When television producer Lee Mendelson heard jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi's hit single "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" on his car radio, he thought he had found the right composer for the ...
On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" premiered on television. In 1995, Peanuts creator Charles Schulz spoke with ...
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How a humble TV special turned ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ into a beloved holiday tradition
When A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted on December 9, 1965, skeptics doubted its charm, fearing its slow pace and simple animation would fall flat. Yet the heartfelt story, timeless humor, and ...
When it was first broadcast in December 1965, no one was quite sure what to make of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first “Peanuts” tale ever shown on TV. Untrained children did the characters’ ...
In the early 1960s, budding filmmaker Lee Mendelson made a documentary about baseball player Willie Mays that aired on NBC. When he was looking for his next project, he turned to the newspaper. “I was ...
Say goodbye to summer and hello to back-to-school season with Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy and the rest of the squad in the upcoming Apple TV+ Peanuts special Lucy’s School. For Lucy’s School, ...
If an hour-long anthology special airs with no memorable shorts, does it really make a sound? Not in this case, where an utterly generic title sets the stage for the ho-hum collection of cartoons that ...
Sharon McDonald can't be sure, but she's willing to speculate that her older brother Colin probably felt like many older siblings when she arrived in the world eight years ago. A moment of disbelief ...
Orlando and Orange County have proclaimed “A Charlie Brown Christmas Day” to mark Orlando Family Stage’s part in the TV ...
Lucy sets a record by being crabby for a thousand days. Lucy asks if she is a crabby person. Snoopy sips from Lucy's straw without her knowing. The Easter Beagle hides eggs and Lucy misses out. Lucy ...
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and co., have appeared everywhere from comic strips to television to the Macy’s Day Parade, but Charles Schulz’s beloved characters will return to the big screen when the Peanuts ...
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