"That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown"

re: "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown"

Chris Barry — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:02:01 GMT

Thanks, Jim! In the language of the show, "For once, you did something right". :grin:

re: "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown"

Chris Barry — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:58:44 GMT

There are only 3 really good Charlie Brown specials IMO: "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "Charlie Brown's All-Stars". The main reason being in that in THOSE specials, the animators stuck very close to Charles Schulz's original drawings (and in those days, Schulz was at the top of his act in that regard). In the later specials, the Peanuts characters looked less and less like themselves. They became exaggerated and downright ugly. True, the strip went downhill too, but IMO the animators could have tried harder to retain Peanuts' original charm. What a pity...

re: "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown"

Chris Barry — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:11:19 GMT

Just a couple of notes: the network also objected to the topic of religion in the show and wanted to use professional voice actors rather than the halting-voiced children that were actually used. I wonder if the CBS would have force those changes on Meldelson is there had been more time? Just wondering: what Disney special did Charlie Brown beat out for the Emmy? Also, who else besides me thinks of Linus and his soliloquy while watching the Candlelight Processional?

re: "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown"

Chris Barry — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:58:04 GMT

An absolute classic! My daughter fell in love with it

recently as I have it on VHS.