Hip-Hop Charlie Brown: Oy
If you never wanted to hear Charlie Brown — or, more accurately, an ABC hired hand imitating Charlie Brown — spitting rhymes over a hip-hop beat, do not press play on the current promo for “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” which played during last night’s edition of “Dancing With the Stars.” Here’s a sample lyric: “But where is Linus?/ This party is posh/ He’s waitin’ in the field/ For a mythical squash.†Charles Schulz is getting a lot of exercise spinning in his grave right now. (FYI: “Great Pumpkin” airs tonight at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.)
