You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special)

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is the 29th prime-time animated

Animation

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TV special based upon the popular comic strip

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

Peanuts
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...

, by Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...

. This adaptation of the 1967 musical

Musical theatre

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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts...

originally aired on the CBS

CBS

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network on November 6, 1985.

Contents of the program

The program opens with the other Peanuts characters singing the title song to Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown

Charles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie...

.

In the next scene, Schroeder

Schroeder (Peanuts)

Schroeder is a fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. He is distinguished by his precocious skill at playing the toy piano, as well as by his love of classical music and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in particular...

plays Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

's "Moonlight Sonata" and Lucy

Lucy van Pelt

Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip :Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the main bully and the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is a crabby and cynical eight-year old girl, and often bullies the other characters in the strip,...

sings along. She tries to tell him that they should get married. Schroeder ignores her, then Lucy says, "My Aunt Marian was right, never try to discuss marriage with a musician."

Charlie Brown hopes for the first time to be able to keep a kite

Kite

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but he once again fails. Sally writes a letter to Ann Flanders about the Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

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card she gets. Charlie Brown writes a letter to his pencil pal about his downfall at his baseball

Baseball

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game.

Charlie Brown gives Lucy a Valentine's Day card and mistakenly says "This is for you Lucy, Merry Christmas

Christmas

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!" Charlie Brown sees Marcie

Marcie (Peanuts)

Marcie is a bespectacled fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. She serves as comedic foil and best friend to tomboy Peppermint Patty, plays a supporting role in some of Snoopy's heroic fantasies, and displays a romantic interest in Charlie Brown, who seems to love...

and thinks that she is going to give him a Valentine's Day card but she does not. Lucy comes up to Schroeder again and talks about saucepans, and, again, Schroeder cannot stand it.

Snoopy imagines that he is a wild animal. Charlie Brown, Schroeder, Linus, and Lucy work on their book reports on Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit is a fictional anthropomorphic character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter. He first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. Spinoff merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, and dolls...

("Book Report"). Lucy teaches Linus about nature in her own way while Charlie Brown tries to correct her, but to no avail.

Voice cast

Brad Kesten - Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown
Charles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie...

(speaking/singing)
David T. Wagner - Linus van Pelt
Linus van Pelt
Linus van Pelt is a character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. The best friend of Charlie Brown, Linus is also the younger brother of Lucy van Pelt and older brother of Rerun van Pelt. He first appeared on September 19, 1952; however, he was not mentioned by name until three days later....

(credited as David Wagner)
Jessica Lee Smith - Lucy van Pelt
Lucy van Pelt
Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip :Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the main bully and the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is a crabby and cynical eight-year old girl, and often bullies the other characters in the strip,...

(credited as Jessie Lee Smith)
Tiffany Reinbolt - Sally Brown
Sally Brown
Sally Brown is the younger sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz. She was first mentioned in early 1959 and throughout a long series of strips before her first appearance in August 1959.-Appearance:...
Jeremy Reinbolt - Schroeder
Schroeder (Peanuts)
Schroeder is a fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. He is distinguished by his precocious skill at playing the toy piano, as well as by his love of classical music and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in particular...

(credited as Jeremy Scott Reinbolt)
Michael Dockery - Marcie
Robert Towers
Robert Towers
-Animated roles:* Doctor Dolittle - Various Animals* Kidd Video - Cool Cat* Pole Position - Additional Voices-Film roles:* Masters of the Universe - Karg* Switch - Mental Patient...

-Snoopy
Snoopy
Snoopy is an fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. He is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly conventional dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character—and among the most recognizable...

(singing and speaking)
Bill Melendez
Bill Melendez
José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez was a Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers, UPA and the Peanuts series...

- Snoopy (non-speaking) and Woodstock
Woodstock (Peanuts)
Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. He is Snoopy's closest friend and, after Snoopy, the most recognized non-human in the strip.-History:...

