(courtesy First Showing (c) AppleTV+) If you’re of a certain age, you will be well acquainted with how good Peanuts specials are for your heart, your mental health and your general sense of glowing wellbeing. Three of the most well-known of the 52 animated specials in existence are A Charlie Continue Reading
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Happy festive 75th anniversary Peanuts! Review of Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales
(courtesy Amazon) SNAPSHOTThe special consists of a series of vignettes, each one starring a different member of the Peanuts gang in various Christmas time situations. (courtesy Peanuts wiki) You have to feel a little sorry for any of the Peanuts’ Christmas specials that followed in the wake of the classic A Charlie Continue Reading
Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air − and why it endures (curated article)
(courtesy IMDb) In 2024, the beloved special is streaming on Apple TV+. Stephen Lind, University of Southern California It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple – etched into traditions across generations like decorating the tree or sipping hot Continue Reading
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown #ValentinesDay
(courtesy IMDb) Love, sweet love … ain’t it the greatest? Well, yes, but not if you’re Charlie Brown sadly and no one, I repeat no one, is giving you Valentines, and in public, on the big day! The attitude, as expressed by Lucy (Melanie Kohn) in her trademark scornfully dismissive Continue Reading
She’s gloriously unique: Thoughts on watching One-of-a-kind Marcie
(courtesy IMP Awards) One of the great joys of Peanuts, the warmly iconic comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, is how he always loved and revered the underdog. He was realistic enough to know that underdogs didn’t always have the easiest time of it, but in Charlie Brown, Linus, and Continue Reading
Let’s celebrate glorious uniqueness with Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
(courtesy IMDb 9c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTOne-of-a-Kind Marcie follows Marcie, an introvert who loves her solitude but also enjoys helping her friends. As they train for the school golf championship, Marcie assists Peppermint Patty as her caddie, offering thoughtful and deliberate advice to help her win. Meanwhile, after coming up with brilliant Continue Reading
Book review: Charles M. Schulz – The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects by Benjamin L. Clark, Nat Gertler and the Charles M. Schulz Museum
(courtesy Simon & Schuster) When you have loved Peanuts as long as this review has, it’s all too easy to assume you know everything about the comic strip and its creator, the legendarily talented Charles M. Schulz. But even though I started buying secondhand copies for twenty and thirty cents Continue Reading
Get ready for more paw-esome adventures: The Snoopy Show drops season 3 trailer
(courtesy YouTube (c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTThe world’s most famous beagle is back again for his close-up! Dig into new adventures with Snoopy, along with his best pal, Woodstock, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Produced for Apple TV+ by Peanuts and WildBrain, the series is directed by Rob Boutilier (Snoopy Continue Reading
On 3rd day of Christmas … I watched retro special It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
Christmas isn’t Christmas without the gang from Charles M. Schulz’s much-loved comic strip, Peanuts, making a very welcome appearance. While most people will generally play the 1965 classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas – and for good reason; it’s a sublime piece of festive joy – it’s 1992 successor, It’s Christmastime Continue Reading
Teaching isn’t as easy as it sounds: Find out why in new Peanuts animated special, Lucy’s School + season 2 trailer for The Snoopy Show
SNAPSHOTThe Peanuts gang are anxious about starting at a new school in the Fall, inspiring Lucy to start her own school instead, but teaching isn’t as easy as it sounds. ‘Lucy’s School’ is a love letter to teachers, and an appreciation of the impact a teacher can have on a Continue Reading