A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving1973

[first lines]

Lucy van Pelt:
[holding football] Charlie Brown! Oh, Charlie Brown!

Charlie Brown:
I can't believe it. She must think I'm the most stupid person alive.

Lucy van Pelt:
Come on, Charlie Brown. I'll hold the ball and you kick it.

Charlie Brown:
Hold it? Ha! You'll pull it away and I'll land flat on my back and kill myself.

Lucy van Pelt:
But Charlie Brown, it's Thanksgiving.

Charlie Brown:
What's that got to do with anything?

Lucy van Pelt:
Well, one of the greatest traditions we have is the Thanksgiving Day football game. And the biggest, most important tradition of all is the kicking off of the football.

Charlie Brown:
Is that right?

Lucy van Pelt:
Absolutely. Come on, Charlie Brown. It's a big honor for you.

Charlie Brown:
Well, if it's that important, a person should never turn down a big honor. Maybe I *should* do it. Besides, she wouldn't try to trick me on a traditional holiday. This time I'm gonna kick that football clear to the moon!

[he runs to kick the ball, but Lucy pulls it away]

Charlie Brown:
Aaauuugh!

[falls flat on his back]

Lucy van Pelt:
Isn't it peculiar, Charlie Brown, how some traditions just slowly fade away?