We’re just a couple of weeks away from the ghosts, ghouls, witches, and candy that help make Halloween so very fun. But for many, the holiday wouldn’t feel complete without watching one of television’s most iconic specials: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. This Peanuts classic, based on Charles M. Schulz‘s comic strip, has had audiences tuning in joyfully for six decades!

Schulz co-wrote the episode alongside director Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Its gist is a hopeful one. The character Linus believes, against all odds, that the “Great Pumpkin” will appear with presents for all. And as many times as we might have watched, some little tidbits have been missed along the way. Here are five little-known facts behind one of the greatest 25-minute animated shows ever released.

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One of the most often quoted lines from this special was Charlie Brown deadpanning, “I got a rock,” after all of his friends (including his beloved beagle, Snoopy) had their pumpkin baskets filled to the brim with candies.

In an interview for The Wrap, writer Meriah Doty talks with Jill Schulz, Charles’ youngest daughter. Jill playfully shares, “Every once in a while, my........

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