Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

*Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown*
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown
Genre	Documentary
Created by	Charles M. Schulz
Developed by	Bill Melendez
Directed by	Lee Mendelson
Presented by	Carl Reiner
Voices of	Duncan Watson; Gail Davis; Liam Martin; Lynn Mortensen; Greg Felton; Bill Melendez; Linda Ercoli; Stuart Brotman; James Ahrens
Theme music composer	Vince Guaraldi
Opening theme	"Linus and Lucy"
Ending theme	"Linus and Lucy"
Composer	Vince Guaraldi
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Lee Mendelson
Producers	Warren Lockhart, Lee Mendelson
Production locations	Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California
Editors	Paul Preuss; Chuck McCann
Running time	60 min.
Production companies	Lee Mendelson Film Productions; Bill Melendez Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 9, 1976
Related
	You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (1975); It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown (1976);

Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown is an animated TV documentary that celebrates 25 years of the Peanuts comic strip. The special first aired January 9, 1976 on CBS.^[1] The special includes clips from the previous 14 Peanuts specials and interview segments with creator Charles M. Schulz, with narration by Carl Reiner. The cast in this special (excluding Lynn Mortensen and Linda Ercoli) reprised their roles in a Peanuts movie in 1977.

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A 30th anniversary special, Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown, followed in 1979.

Duncan Watson as Charlie Brown
Lynn Mortensen as Lucy Van Pelt. Mortensen previously voiced Sally Brown in 1974 and 1975.
Liam Martin as Linus Van Pelt
Gail M. Davis as Sally Brown
Greg Felton as Schroeder
Stuart Brotman as Peppermint Patty
James Ahrens as Marcie
Linda Ercoli as Violet
Bill Melendez as Snoopy, Woodstock^[2]

Written and Directed by: Lee Mendelson
Produced by: Lee Mendelson, Warren Lockhart
Associate Producer: Paul Preuss
Director of Photography and Supervising Editor: Chuck Barbee
Animation by: Bill Melendez Productions Inc.
Animation Directed by: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman
Edited by: Paul Preuss, Chuck McCann
Sound Recordist: John Barbee
Sound Recording/Mix: Producers' Sound Service - Hollywood
Camera Assistants: Elizabeth King, Stewart Barbee
Musical Director: Vince Guaraldi
Voice Recording: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, California
Production Staff: Martha Grace, Pat LaFortune
Rotoscope Artist: Charlotte Richardson
Re-Recording by: Andy Wiskes
A Lee Mendelson Production
in association with Charles Schulz Creative Associates
- © Copyright 1976 by United Feature Syndicate

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Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 270. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown at The Big Cartoon Database^{[dead link]}

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[1] [1]
Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 270. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown at The Big Cartoon Database^{[dead link]}

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