSE YOU, RED BARON!"
I always think of this when the toaster oven is on because the toaster makes a ticking sound exactly like the one in the background when Snoopy is crawling behind enemy lines.
😂
This and Linus' monologue about Christmas are the best things Charles Schultz ever did.
Don't forget the sequence of Snoopy dancing on the piano.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that I had to see Snoopy as a World War I flying ace -- down behind enemy lines. Thanks for posting! (Gotta love RUclips.)
This is still the best movie scene involving a WW1 pilot! 🤣
1:38
AND HE'S FLYING
AND HE'S FLYING
AND HE'S FLYING
*HIGHER*
KING OF THE SKY
HE'S FLYING TOO FAST AND HE'S FLYING TO HIGH
*HIGHER*
AND EYE FOR AN EYE
THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE!
My two heroes are the WWI Flying Ace and Joe Cool.
Love the soundtrack.
As a kid I used to fantasize being Snoopy's wingman hunting the Red Baron and always getting my "plane" shot to hell in fact I always recreate the Snoopy and the Red Baron scene almost daily
"I got a rock !" Poor Charlie Brown! Everyone was mean to him! Happy Halloween 2019!👻👻🎃🎃
Fun fact that I once read: After this first aired, fans who didn't know that Charlie Brown is a fictional character mailed packages of candy to Charles Schulz' studio for Charlie Brown. Look it up on Google and you'll see what I mean!
Same here, too! It's not even very long, but something about the images and music stays with me. To be honest, that's still what I think of when I think about Europe during World War I, since that was my first image of it.
I used to sit on top of my plastic Little Tikes playhouse and pretend I was Snoopy in this sequence
Funny how similar we are. The countryside scene is my favorite scene from all the charlie brown movies. It just sticks out to me and the music and the train too.
The 48th anniversary of "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" is the same number of years between the Red Baron being shot down and the premiere of the "Great Pumpkin".
bertmustin now it's 50 years
51 years soon.
I love this!..as a child I remember Peanuts were shown on CBS,not ABC like now.
Snoopy represents every young kid who dreams of being a fighter pilot and makes use of his imagination.
Snoopy represents every young Beagle who dreams of being a fighter pilot and makes use of his imagination
@@peterhatzioannides7120 My neighbor has a young beagle. He mostly dreams about food as far as I can tell.
@@RCAvhstape Just like Snoopy
When I was a kid, I always asked myself, "What the fuck is a PopCorn Ball?"
It's worth a google if you ask me.
....thats what he said right before mama smacked him for his potty mouth..
It's what horrible people give to trick-or-treaters instead of candy, along with apples and homemade stuff that your parents immediately toss in the trash as soon as you get home.
It's so interesting that everyone in these comments is moved by the French Countryside part; myself included.
Michael I know!! I thought I was the only one. It’s so surreal, Erie, describes ww1s physiology without any words. But still not necessarily scary. we’re probably part of a secret group of chosen ones.
ME TOO SO MOVING AND GOOSEBUMPS magical together THE BEST childhood memories.
Michael, yeah, it freaked me out as a kid but in like a morbidly fascinated way. The scar of trench warfare still ingrained in the modern psyche.
Teutonic Bohemian Same. It’s so weird. Nothing connects to my like this does. Feels like a spell
Fortnite is a terrible game yep, it’s was like we knew some messed up happened 100 years ago but we didn’t know and we knew it was horrible and terrifying for millions of people, snoopy showed us what it was...
This was one of most Powerful Scenes in Charlie Brown with Snoopy riding his Doghouse like a Plane. ✈✈✈✈✈✈✈😯😮😬😬😬😬😬😔😣😱
Am I the only one who grew up believing that Charlie Brown was telling us what Snoopy was up to instead of simply telling a story set around WWI? 😂
Same
I watched this as a kid, decades ago; a true classic.
When I saw this as a kid, I wondered how Snoopy was even able to fly his own house.
I wonder if Charles Swartz was a pilot.
@@waldo6696 Charles Schulz was attached to a machine gun unit in the infantry in France during World War Two.
It's all in his imagination. He's basically the beagle version of Walter Mitty.
@@jasobres okay, also who's Walter Mitty?
@@BloodhoundPreston A working-class stiff with an overactive fantasy life. Created by writer James Thurber, played on film by Danny Kaye and Ben Stiller.
