Thanks for the Soundtrack Albums, Charlie Brown!
Three classic Vince Guaraldi soundtracks for Peanuts TV specials have made their debut on records, including A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
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The More the Merrier: Seldom Seen Christmas Specials #2
Here are some additional seasonal offerings from television’s past, suggested by “Cartoon Research” readers.
A “Camp”-y Film: The 45th Anniversary of “Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown”
The New York Times called the film “…a series of droll blackout sketches, many of them ending with the obligatory ‘Good Grief!’
“You’re in Love, Charlie Brown” on Records
A Valentine’s Day look at three Disneyland-Vista vinyl versions of two CBS TV Peanuts specials about Charlie Brown’s love for the little red-haired girl.
Animation Anecdotes #345
Chuck Jones, talking about his animated segment in Stay Tuned (1992) said, “It’s more like the old Warner Bros. cartoons which could be enjoyed by all audiences.”
“Charlie Brown’s All-Stars” on Records
The second CBS “Peanuts” TV special was a big deal in 1966, but it’s received less attention since—an exception being this Disneyland/Vista recording from 1978.
A Chat with Bill Melendez and Bill Littlejohn
Producer-director Bill Meléndez and animator Bill Littlejohn are the subject of this previously lost 1998 interview by Martha and Sol Sigall done for the Animation Guild.
Snoopy and The Sherman Brothers on Records
44 years ago this Thursday, the only Peanuts big-screen “book” musical premiered, capturing the talents of three creative giants on film and records. Here’s a closer look.
A Letter From Bill Melendez
When I was working on my dissertation and future book The Colored Cartoon almost twenty years ago, I wrote to several animators to see what memories they would share about…
“The Fantastic Funnies” (1980)
In 1980, CBS aired a one-hour special called “The Fantastic Funnies”, produced by Lee Mendelson in association with the National Cartoonists Society. Over a dozen cartoonists were interviewed, talking about their work.
