Peanuts animated specials
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| Peanuts animated specials | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Based on | |
| Producer | |
| Theme | "Linus and Lucy" |
| Composer(s) | |
| Production companies | Bill Melendez Productions United Media Productions Lee Mendelson Film Productions Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (until 2009) WildBrain Studios Peanuts Worldwide, LLC Schulz Studios (from 2020s) Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of specials | 51 |
The successful comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, has been adapted into 51 animated specials since 1965, most of them released on television. This article describes the history of these programs, including notable sponsors, directors, and voice actors.
History
[edit]In the strip, adult voices are heard, though conversations are usually only depicted from the children's end. To translate this aspect to the animated medium, the sound of a trombone with a solotone mute, created by Vince Guaraldi[1] and played by Dean Hubbard.[2]
Eight Peanuts-based specials have been made posthumously. Of these, three are tributes to Peanuts or other Peanuts specials, and five are completely new specials based on dialogue from the strips and ideas given to ABC by Schulz before his death. He's a Bully, Charlie Brown, was telecast on ABC on November 20, 2006, following a repeat broadcast of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Airing 43 years after the first special, the premiere of He's a Bully, Charlie Brown was watched by nearly 10 million viewers, winning its time slot and beating a Madonna concert special.[3]
Accordingly, the streaming rights to Peanuts media are scattered across multiple platforms. The Peanuts Movie, distributed by 20th Century Fox, became part of The Walt Disney Company library and is on Disney+.[4][5]
Cast
[edit]| Character | Charlie Brown | Snoopy | Lucy Van Pelt | Linus Van Pelt | Sally Brown | Schroeder | Shermy | Patty | Violet Gray | Frieda | Pig-Pen | Peppermint Patty | Franklin | Marcie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Charlie Brown Christmas | Peter Robbins | Bill Melendez | Tracy Stratford | Christopher Shea | Cathy Steinberg | Chris Doran | Karen Mendelson | Sally Dryer | Ann Altieri | Geoffrey Ornstein | ||||
| Charlie Brown's All Stars! | Sally Dryer | Glenn Mendelson | Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter | Lynn Vanderlip | Karen Mendelson | |||||||||
| It's the Great Pumpkin | Glenn Mendelson | Lisa DeFaria | Ann Altieri | Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter | ||||||||||
| You're in Love | Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter | |||||||||||||
| He's Your Dog | ||||||||||||||
| It Was a Short Summer | Pamelyn Ferdin | Glenn Gilger | Hilary Momberger | John Daschback | David Carey | Ann Altieri | Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter | Christopher DeFaria | ||||||
| A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Erin Sullivan | Andy Pforsich | Sally Dryer | Ann Altieri | Lynda Mendelson | Christopher DeFaria | ||||||||
| Play It Again | Chris Inglis | Stephen Shea | Hilary Momberger | Danny Hjeim | Chris Inglis | Christopher DeFaria | ||||||||
| Snoopy Come Home | Chad Webber | Robin Kohn | David Carey | |||||||||||
| You're Not Elected | Brian Kazanjian | Linda Ercoli | ||||||||||||
| There's No Time for Love | Christopher DeFaria | Todd Barbee | Jimmy Ahrens | |||||||||||
| A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving | Todd Barbee | Robin Reed | ||||||||||||
| It's A Mystery | Melanie Kohn | Lynn Mortensen | Tom Muller | Donna LeTourneau | ||||||||||
| It's the Easter Beagle | Todd Barbee | Linda Ercoli | ||||||||||||
| Be My Valentine | Duncan Watson | Greg Felton | Linda Ercoli | |||||||||||
| You're a Good Sport | Liam Martin | Gail Davis | Stuart Brotman | Duncan Watson | Jimmy Ahrens | |||||||||
| Race For Your Life | Greg Felton | |||||||||||||
| It's Arbor Day | Dylan Beach | Sarah Beach | Michelle Muller | |||||||||||
| What a Nightmare | Liam Martin | |||||||||||||
| It's Your First Kiss | Arrin Skelley | Michelle Muller | Daniel Anderson | Laura Planting | Ronald Hendrix | |||||||||
| You're the Greatest | Patricia Patts | Casey Carlson | ||||||||||||
| Bon Voyage | Laura Planting | Annalisa Bortolin | ||||||||||||
| She's a Good Skate | ||||||||||||||
| Life Is a Circus | Michael Mandy | Kristin Fullerton | Rocky Reilly | Christopher Donohoe | Brent Hauer | Shannon Cohn | ||||||||
| A Charlie Brown Celebration | Cindi Reilly | Christopher Donohoe | ||||||||||||
| It's Magic | Sydney Penny | |||||||||||||
| Someday You'll Find Her | Grant Wehr | |||||||||||||
| It's an Adventure | Michael Catalano | Angela Lee | Cindi Reilly | Brad Schacter | Brent Hauer | Michael Dockery | ||||||||
| Is This Goodbye | Brad Kesten | Jeremy Schoenberg | Stacy Heather Tolkin | Kevin Brando | Victoria Vargas | Kevin Brando | ||||||||
| What Have We Learned | ||||||||||||||
| It's Flashbeagle | Jessica Lee Smith | David Wagner | Fergie | Kevin Brando | Joe Chemay | Gini Holtzman | Keri Houlihan | |||||||
| You're a Good Man | Robert Towers | Tiffany Reinbolt | Jeremy Scott Reinbolt | Michael Dockery | ||||||||||
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Martin (8 October 2020). "Charlie Brown And The Peanuts Soundtrack: The Music of Vince Guaraldi". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Just for Brass – Music Fact of the Day: The noise of ..." Facebook.com. April 18, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ de Moraes, Lisa (November 29, 2006). "Charlie Brown Feasts, Madonna Gets the Crumbs". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Snoopy, Charlie Brown and friends land at Apple TV+ in expanded partnership with WildBrain for new original shows and specials". Apple TV+. October 19, 2020.
- ^ Bean, Travis (August 7, 2020). "Every New Movie Coming To Netflix, HBO Max And Disney+ This Weekend". Forbes. Retrieved August 14, 2020.