It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown - Remastered Deluxe DVD

From the "oh my god I can't believe I missed this last week!" file: It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown has been re-released as a Remastered Deluxe Edition on DVD as of last Tuesday, September 2nd.

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is staple Halloween viewing for me. I can remember vividly what an 'event' it was to sit down with fresh baked pumpkin seeds (from my newly carved jack o' lantern) and watch that spinning CBS Special logo and get all goosebumply.

Back to the DVD: I love the new pumpkin orange packaging. That'll stand out nicely in the Halloween section of my DVD shelf.

But the question you're asking is, "Is it worth it for the double dip?" Short answer: yes.

Long answer and reason why you should buy:
1) Inside the DVD is a code for you to redeem TWO songs on iTunes from the Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits CD. That's FREE CHARLIE BROWN MUSIC. Sweet.

2) It's been remastered. Does it look good on my standard def TV?
Ummmmm... sure.
Did the old DVD look good too?
Sure.
To tell you the truth, I'm not the best judge of these things. Unless there was a huge waving film scratch down the middle like in the old films we watched in elementary school, then I'm not gonna notice.
All in all: it looks good. I'll take it that they paid some tech guys good money to make it pretty-pretty.

3) The special feature, “We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown,” about the creation of Great Pumpkin. It's a fairly standard doc with interviews with executive producer Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez, Schulz family members, and historians. But it is great.

So there are your reasons. Pick it up. I'll be grabbing my copy (hopefully) when I hit Target next week.