A Charlie Brown Celebration

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A Charlie Brown Celebration
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Genre Animation
Family
Written by Charles M. Schulz
Directed by Bill Melendez
Voices of Casey Carlson
Shannon Cohn
Christopher Donohoe
Kristen Fullerton
Brent Hauer
Michael Mandy
Earl Reilly
Cindi Reilly
Bill Melendez
Composers Ed Bogas
Judy Munsen
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersLee Mendelson
Bill Melendez
EditorsChuck McCann
Roger Donley
Running time60 minutes
Production companies Bill Melendez Productions
Lee Mendelson Film Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseMay 24, 1982 (1982-05-24)

A Charlie Brown Celebration is the 23rd prime-time animated television special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, who appears in a live-action prologue, and the first hour-long special. [1] It originally aired on the CBS network on May 24, 1982, and consists of a number of stories adapted from the comic strip. [2]

Contents

Michael Mandy returned to reprise his role for Charlie Brown for the final time, as Brad Kesten would take over in Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?

Production

The formula used in this special, several stories with one or two-word titles, was later adapted for the Saturday morning CBS series, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show , which premiered in 1983, and used in another special, It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown . A compilation of short stories also make up You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (both the stage musical and animated special), Snoopy!!! The Musical (both the stage musical and animated special), and Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales . Schulz first toyed with using vignettes in the 1973 special There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown .

There are a number of storylines:

Voice cast

Production notes

Although Lucy taunts Charlie Brown to kick the football in this special, this is the first time she promises never to pull it away again. When Charlie Brown gets ill at a ball game, Lucy promises never to pull the ball away. She does not pull the ball away when Charlie Brown gets better, but he misses and kicks her arm, resulting in her arm being encased in a cast. Charlie Brown is mentioned as kicking it in the It's Magic, Charlie Brown special.

It was the second (and last) episode for Kristen Fullerton as Lucy van Pelt, after when Sydney Penny voiced Lucy in It's Magic, Charlie Brown , Penny decided she would let Fullerton voice Lucy in this episode, she voiced Lucy in Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Celebration, in the next special, Fullerton was replaced by Angela Lee.

This is the first hour-long animated Peanuts special. [3]

Stock footage

Scenes from this special recycle footage and ideas from There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown (1973) and Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971).

In The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show episode "Linus' Security Blanket" the scene where Charlie Brown and his kite get stuck in a tree is different, but in You Can't Win, Charlie Brown the scene where Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and Linus are caught up with his kite on the doghouse is the same.

Home media

A Charlie Brown Celebration was released on VHS in 1987 by Kartes Communications, and again in 1995 from Paramount Home Video, and on DVD from Warner Home Video on October 4, 2016, when it was paired with the 50th anniversary DVD for Charlie Brown's All-Stars .

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References

  1. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 275. ISBN   978-0-8160-6600-1.
  2. ↑ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 66–67. ISBN   0-8108-2198-2 . Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. pp. 137, 148. ISBN   978-1452110912.
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