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The Great Pumpkin Biography Flash a weekly Biography.
If you thought you’d made it to October without hearing about The Great Pumpkin—and you also thought I, Marcus Ellery, would let that stand—you’re both wrong and very optimistic. So buckle in, it’s time for another “Biography Flash,” diving deep (maybe deeper than the actual pumpkin patch) into recent legend and lunacy around everyone's favorite fictional gourd.
First, because it’s in the air—literally, as Target sets out Halloween decor before Labor Day—the Great Pumpkin is back in public chatter. Social media is doing what social media does best: giving Linus-level devotion to a joke character and then immediately roasting him for it. Hashtag TheGreatPumpkin trended on Friday after a viral TikTok had someone dressed as Linus waiting stoically in a suburban backyard, reciting existential monologues about sincerity while their neighbor ran the leaf blower. Over six million views, and—look, I love performance art, but it’s possible The Great Pumpkin is not arriving during this guy’s HOA-mandated quiet hours.
Major headlines? The culture desk at the New York Times ran a slightly-too-serious think piece debating whether The Great Pumpkin now represents radical optimism, a charming case study in disappointment, or a subtle dig at late-stage capitalism. I’d love to tell you they reached a conclusion, but come on—it’s the Times. They did, however, rope in a couple of Jungian psychologists to opine about how Linus’s faith in the Pumpkin could be viewed as a stand-in for our inability to let go of comforting myths. That’s either insightful or it means my therapist should start billing me Peanuts royalties.
Meanwhile, in the world of official mentions, the Peanuts franchise is marking its seventy-fifth anniversary. So naturally, some eager marketer pitched: what if this is the year The Great Pumpkin finally appears? Online petitions want Apple TV to give Lucy a jump scare she never sees coming. And as for merch? If you haven’t seen Great Pumpkin cereal at the supermarket, you’re not trying hard enough. Honestly, my Saturday breakfast now has more orange dye than fruit.
Despite all this, let’s remember: The Great Pumpkin is pure fiction—a character Charles Schulz invented in 1959 as Halloween’s answer to Santa Claus. That hasn’t stopped thousands of people from posting midnight pumpkin patch selfies with captions like “still believing.” If faith moves mountains, Linus is moving produce.
Anyway, that about wraps it for this installment of “The Great Pumpkin Biography Flash.” Thank you for joining my little patch of geekdom. If you enjoyed this, subscribe to never miss an update on The Great Pumpkin, and if you want more, just search “Biography Flash.” And if the Great Pumpkin really does show up, I promise, you’ll hear it here first—likely with me screaming in the background.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
If you thought you’d made it to October without hearing about The Great Pumpkin—and you also thought I, Marcus Ellery, would let that stand—you’re both wrong and very optimistic. So buckle in, it’s time for another “Biography Flash,” diving deep (maybe deeper than the actual pumpkin patch) into recent legend and lunacy around everyone's favorite fictional gourd.
First, because it’s in the air—literally, as Target sets out Halloween decor before Labor Day—the Great Pumpkin is back in public chatter. Social media is doing what social media does best: giving Linus-level devotion to a joke character and then immediately roasting him for it. Hashtag TheGreatPumpkin trended on Friday after a viral TikTok had someone dressed as Linus waiting stoically in a suburban backyard, reciting existential monologues about sincerity while their neighbor ran the leaf blower. Over six million views, and—look, I love performance art, but it’s possible The Great Pumpkin is not arriving during this guy’s HOA-mandated quiet hours.
Major headlines? The culture desk at the New York Times ran a slightly-too-serious think piece debating whether The Great Pumpkin now represents radical optimism, a charming case study in disappointment, or a subtle dig at late-stage capitalism. I’d love to tell you they reached a conclusion, but come on—it’s the Times. They did, however, rope in a couple of Jungian psychologists to opine about how Linus’s faith in the Pumpkin could be viewed as a stand-in for our inability to let go of comforting myths. That’s either insightful or it means my therapist should start billing me Peanuts royalties.
Meanwhile, in the world of official mentions, the Peanuts franchise is marking its seventy-fifth anniversary. So naturally, some eager marketer pitched: what if this is the year The Great Pumpkin finally appears? Online petitions want Apple TV to give Lucy a jump scare she never sees coming. And as for merch? If you haven’t seen Great Pumpkin cereal at the supermarket, you’re not trying hard enough. Honestly, my Saturday breakfast now has more orange dye than fruit.
Despite all this, let’s remember: The Great Pumpkin is pure fiction—a character Charles Schulz invented in 1959 as Halloween’s answer to Santa Claus. That hasn’t stopped thousands of people from posting midnight pumpkin patch selfies with captions like “still believing.” If faith moves mountains, Linus is moving produce.
Anyway, that about wraps it for this installment of “The Great Pumpkin Biography Flash.” Thank you for joining my little patch of geekdom. If you enjoyed this, subscribe to never miss an update on The Great Pumpkin, and if you want more, just search “Biography Flash.” And if the Great Pumpkin really does show up, I promise, you’ll hear it here first—likely with me screaming in the background.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/45JRxcr
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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If you thought you’d made it to October without hearing about The Great Pumpkin—and you also thought I, Marcus Ellery, would let that stand—you’re both wrong and very optimistic. So buckle in, it’s time for another “Biography Flash,” diving deep (maybe deeper than the actual pumpkin patch) into recent legend and lunacy around everyone's favorite fictional gourd.
