It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
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It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown is the 25th
prime-time animated television special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz.[1] It was originally aired on the CBS network on May 16, 1983.[2] It, along with 1982's A Charlie Brown Celebration, inspired the Saturday Morning series The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
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Format
The special is a compilation consisting of eight individual stories adapted from the stories in the comic strip:
- Sack: Mad Magazine.
- Caddies: Marciebecome golf caddies. They are forced to deal with an obnoxious supervisor and a pair of female golfers whose bickering degenerates into violence. Fed up with their duties, they quit the job, but not before making $1.
- Kite: Charlie Brown, sick of the Kite Eating Tree, bites it as retaliation for eating his kites. Shortly after, he receives a letter from the Environmental Protection Agencythreatening action against him. To evade the EPA, Charlie Brown runs away from home. He wanders into a strange neighborhood and accepts a job offer to coach a younger baseball team, even though this requires that he sleep in a cardboard box at night. Charlie Brown gains the respect and admiration of his players despite their incompetence. He discovers that his new team's first game is against his old team. Charlie Brown's old teammates inform him that he can come home, as the Kite Eating Tree was blown over in a storm, thus clearing his name.
- Song: Lucy comes to Schroeder's house, annoying him while he tries to play many pieces.
- Sally: Sally tells jokes in class. (This story was added as part of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show.)
- Butterfly: Peppermint Patty falls asleep with a butterfly resting on her nose, and Marcie fools her into believing it turned into an angel. Peppermint Patty attempts to contact religious leaders to share her story but is unsuccessful.
- Blanket: Lucy attempts to get rid of Linus's blanket twice: first by burying it and later by turning it into a kite and letting it go. When separated from his blanket, Linus has a panic attack and is desperate to find it. Thankfully, Snoopy goes to great lengths to get his blanket back for him both times.
- Woodstock: Woodstock performs many of his antics in front of Snoopy, who is taking an afternoon nap. (This story was added as part of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show.)
Voice cast
- Michael Catalano as Charlie Brown
- Angela Lee as Lucy van Pelt
- Earl "Rocky" Reilly as Linus van Pelt
- Cindi Reilly as Sally Brown
- Brent Hauer as Peppermint Patty
- Michael Dockery as Marcie
- Brad Schacter as Schroeder
- Brian Jackson as Camp Kids
- Jason Castellano as Camp Kids
- Gerard Goyette Jr. as Caddie Master
- Jenny Lewis as Ruby
- Johnny Graves as Austin
- Joel Graves as Leland
- Jason Muller as Milo
- John Hiestand as Joe Mouth
- Bill Melendez as Snoopy and Woodstock
References
- ISBN 978-1452110912.
- ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
External links
- It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown at IMDb