This scene always kind of perplexed me, it was pretty interesting visually but I had no idea wtf was going on. I was Probably too young to realize that Snoopy was pretending to reenact a WW1 Biplane dogfight
Watch it onAcid and Mushrooms
@@die2no That's gotta be intense
Someone else finally said it. I never liked or cared for this scene because I had no association with it. No child of my generation fantasized about being a WWI flying ace (whatever that was). I couldn't wait for this scene to be over whenever this special was on. But either way, I loved this. And to this day the opening brings back the strongest memories of anticipation. That's because back then we didn't have children's television "on demand" like today. We had to wait for it and when it aired we savored the moment.
@@junodonatus4906 Yeah this was one of my favorites, too. Had it on a VHS tape.
I might be a bit younger than you, but i can relate. Waiting for Saturday morning cartoons and savoring them was the best. Internet kind of took the magic away from that as time went on
Crawling through the western front like that would have been pretty terrifying.
That laugh at 1:30. So funny
The movie was shown on Turner Classic Movies two weeks ago. It is a silent film called Lucky Star (1929) with a very young Janet Gaynor. It's the story of a farm girl and a crippled WWI veteran. Throughout the film that score was played. I recognized it at once as the Graveyard theme that Guaraldi used in It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I also found it interesting that the theme of WWI and the french countryside were in the film. I don't think it was a coincidence.
My favorite part is at 1:50, 2:04, and 2:08 when Snoopy looks at the camera. :D
It's as though he's thinking: "Is this really happening?" LOL
THAT’S WHERE HE MEETS THE FRENCH POODLE 🐩 BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN FRANCE 🇫🇷 😹🐾🐾🍃💝
You mean Fifi?...well no, he met her in basic training, remember?...
I know this isn’t related to the clip but Linus in this special literally wasted his whole Halloween night waiting for the ‘Great Pumpkin.’ He could’ve been out trick or treating with his friends but instead he decided to wait for something that doesn’t even exist!
I have to thank Snoopy and Schultz for making me much more interested in 20th century history. Click “Read more” if you want to learn some facts.
Manfred Von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron” was awesome. In order to have the honor of being a “flying ace” you need to have 5 aerial victories (an “aerial victory” is when a pilot shoots down an enemy plane); so how many victories did the Red Baron have? 80!!!
In January of 1917, after getting his 16th victory, Manfred got the honor to command his own squadron, Jasta 11. Jasta 11 was nicknamed by the Allies as the “Flying Circus”, as all of the members painted their planes a different color! And what color did Manfred choose? Red, and that’s how he got his nickname, the “Red Baron”!
He was killed in April of 1918 when he flew too low as he was pursuing a Sopwith Camel (just like Snoopy’s plane), and a single artillery bullet hit him straight in the chest! It is unknown who killed him. Despite being the Allies’ greatest adversary, the Red Baron was massively respected, and he was given his own military funeral by the British Royal Flying Corps.
This was always my favorite sequence as a kid, and it’s still super charming as an adult (oh, and Snoopy is always so cute) :D
2:41 I’ve always liked that sound effect
Oboe if I'm not mistaken
2:40 “Curse you, Red Baron,” Snoopy shouts
Now that makes me think of snoopy vs the Red Baron by the Royal guardsmen
Cool!!!!
Charlie Brown:
*I G O T A R O C K*
That'd be me, if I go trick or treating again
Speaking of which--I got an idea... (Evil grinch face intensifies)
This is a very memorable seen from when I was younger. I think it is the use of colors.
The Hottest Pilot in U.S. Air Corps. Watch Always Your Six Snoopy.
Anyone else find the bit where snoopy is traversing the countryside a bit creepy? Especially as a kid! lol
It was always my favourite part. It still is. I'm somewhat convinced that scene, along with viewing "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown!" every time it aired fostered an interest in France at a young age, decades ago.
Me todo 😂🇧🇷
Top 10 anime dogfights right here
Charle Brown always gets a bagful of rocks every year on Halloween instead of any sort of candy
Reminds me of Fly Air Madeline. How did they never do a crossover? Snoopy was in France afterall.
When I went on the east coast trip in middle school, my friend and I did a flight simulator. One of us was a gunnie and one of us was the pilot. We got the rank of ace. We did barrel rolls on top of barrel roles