Our Halloween Traditions: TV Shows – The Cartoons
My family’s Halloween traditions include watching some classic TV shows. Naturally, this post is geared toward the whole family so these are generally not too strong.
Every Halloween, and the week leading up to it we like watch these classic family oriented TV shows and specials.
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The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
We watch this every year. Despite knowing every line by heart and seeing it since childhood, it still begins our Halloween tradition. They now have a remastered dvd/blu-ray edition.
The Great Pumpkin on Amazon
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Disney
This 1949 cartoon of the Headless Horseman is a classic. I had seen it as a child and was both frightened and excited by the tale. Ichabod’s creepy ride home, as the sounds of the swamp seem to be calling his name, “Ichabod,” is still potent today. The Headless Horseman song is a classic, sung by Bing Crosby. Check out these great lines:
“
With a hip-hop, and a clipity-clop,
He’s out lookin’ for a head to chop!”
What wonderful memories from childhood…
It is currently being sold on DVD as a double feature with another story, Mr. Toad. The DVD title is The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Each tale is about 25 minutes long.
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad on Amazon
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And don’t forget…
Scooby-doo, Where are you?
Anytime of year is good for a few episodes of the original Scooby-Doo, but they are especially appreciated around Halloween. I own all of the early episode on dvd – Scooby-doo, Where are you? Let’s take a ride in the Mystery Van with Shaggy, Scooby, Freddie, Velma and Daphne, have some Scooby-snacks, and maybe catch Red Herring in a plot to scare those meddling kids away!
Some of my fave episodes:
(all with rhyming titles and campy wordplay)
That’s Snow Ghost
Which Witch is Which
What a Night for a Knight
Go Away Ghost Ship
A Clue for Scooby-doo
Scooby-doo, Where are you? on Amazon
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Charlie Brown and Scooby and the gang are must sees. I also like to catch episodes of Courage, the cowardly dog and Ed, Edd, and Eddie.
Me and my wife watch Courage all the time. It’s funny cause the kids don’t watch it anymore but we still watch it 🙂
All good family friendly choices. Have you seen any of those new Scooby Doo Mystery INC. episodes? They are really well done.
Yeah, they’re all shaded and shadowed like the newer comic books, they almost look like 3D. They look awesome. I’ve only caught a few episodes but they are fantastic.
Charlie Brown and Ichabod are awesome! I always like to throw in Garfield Halloween Adventure also 🙂
My wife loves Garfeild. Maybe I’ll include that next year 🙂
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