The Dog Days: The 50th Anniversary of “Snoopy, Come Home”
It seemed logical that Snoopy would get own his full-length feature film – and that movie celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year.
It seemed logical that Snoopy would get own his full-length feature film – and that movie celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year.
What better way to celebrate Peanuts than with fine jazz artists playing music from and inspired by the animated specials and the comic strip from which they sprang forth?
“I thought to myself as I was drawing these strips, ‘This is too big for a comic strip. A comic strip really can’t carry a story like this,” says Charles Schulz.
It was a stage musical and a TV special, but how does the second “Peanuts” musical comedy also connect to David Bowie, Disneyland, Roger Rabbit and The Muppets?
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.
When “Peanuts” transcended its comic strip roots and became a part of the American scene in the late ’60s, The Royal Guardsmen made him a recording star.
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Good grief, Charlie Brown! A soundtrack album almost an hour long? FIVE different musical styles? You’re out of your mind, Charlie Brown! A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN Selections from the…
Who were the first people to play Charlie Brown and Lucy before the TV specials? Who played the singing Snoopy and Linus before the stage show? Charles M. Schulz was…