Production credits

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

Created by

Charles M. Schulz

Book, Music and Lyrics by

Clark Gesner

Clark Gesner was an American composer, songwriter, author, and actor. He is probably best known for composing You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a musical adaptation of the Charles M...

Musical Director

Desirée Goyette

Desirée Goyette is a singer, composer, lyricist and voice-over artist. She has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and has voiced such characters as Betty Boop, Barbie, Nermal, Petunia Pig, Honey Bunny and numerous others for radio, television and toys...

Produced by

Lee Mendelson

Lee Mendelson is an American television producer. He is best known as the executive producer of the many Peanuts animated specials....

and

Bill Melendez

José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez was a Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers, UPA and the Peanuts series...

Directed by

Sam Jaimes

based upon the play, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown by

Clark Gesner

Clark Gesner was an American composer, songwriter, author, and actor. He is probably best known for composing You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a musical adaptation of the Charles M...

and The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by

Charles M. Schulz

Orchestra Conducted by

Ed Bogas

Ed Bogas, born Edgar Noel Bogas, and sometimes credited as Edward Bogas, is an American rock musician and composer and whose work has been featured in films, animations, and video games.-Career:...

Associate Producer

Desirée Goyette

Evert Brown

Bernie Gruver

Dean Spille

Leo Moran

Leo Moran is best known as lead guitarist and sometimes vocalist in the Irish folk rock band The Saw Doctors....

Utit Choomuang

Animation by

Bill Littlejohn

William Charles Littlejohn was an American animator and union organizer. Littlejohn worked on both animated shorts and features from the 1930s through to the 1990s...

Hank Smith

Hank "Henry" Smith was a cartoon animator, who worked for many Hollywood animation studios during the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. His work includes numerous cartoons for television, including many featuring Mr. Magoo, The Road Runner, Fat Albert, and many of the Peanuts television specials with...

Larry Leichliter

Al Pabian

Lefty Callahan

Bob Matz

Robert "Bob" Matz was an American animator. He worked on various animated shorts, films, and television projects, such as Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, The Pink Panther, and The Transformers: The Movie.-1960-1961:...

Leslie Margolin

Checking

Cynthia Goode

Jane Gonzales

Moley McColley

Ink and Paint Supervisor

Joanne Lansing

Ink and Paint

Mickey Kreymann

Joan Pabian

Emalene Seutter

Valerie Green

Karin Holmquist

Elsa La Baw

Evelyn Hairapetian

Karen Webb

Colene Gonzales

Lee Hoffman

Lee Hoffman, born Shirley Bell Hoffman, was an American science fiction fan, an editor of early folk music fanzines, and an author of science fiction, Western and romance novels.In 1950-53, she edited and published the highly-regarded science fiction fanzine, Quandry...

Barbara Hiestand

Teale Wang

Roubina Janian

Lee Guttman

Editing

Chuck McCann

Chuck McCann is a film actor, television actor, stage actor, and a voice actor from Brooklyn, New York.-Early career:...

Julie Maryon

Production Manager

Carole Barnes

Production Assistants

Sandy Claxton Arnold

Carol Neal

Glenn Mendelson

Lynda Mendelson

Lynda Mendelson is a former child actress noted for providing the voice of "Frieda" in several Peanuts animated films during the early 1970s. Later in life she has worked behind the scenes in various capacities within the film production industry...

Joanna Loccisano

Camera: Nick Vasu
Dubbing: Glen Glenn Sound
Glen Glenn Sound
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Voice Recording: Hollywood Recording
Music Recording: Russian Hill Recording
Color: Technicolor
Technicolor
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A Lee Mendelson-Bill Melendez Production

in association with

Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates

and United Media Productions

THE END

"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"

DVD release

Warner Home Video released You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on DVD for the first time on January 26, 2010, as a part of their Charlie Brown "Remastered Deluxe Edition" line. The DVD, for once in the line, did not include a bonus special on the disc. It did, however, include a featurette entitled "Animating a Charlie Brown Musical".

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