Peanuts animated specials
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| Peanuts animated specials | |
|---|---|
 Charles Schulz's Hollywood walk of fame star. It features the 'television receiver' honor, which is for contribution to broadcast television. | |
| 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) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (formerly) Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (current, since 2007) WildBrain Distribution |
| 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]
In October 2007, Warner Home Video acquired worldwide home video rights to the Peanuts TV specials from Paramount Home Entertainment and other distributors. The deal would also allow Warner Bros. to produce new direct-to-video Peanuts content and short-form digital content for release under the Warner Premiere label.[4]
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+.[5][6]
Cast
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[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.
- ^ Arnold, Thomas K. (October 4, 2007), "WHV holds ball for Charlie Brown", The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on October 20, 2007, retrieved February 29, 2008
- ^ "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.