{"id":2752,"date":"2017-10-13T19:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2017-10-13T21:56:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T02:56:55","slug":"its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-thursday-8pm-on-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/13\/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-thursday-8pm-on-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Thursday @ 8PM on ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/great_pumpkin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/great_pumpkin1.jpg 638w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/great_pumpkin1-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/>The classic half-hour animated Halloween-themed Peanuts special, <i>&#8220;It&#8217;s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown,&#8221;<\/i> created by late cartoonist Charles M. 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