Christopher DeFaria: Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt

Marcie: You were kind of rough on Charlie Brown, weren't you, sir?
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: Rough? Look at this! Is this what you call a Thanksgiving day dinner? Did we come across town for this? We're supposed to be served a real Thanksgiving dinner!
Marcie: Now wait a minute, sir. Did he invite you here to dinner, or did you invite yourself, and us, too?
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: Gee, I never thought of it like that. You think I hurt ole Chuck's feelings? I bet I hurt his feelings, huh? Golly, why can't I act right outside of a baseball game?
[short pause]
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: Marcie, maybe you could go to ole Chuck and patch things up for me. Maybe you can tell him how I really feel. Tell him I didn't mean it the way it sounded. Marcie, you can do it. You go and see him and tell him I really like it and I think the dinner's okay with me.
Marcie: Well, I don't know, but I'll try. I think maybe you should go to Chuck and tell him yourself.
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: No, Marcie, I'll just ruin everything. You know I'm too brusque and rough. You go and speak for me.
Marcie: Well, okay.

Linus van Pelt: In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of his brave Indians and a great abundance of food. Governor William Bradford and Captain Miles Standish were honored guests. Elder William Brewster, who was a minister, said a prayer that went something like this: 'We thank God for our homes and our food and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world for freedom and justice."
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: Amen.

Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: What kind of Thanksgiving dinner is this? Where's the turkey, Chuck? Don't you know anything about Thanksgiving dinners? Where's the mashed potatoes? Where's the cranberry sauce? Where's the pumpkin pie?
[Charlie Brown walks away in shame]

Linus van Pelt: This is not unlike another famous Thanksgiving episode. Do you remember the story of John Alden, and Priscilla Mullins, and Captain Miles Standish?
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: This isn't like that one at all.

Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: [appalled by Snoopy's Thanksgiving dinner] What's this? A piece of toast? A pretzel stick? Popcorn? What blockhead cooked all this?

Marcie: What are we going to wear to this big Thanksgiving party, sir? What time do we go?
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: Well kid, I'm gonna go like this. Ole Chuck is pretty cool about dates. He always wears that striped shirt of his.
Franklin: I just talked to Charlie Brown. He said dinner would be served a little earlier.
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: Great, we're ready.
Franklin: You think I should wear a tie?
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: No, you can go as you are, Franklin. I don't think Chuck'll mind. Besides, he didn't say it was formal.

Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: [entering the living room with Marcie] Apologies accepted, Chuck ole boy?
Charlie Brown: Sure.
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: There's enough problems in the world already, Chuck, without these stupid misunderstandings. Let's not play lovers' games, Chuck.
Charlie Brown: [as he and Peppermint Patty shake hands] I agree.
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: [sing-song] You're holding my hand, Chuck, you sly dog.

Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: [as Snoopy places the fake Thanksgiving dinner on the table] Are we going to have a prayer? It's Thanksgiving, you know.
[to Charlie Brown]
Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: Before we're served, shouldn't we say grace?

Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt: [approaching the other guests after Charlie Brown's phone call to his grandmother] We're all invited to Charlie Brown's grandmother's for Thanksgiving dinner.
[the others cheer]