A Charlie Brown Celebration

A Charlie Brown Celebration (1982)

Introduced by creator Charles M. Schulz, this special follows the Peanuts gang through a series of individual comic strip adaptations, including Peppermint Patty accidentally attending a dog obedience school and Lucy trying to win Schroeder's heart by destroying his piano. Chaos peaks when Charlie Brown lands in the hospital with a mysterious illness, prompting a guilt-ridden Lucy to make a dramatic promise regarding her infamous football gag if he recovers.

Date of release
1982-05-24
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (25)
Runtime
48m
Genres
Animation, Family, Comedy, TV Movie
Director
Bill Melendez

Casting

Interesting facts

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. It originally aired on the CBS network on May 24, 1982 and consists of a number of stories adapted from the comic strip.

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.

"School": Charlie Brown, Sally Brown, Lucy van Pelt, Linus van Pelt, and Schroeder are going to school. The others are going into third grade, but Sally is going into first grade.

"Kite": Charlie Brown is flying a kite while Snoopy is resting, and Lucy and Linus are talking about Edgar Allan Poe.

"Charlie Brown's School Days": Charlie Brown, Linus, Sally, Peppermint Patty, and Franklin are going to school.

"Sally": Sally, Eudora, and Snoopy are at summer camp. Eudora teases Snoopy.

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