Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Biography Flash: The Great Pumpkin - Seasonal Icon or Ultimate Ghosting King?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Biography Flash: The Great Pumpkin - Seasonal Icon or Ultimate Ghosting King?
The Great Pumpkin Biography Flash a weekly Biography.
Alright folks buckle up because it's your boy Marcus Ellery here with another totally unnecessary yet utterly essential Biography Flash and today we’re talking about the one and only the Great Pumpkin. That’s right the horticultural heavyweight who makes Santa look lazy and the Tooth Fairy look like she needs to up her dental hygiene. Now for anybody out there who’s not knee-deep in Peanuts lore yes, the Great Pumpkin is fully fictional. Like crypto earnings or my gym attendance lately. But hey, when you’ve got as much cultural legacy attached to your nonexistent self as the Great Pumpkin you’ve got to be doing something right.
Now let’s talk news—or as much as the 48-hour media cycle can squeeze out of a flying squash nobody’s ever seen. The Cartoon Art Museum just wrapped their sold-out 75th anniversary Peanuts panel and if you think the Great Pumpkin didn’t get a mention well you’ve got less faith than Linus in a corn maze. Mark Evanier led the charge, singing the gospel of Schulz’s seasonal invention to a room full of fellow cartoonists and more than a few grown adults still traumatized by decades of fruitless pumpkin patch vigils. I hope someone brought a blanket for emotional support.
And get this: With today marking the actual *Peanuts* anniversary—seventy-five years since Charlie Brown got his first existential crisis—The Essential Peanuts launched with a whole section devoted to the TV specials. That includes the 1966 classic It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown the only televised event where the main action is literally “waiting for something that may never happen.” I call that Tuesday after work.
Meanwhile Unique Vintage just dropped a fashion line inspired by It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Because nothing says “high fashion” like commemorating the only Halloween icon who’s more rumor than reality. So if you spot someone in a Peanuts-print bomber jacket this week, just know they might still be waiting for their checks from the sincerity bank to clear.
Social media has also been churning with #GreatPumpkin posts thanks to the seasonal reruns. TikTok and Instagram are littered with people staging their own doomed pumpkin patch stakeouts or re-enacting Linus’s annual heartbreak using every filter known to man. I saw one kid review the Great Pumpkin’s “annual no-show” as the ultimate soft ghosting move. Kid’s got a point.
Major headlines today? It’s all anniversary retrospectives, cultural nods, and a couple of clickbait hot takes claiming the Great Pumpkin is due for a gritty Netflix reboot. You heard it here first—pumpkin noir coming soon, probably starring Oscar Isaac and an emotionally unavailable gourd.
Alright that’s your update on the life—ahem, lore—of the Great Pumpkin. Remember, if you want more wild biographies on real and fake legends, subscribe so you never miss an update and search “Biography Flash” wherever you forage your audio treats. Thanks for tuning in, stay sincere, and hey, may your pumpkin patch always be a little bit weirder than your neighbors.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/45JRxcr
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Alright folks buckle up because it's your boy Marcus Ellery here with another totally unnecessary yet utterly essential Biography Flash and today we’re talking about the one and only the Great Pumpkin. That’s right the horticultural heavyweight who makes Santa look lazy and the Tooth Fairy look like she needs to up her dental hygiene. Now for anybody out there who’s not knee-deep in Peanuts lore yes, the Great Pumpkin is fully fictional. Like crypto earnings or my gym attendance lately. But hey, when you’ve got as much cultural legacy attached to your nonexistent self as the Great Pumpkin you’ve got to be doing something right.
Now let’s talk news—or as much as the 48-hour media cycle can squeeze out of a flying squash nobody’s ever seen. The Cartoon Art Museum just wrapped their sold-out 75th anniversary Peanuts panel and if you think the Great Pumpkin didn’t get a mention well you’ve got less faith than Linus in a corn maze. Mark Evanier led the charge, singing the gospel of Schulz’s seasonal invention to a room full of fellow cartoonists and more than a few grown adults still traumatized by decades of fruitless pumpkin patch vigils. I hope someone brought a blanket for emotional support.
And get this: With today marking the actual *Peanuts* anniversary—seventy-five years since Charlie Brown got his first existential crisis—The Essential Peanuts launched with a whole section devoted to the TV specials. That includes the 1966 classic It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown the only televised event where the main action is literally “waiting for something that may never happen.” I call that Tuesday after work.
Meanwhile Unique Vintage just dropped a fashion line inspired by It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Because nothing says “high fashion” like commemorating the only Halloween icon who’s more rumor than reality. So if you spot someone in a Peanuts-print bomber jacket this week, just know they might still be waiting for their checks from the sincerity bank to clear.
Social media has also been churning with #GreatPumpkin posts thanks to the seasonal reruns. TikTok and Instagram are littered with people staging their own doomed pumpkin patch stakeouts or re-enacting Linus’s annual heartbreak using every filter known to man. I saw one kid review the Great Pumpkin’s “annual no-show” as the ultimate soft ghosting move. Kid’s got a point.
Major headlines today? It’s all anniversary retrospectives, cultural nods, and a couple of clickbait hot takes claiming the Great Pumpkin is due for a gritty Netflix reboot. You heard it here first—pumpkin noir coming soon, probably starring Oscar Isaac and an emotionally unavailable gourd.
Alright that’s your update on the life—ahem, lore—of the Great Pumpkin. Remember, if you want more wild biographies on real and fake legends, subscribe so you never miss an update and search “Biography Flash” wherever you forage your audio treats. Thanks for tuning in, stay sincere, and hey, may your pumpkin patch always be a little bit weirder than your neighbors.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/45JRxcr
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
View all episodes
By Inception Point AiThe Great Pumpkin Biography Flash a weekly Biography.