First, because it’s in the air—literally, as Target sets out Halloween decor before Labor Day—the Great Pumpkin is back in public chatter. Social media is doing what social media does best: giving Linus-level devotion to a joke character and then immediately roasting him for it. Hashtag TheGreatPumpkin trended on Friday after a viral TikTok had someone dressed as Linus waiting stoically in a suburban backyard, reciting existential monologues about sincerity while their neighbor ran the leaf blower. Over six million views, and—look, I love performance art, but it’s possible The Great Pumpkin is not arriving during this guy’s HOA-mandated quiet hours.
Major headlines? The culture desk at the New York Times ran a slightly-too-serious think piece debating whether The Great Pumpkin now represents radical optimism, a charming case study in disappointment, or a subtle dig at late-stage capitalism. I’d love to tell you they reached a conclusion, but come on—it’s the Times. They did, however, rope in a couple of Jungian psychologists to opine about how Linus’s faith in the Pumpkin could be viewed as a stand-in for our inability to let go of comforting myths. That’s either insightful or it means my therapist should start billing me Peanuts royalties.
Meanwhile, in the world of official mentions, the Peanuts franchise is marking its seventy-fifth anniversary. So naturally, some eager marketer pitched: what if this is the year The Great Pumpkin finally appears? Online petitions want Apple TV to give Lucy a jump scare she never sees coming. And as for merch? If you haven’t seen Great Pumpkin cereal at the supermarket, you’re not trying hard enough. Honestly, my Saturday breakfast now has more orange dye than fruit.
Despite all this, let’s remember: The Great Pumpkin is pure fiction—a character Charles Schulz invented in 1959 as Halloween’s answer to Santa Claus. That hasn’t stopped thousands of people from posting midnight pumpkin patch selfies with captions like “still believing.” If faith moves mountains, Linus is moving produce.
Anyway, that about wraps it for this installment of “The Great Pumpkin Biography Flash.” Thank you for joining my little patch of geekdom. If you enjoyed this, subscribe to never miss an update on The Great Pumpkin, and if you want more, just search “Biography Flash.” And if the Great Pumpkin really does show up, I promise, you’ll hear it here first—likely with me screaming in the background.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/45JRxcr
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
If you thought you’d made it to October without hearing about The Great Pumpkin—and you also thought I, Marcus Ellery, would let that stand—you’re both wrong and very optimistic. So buckle in, it’s time for another “Biography Flash,” diving deep (maybe deeper than the actual pumpkin patch) into recent legend and lunacy around everyone's favorite fictional gourd.
First, because it’s in the air—literally, as Target sets out Halloween decor before Labor Day—the Great Pumpkin is back in public chatter. Social media is doing what social media does best: giving Linus-level devotion to a joke character and then immediately roasting him for it. Hashtag TheGreatPumpkin trended on Friday after a viral TikTok had someone dressed as Linus waiting stoically in a suburban backyard, reciting existential monologues about sincerity while their neighbor ran the leaf blower. Over six million views, and—look, I love performance art, but it’s possible The Great Pumpkin is not arriving during this guy’s HOA-mandated quiet hours.
Major headlines? The culture desk at the New York Times ran a slightly-too-serious think piece debating whether The Great Pumpkin now represents radical optimism, a charming case study in disappointment, or a subtle dig at late-stage capitalism. I’d love to tell you they reached a conclusion, but come on—it’s the Times. They did, however, rope in a couple of Jungian psychologists to opine about how Linus’s faith in the Pumpkin could be viewed as a stand-in for our inability to let go of comforting myths. That’s either insightful or it means my therapist should start billing me Peanuts royalties.
Meanwhile, in the world of official mentions, the Peanuts franchise is marking its seventy-fifth anniversary. So naturally, some eager marketer pitched: what if this is the year The Great Pumpkin finally appears? Online petitions want Apple TV to give Lucy a jump scare she never sees coming. And as for merch? If you haven’t seen Great Pumpkin cereal at the supermarket, you’re not trying hard enough. Honestly, my Saturday breakfast now has more orange dye than fruit.
Despite all this, let’s remember: The Great Pumpkin is pure fiction—a character Charles Schulz invented in 1959 as Halloween’s answer to Santa Claus. That hasn’t stopped thousands of people from posting midnight pumpkin patch selfies with captions like “still believing.” If faith moves mountains, Linus is moving produce.
Anyway, that about wraps it for this installment of “The Great Pumpkin Biography Flash.” Thank you for joining my little patch of geekdom. If you enjoyed this, subscribe to never miss an update on The Great Pumpkin, and if you want more, just search “Biography Flash.” And if the Great Pumpkin really does show up, I promise, you’ll hear it here first—likely with me screaming in the background.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/45JRxcr
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI