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Boy Named Charlie Brown, A

A less well-loved entry in the canon, mainly because it’s a subtler, more downbeat affair than most, with Blockhead entering spelling bees, Linus suffering blanket withdrawal symptoms, that funny-looking kid ice-skating, and a bit of sub-Fantasia abstract son et lumiere thrown in for good measure. We’d much rather see Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (the one where they get stranded in France, and Linus teaches American kids the difference between the Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth), or better yet You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown (with Joe Cool!)

3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Lee James Turnock

    May 21, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    Snoopy Come Home never gets a mention, because it’s officially one of the most depressing films ever made.

  2. Tom Ronson

    March 31, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    I think this has stood the test of time better than the other, more polished Peanuts films – aside from the experimental sequences (Snoopy dancing on ice and playing solo ice hockey at New York’s Rockefeller Plaza, the National Anthem before the baseball game, Schroeder’s Beethoven fantasia) and Rod McKuen’s iffy songs, it has a real lo-fi, low-budget, indie charm about it.

  3. Richardpd

    December 27, 2023 at 11:10 pm

    Apart from occasional outings of the recent CGI film it’s hard to see any motion picture version of Peanuts.

    At one time these were a favourite of bank holidays, as well as the Charlie Brown & Snoopy Show being reshown every few years.

    Snoopy seemed to be one of those merchandise based characters, who like Betty Boop was bought by a few generations of teenage girls with no idea of the origin of the character, but even now it’s hard to see anything Peanuts related around aside from the odd joke on Family Guy.

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