Peanuts animated specials

The successful comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, has been adapted into 51 animated specials since 1965, most of them released on television. This article describes the history of these programs, including notable sponsors, directors, and voice actors.

Peanuts animated specials
Charles Schulz's Hollywood walk of fame star. It features the 'television receiver' honor, which is for contribution to broadcast television.
Genre	Comedy
Based on	Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Producer	Lee Mendelson Bill Melendez
Theme	"Linus and Lucy"
Composer(s)	Vince Guaraldi Ed Bogas Desirée Goyette David Benoit
Production companies	Bill Melendez Productions United Media Productions Lee Mendelson Film Productions Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (until 2009) WildBrain Studios Peanuts Worldwide, LLC Schulz Studios (since the 2020s)
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (formerly) Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (current, since 2007) WildBrain Distribution
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of specials	51
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History

In the strip, adult voices are heard, though conversations are usually only depicted from the children's end. To translate this aspect to the animated medium, the sound of a trombone with a solotone mute, created by Vince Guaraldi^[1] and played by Dean Hubbard.^[2]

Eight Peanuts-based specials have been made posthumously. Of these, three are tributes to Peanuts or other Peanuts specials, and five are completely new specials based on dialogue from the strips and ideas given to ABC by Schulz before his death. He's a Bully, Charlie Brown, was telecast on ABC on November 20, 2006, following a repeat broadcast of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Airing 43 years after the first special, the premiere of He's a Bully, Charlie Brown was watched by nearly 10 million viewers, winning its time slot and beating a Madonna concert special.^[3]

In October 2007, Warner Home Video acquired worldwide home video rights to the Peanuts TV specials from Paramount Home Entertainment and other distributors. The deal would also allow Warner Bros. to produce new direct-to-video Peanuts content and short-form digital content for release under the Warner Premiere label.^[4]

Accordingly, the streaming rights to Peanuts media are scattered across multiple platforms. The Peanuts Movie, distributed by 20th Century Fox, became part of The Walt Disney Company library and is on Disney+.^[5][6]

Cast

Character	Charlie Brown	Snoopy	Lucy Van Pelt	Linus Van Pelt	Sally Brown	Schroeder	Shermy	Patty	Violet Gray	Frieda	Pig-Pen	Peppermint Patty	Franklin	Marcie
A Charlie Brown Christmas	Peter Robbins	Bill Melendez	Tracy Stratford	Christopher Shea	Cathy Steinberg	Chris Doran		Karen Mendelson	Sally Dryer	Ann Altieri	Geoffrey Ornstein
Charlie Brown's All Stars!			Sally Dryer			Glenn Mendelson	Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter	Lynn Vanderlip	Karen Mendelson
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown							Glenn Mendelson	Lisa DeFaria	Ann Altieri		Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter
You're in Love Charlie Brown												Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter
He's Your Dog Charlie Brown
It Was a Short Summer Charlie Brown			Pamelyn Ferdin	Glenn Gilger	Hilary Momberger	John Daschback	David Carey			Ann Altieri	Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter	Christopher DeFaria
Play It Again	Chris Inglis			Stephen Shea	Hilary Momberger	Danny Hjeim				Lynda Mendelson	Chris Inglis	Christopher DeFaria
You're Not Elected	Chad Webber		Robin Kohn			Brian Kazanjian			Linda Ercoli
There's No Time for Love Charlie Brown												Christopher DeFaria	Todd Barbee	Jimmy Ahrens
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving	Todd Barbee												Robin Reed
It's A Mystery Charlie Brown			Melanie Kohn		Lynn Mortensen						Tom Muller	Donna LeTourneau
It's the Easter Beagle Charlie Brown						Todd Barbee						Linda Ercoli
Be My Valentine Charlie Brown	Duncan Watson					Greg Felton			Linda Ercoli
You're a Good Sport Charlie Brown				Liam Martin	Gail Davis							Stuart Brotman	Duncan Watson	Jimmy Ahrens
It's Arbor Day	Dylan Beach		Sarah Beach			Greg Felton				Michelle Muller
What a Nightmare	Liam Martin
It's Your First Kiss	Arrin Skelley		Michelle Muller	Daniel Anderson								Laura Planting	Ronald Hendrix
You're the Greatest												Patricia Patts		Casey Carlson
She's a Good Skate
Life Is a Circus	Michael Mandy		Kristin Fullerton	Rocky Reilly		Christopher Donohoe						Brent Hauer		Shannon Cohn
A Charlie Brown Celebration					Cindi Reilly								Christopher Donohoe
It's Magic			Sydney Penny
Someday You'll Find Her	Grant Wehr
It's an Adventure	Michael Catalano		Angela Lee		Cindi Reilly	Brad Schacter						Brent Hauer		Michael Dockery
Is This Goodbye	Brad Kesten			Jeremy Schoenberg	Stacy Heather Tolkin	Kevin Brando						Victoria Vargas	Kevin Brando
What Have We Learned
It's Flashbeagle			Jessica Lee Smith	David Wagner	Fergie	Kevin Brando					Joe Chemay	Gini Holtzman		Keri Houlihan
You're a Good Man		Robert Towers			Tiffany Reinbolt	Jeremy Scott Reinbolt								Michael Dockery
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown	Chad Allen	Bill Melendez		Jeremy Miller
Snoopy: The Musical
It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown
Why, Charlie Brown, Why?
Snoopy's Reunion
It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown!
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown!
It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown!
It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown
A Charlie Brown Valentine
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
He's a Bully, Charlie Brown
Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown
Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne	Etienne Kellici
Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown	Tyler Nathan
Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love	Etienne Kellici
Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin

See also

• Peanuts filmography

External links

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