Alright folks buckle up because it's your boy Marcus Ellery here with another totally unnecessary yet utterly essential Biography Flash and today we’re talking about the one and only the Great Pumpkin. That’s right the horticultural heavyweight who makes Santa look lazy and the Tooth Fairy look like she needs to up her dental hygiene. Now for anybody out there who’s not knee-deep in Peanuts lore yes, the Great Pumpkin is fully fictional. Like crypto earnings or my gym attendance lately. But hey, when you’ve got as much cultural legacy attached to your nonexistent self as the Great Pumpkin you’ve got to be doing something right.
Now let’s talk news—or as much as the 48-hour media cycle can squeeze out of a flying squash nobody’s ever seen. The Cartoon Art Museum just wrapped their sold-out 75th anniversary Peanuts panel and if you think the Great Pumpkin didn’t get a mention well you’ve got less faith than Linus in a corn maze. Mark Evanier led the charge, singing the gospel of Schulz’s seasonal invention to a room full of fellow cartoonists and more than a few grown adults still traumatized by decades of fruitless pumpkin patch vigils. I hope someone brought a blanket for emotional support.
And get this: With today marking the actual *Peanuts* anniversary—seventy-five years since Charlie Brown got his first existential crisis—The Essential Peanuts launched with a whole section devoted to the TV specials. That includes the 1966 classic It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown the only televised event where the main action is literally “waiting for something that may never happen.” I call that Tuesday after work.
Meanwhile Unique Vintage just dropped a fashion line inspired by It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Because nothing says “high fashion” like commemorating the only Halloween icon who’s more rumor than reality. So if you spot someone in a Peanuts-print bomber jacket this week, just know they might still be waiting for their checks from the sincerity bank to clear.
Social media has also been churning with #GreatPumpkin posts thanks to the seasonal reruns. TikTok and Instagram are littered with people staging their own doomed pumpkin patch stakeouts or re-enacting Linus’s annual heartbreak using every filter known to man. I saw one kid review the Great Pumpkin’s “annual no-show” as the ultimate soft ghosting move. Kid’s got a point.
Major headlines today? It’s all anniversary retrospectives, cultural nods, and a couple of clickbait hot takes claiming the Great Pumpkin is due for a gritty Netflix reboot. You heard it here first—pumpkin noir coming soon, probably starring Oscar Isaac and an emotionally unavailable gourd.
Alright that’s your update on the life—ahem, lore—of the Great Pumpkin. Remember, if you want more wild biographies on real and fake legends, subscribe so you never miss an update and search “Biography Flash” wherever you forage your audio treats. Thanks for tuning in, stay sincere, and hey, may your pumpkin patch always be a little bit weirder than your neighbors.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/45JRxcr
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Alright folks buckle up because it's your boy Marcus Ellery here with another totally unnecessary yet utterly essential Biography Flash and today we’re talking about the one and only the Great Pumpkin. That’s right the horticultural heavyweight who makes Santa look lazy and the Tooth Fairy look like she needs to up her dental hygiene. Now for anybody out there who’s not knee-deep in Peanuts lore yes, the Great Pumpkin is fully fictional. Like crypto earnings or my gym attendance lately. But hey, when you’ve got as much cultural legacy attached to your nonexistent self as the Great Pumpkin you’ve got to be doing something right.
Now let’s talk news—or as much as the 48-hour media cycle can squeeze out of a flying squash nobody’s ever seen. The Cartoon Art Museum just wrapped their sold-out 75th anniversary Peanuts panel and if you think the Great Pumpkin didn’t get a mention well you’ve got less faith than Linus in a corn maze. Mark Evanier led the charge, singing the gospel of Schulz’s seasonal invention to a room full of fellow cartoonists and more than a few grown adults still traumatized by decades of fruitless pumpkin patch vigils. I hope someone brought a blanket for emotional support.
And get this: With today marking the actual *Peanuts* anniversary—seventy-five years since Charlie Brown got his first existential crisis—The Essential Peanuts launched with a whole section devoted to the TV specials. That includes the 1966 classic It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown the only televised event where the main action is literally “waiting for something that may never happen.” I call that Tuesday after work.
Meanwhile Unique Vintage just dropped a fashion line inspired by It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Because nothing says “high fashion” like commemorating the only Halloween icon who’s more rumor than reality. So if you spot someone in a Peanuts-print bomber jacket this week, just know they might still be waiting for their checks from the sincerity bank to clear.
Social media has also been churning with #GreatPumpkin posts thanks to the seasonal reruns. TikTok and Instagram are littered with people staging their own doomed pumpkin patch stakeouts or re-enacting Linus’s annual heartbreak using every filter known to man. I saw one kid review the Great Pumpkin’s “annual no-show” as the ultimate soft ghosting move. Kid’s got a point.
Major headlines today? It’s all anniversary retrospectives, cultural nods, and a couple of clickbait hot takes claiming the Great Pumpkin is due for a gritty Netflix reboot. You heard it here first—pumpkin noir coming soon, probably starring Oscar Isaac and an emotionally unavailable gourd.
Alright that’s your update on the life—ahem, lore—of the Great Pumpkin. Remember, if you want more wild biographies on real and fake legends, subscribe so you never miss an update and search “Biography Flash” wherever you forage your audio treats. Thanks for tuning in, stay sincere, and hey, may your pumpkin patch always be a little bit weirder than your neighbors.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/45JRxcr
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI