It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown

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It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown
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GenreAnimated television special
Created by Charles M. Schulz
Written byCharles M. Schulz
Directed bySam Jaimes
Voices of
Composer Judy Munsen
Country of originUnited States
Production
Executive producer Lee Mendelson
ProducerBill Melendez
Camera setupNick Vasu
Running time23:00
Production companies Lee Mendelson Film Productions
Bill Melendez Productions
Original release
Release1992 (unaired)
January 9, 1996 (1996-01-09) (VHS)
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It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown is the 35th prime-time animated television special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. [1] It was produced in 1992, but unlike previous specials, it was not shown on CBS. It remained unseen until Paramount released it on VHS on January 9, 1996 alongside 1966's Charlie Brown's All-Stars . The special was released by Warner Home Video on the DVD Happiness is ... Peanuts: Go Snoopy Go! on October 9, 2012.

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The show's first television airing was on Nickelodeon on February 23, 1998. [2]

Plot

The special follows the spring training of Charlie Brown's baseball team, which is having problems. A child named Leland joins the team. Lucy points out that they are the only team without uniforms, so Charlie Brown and his team train hard for the first game of the season. Thanks to Leland, Charlie Brown's team wins, 27 to 26, therefore getting their uniforms (A recurring plot line is that Leland is so short the other team's pitcher either constantly walks him or beans him in his batting helmet). However, the team loses their next game because Leland has to quit because their new uniforms are too big for him, with Charlie Brown saying at the end, "It's not how you look, it's how you play the game."

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References

  1. ↑ Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. pp. 164, 170, 171. ISBN   978-1452110912.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 326. ISBN   978-0-8160-6600-1.
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