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W_Z

Post subject: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:45 pm

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On at 7pm on ABC.

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kissrules73

Post subject: Re: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:17 am

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Always love "A Charlie Brown Christmas" look forward to watching it every year.

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Telegram Sam

Post subject: Re: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:55 am

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Still far superior to "A Chris Brown Christmas in nearly every way.

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Hawg Ass

Post subject: Re: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:25 am

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Watched the last 10 minutes, wished I would have seen the whole thing.

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good dolphin

Post subject: Re: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:33 am

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forget it

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:30 am

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6545283

On Tuesday night, ABC airs what is now a holiday tradition: the animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas, which first aired on CBS in 1965. The show's jazzy soundtrack is a familiar holiday staple, too — but Vince Guaraldi's classic score almost never made it on the air.

Lee Mendelson first paired Guaraldi's music with the Peanuts comic-strip characters for a television documentary about artist Charles Schulz and his pioneering strip.

Excited by the results in the documentary, Mendelson, Schulz and animator Bill Melendez set to work on a Christmas special that featured more of Guaraldi's music. But the network hated both the special and the music.

CBS "didn't think jazz fit properly," Mendelson recalls. The network also wanted professional child actors to do the voices of the characters, not the untrained youngsters Mendelson recruited.

He says the network also objected to the adult themes; they didn't think the topics of materialism and faith were appropriate for children.

Despite their concerns and after a few cosmetic changes, CBS aired the program. It was a hit.

Mendelson and Melendez went on to do 50 Charlie Brown specials, the most recent being last year's He's a Bully, Charlie Brown.

Guaraldi collaborated on 17 shows before he died suddenly at age 43 in 1976 — too early to see his songs become modern symbols of the holiday.

Guaraldi's soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas has never been out of print since it was released 41 years ago. This year, it has been re-released with bonus alternate takes of the classic songs.

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Chus

Post subject: Re: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:12 pm

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My kids love all of the Peanuts cartoons, especially the holiday specials.

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Hawg Ass

Post subject: Re: Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:56 pm

Joined: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm
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Chus wrote:

My kids love all of the Peanuts cartoons, especially the holiday specials.

I qualify as an adult and feel the same way.

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