1983 10:30 on CBS: THE CHARLIE BROWN AND SNOOPY SHOW

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

At 10:30 in the morning on CBS in 1983, you got something pretty darned special - The Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show! These characters had been around since 1950 and been the subject of several movies and seasonal television specials, but never before - not even during the HEIGHT of popularity in the 1960's - had there ever been a weekly cartoon!

The show was pretty straightforward and easy to produce, as they had over 30 years of "storyboards" to pull from - and that's exactly what they did. Direct adaptations of the comic strips. It was quite brilliant! Produced by Bill Melendez, whose animation studio generally specialized in specials, these episodes fit seamlessly with all the existing movies and specials that had already been produced!

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[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I love all the Peanuts holiday specials, too - it's become TRADITION for me to yell at the TV each year when the trim the Charlie Brown Christmas in order to make room for more commercials (considering that the whole message of the special is ant-commercialism)!

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

Exactly LOLOL. My mother is a huge fan and she does the yelling " Why are there so many f**king commercials??? Didn't they just have one???"