He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown

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He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown
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GenreAnimated television special
Created by Charles M. Schulz
Written byCharles M. Schulz
Directed by Bill Melendez
Voices of Peter Robbins
Gai DeFaria
Chris Shea
Sally Dryer
Bill Melendez
Ann Altieri
Lisa DeFaria
Matthew Liftin
Glenn Mendelson
Theme music composer Vince Guaraldi
Ending theme"He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown"
ComposersVince Guaraldi
John Scott Trotter
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers Lee Mendelson
Bill Melendez
EditorsRobert T. Gillis
Steven Melendez
Camera setupNick Vasu
Running time25:05
Production companies Lee Mendelson Film Productions
Bill Melendez Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseFebruary 14, 1968 (1968-02-14)
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He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown is the fifth prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally broadcast on the CBS network on February 14, 1968. [1]

Contents

Plot

Snoopy's persistent mischief is angering the other kids in the neighborhood, and they all demand that Charlie Brown do something about it, as Snoopy is his dog. To appease them, Charlie Brown decides to send a reluctant Snoopy back to his birthplace, the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, for obedience training. As it is a two-day trip, Charlie Brown calls Peppermint Patty and asks to let Snoopy stay there for one night en route; Peppermint Patty agrees, but a scheming Snoopy decides to stay on and has her waiting on him hand and foot, which confuses her.

A week later, the Puppy Farm calls Charlie Brown to inform him that Snoopy never arrived. Realizing Snoopy is still at Peppermint Patty's house, Charlie Brown goes over to her house with a leash to take Snoopy home, but the dog escapes and runs back. Peppermint Patty lets Snoopy stay, but instead of returning to the easy life he enjoyed before, she puts him to work doing menial chores, much to his dismay.

As the other children start to miss Snoopy, Charlie Brown tries again to bring him home, but Snoopy breaks the leash and sends Charlie Brown away. Devastated by Snoopy’s refusal to return home, Charlie Brown and the kids call out for him to come home. That night, while doing dishes, Snoopy, having had enough, becomes infuriated and starts breaking dishes, and Peppermint Patty puts him in the garage as punishment. While there, Snoopy realizes that he had a better life at home and starts to howl incessantly. When Peppermint Patty comes out to check on him, he knocks her down, dashes out the garage, gathers all his belongings from inside the house and runs back home to an overjoyed Charlie Brown, with whom he compromises on promising to behave if his master does not send him away. The next day, after taking Linus on a wild blanket ride and picking a fight with Lucy, the other children are also glad that Snoopy is back. Contented, Snoopy goes to nap on his dog house.

Cast

Roy appears but does not have a speaking role.

Credits

Production notes

He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown was the last Peanuts special featuring the majority of the original voice cast from the first Peanuts special, A Charlie Brown Christmas . [2] It was also the first special to credit Bill Melendez as the voice of Snoopy.

Both He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown and You're in Love, Charlie Brown were nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming in 1968. [3]

Stock footage from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) is used when Snoopy flies on his doghouse.

The ending segment where Snoopy and Lucy quarrel was inspired by a comic strip storyline that originally ran May 24–29, 1965. It was later adapted for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983) episode "Snoopy: Man's Best Friend" and the French television series Peanuts (2014) episode "L'amour du risque".[ citation needed ]

Music score

The music score for He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown was composed by Vince Guaraldi (except where noted) and conducted and arranged by John Scott Trotter. [4] The score was recorded by the Vince Guaraldi Quintet on January 11, 1968, at United Western Recorders, featuring John Gray (guitar), Frank Strozier (alto saxophone, flute), Ralph Peña (bass), and Colin Bailey (drums). [5]

Retitled variations of several songs previously released on Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown ("Pebble Beach," "Schroeder") were featured in He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown. [4]

  1. "Red Baron" (version 1)
  2. "Red Baron" (version 2)
  3. "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown" (version 1)
  4. "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown" (version 2)
  5. "Peppermint Patty" (version 1)
  6. "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown" (version 3)
  7. "Bon Voyage"
  8. "Peppermint Patty" (version 2)
  9. "Oh, Good Grief" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson )
  10. "Happiness Theme"
  11. "Charlie Brown and His All-Stars"
  12. "Red Baron" (version 3)
  13. "Schroeder's Wolfgang" (variation of "Choro," from the Guaraldi/Bola Sete album From All Sides )
  14. "Red Baron" (version 4)
  15. "Housewife Theme" (flute variation of "Pebble Beach", version 1)
  16. "Beethoven Theme" (retitled version of "Schroeder")
  17. "Housewife Theme" (flute variation of "Pebble Beach", version 2)
  18. "Blue Charlie Brown" (slow version)
  19. "The Red Baron" (version 5, minor key)
  20. "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown" (version 4)
  21. "Linus and Lucy"
  22. "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown" (version 5, end credits)

No official soundtrack for He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown was commercially released. However, variations of "Peppermint Patty", "The Red Baron," "Oh, Good Grief," "Linus and Lucy," and the eponymous theme song (mistitled "It's Your Dog, Charlie Brown"), were released on the 1968 album Oh Good Grief! . [4] [6]

Home media

He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown was rebroadcast yearly on CBS between February 1969 and June 1972.

The special was first released on home media in 1982 on RCA's SelectaVision CED format, along with Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown , It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown , and Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown . It was later released on VHS in 1987 by Hi-Tops Video. Snoopy Double Feature Vol. 2, a VHS release containing He's Your Dog and It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown , was released on March 9, 1994 (it would later be re-issued in 1997 after Viacom bought Paramount). The first DVD release came on July 7, 2009, in remastered form as part of the DVD box set Peanuts 1960s Collection. A separate DVD of the special and Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown was released on September 21, 2010.

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  2. ↑ Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. pp. 80–89, 191–192. ISBN   978-1452110912.
  3. ↑ Lee Mendelson Film Productions Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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