The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show | |
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Also known as | You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown |
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Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
Based on | Peanuts Peanuts animated specials by Charles M. Schulz |
Written by | Charles M. Schulz |
Directed by |
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Voices of | See below |
Opening theme | "Let's Have a Party" sung by Desirée Goyette (season 2) |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Lee Mendelson |
Producers |
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Production locations | Los Angeles, US |
Editor | Chuck McCann |
Running time | 23 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 17, 1983 October 12, 1985 | –
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (known as You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown during reruns on
Due to lower-than-expected ratings, in an attempt to boost viewership, CBS moved the series to 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time early in 1984. It did not help the ratings much, and while the show was not formally cancelled in 1984, further production was on hiatus, and in 1985, CBS ordered five new episodes for what would be a second and final season. Early in 1986, CBS dropped the show after a ratings recession.
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is one of the few television series produced by Bill Melendez, whose animation studio generally produced specials.[2]
The show reaired on
from 1986 to 2005.Voice cast
Typical for an animated Peanuts production, the characters were performed by real children, and there was a large cast turnover between the first and second season due to many of the child actors maturing out of their roles, leaving only Jeremy Schoenberg, Jason Muller and Bill Melendez to remain.[4]
Season 1 (1983)
- Brad Kesten as Charlie Brown
- Stacy Heather Tolkin as Sally Brown and Truffles
- Angela Lee as Lucy van Pelt
- Jeremy Schoenberg as Linus van Peltand Floyd
- Kevin Brando as Schroeder, 5, and Thibault
- Jason Muller as Rerun van Pelt
- Victoria Vargas as Peppermint Patty
- Michael Dockery as Marcie and Shermy
- Mary Tunnell as Frieda and Eudora
- Bill Melendez as Snoopy and Woodstock
Season 2 (1985)
- Brett Johnson as Charlie Brown
- Stacy Ferguson as Sally Brown and Patty
- Heather Stoneman as Lucy van Pelt
- Jeremy Schoenberg as Linus Van Pelt and Harold Angel
- Danny Colby as Schroeder
- Jason Muller as Rerun van Pelt
- Pig-Pen
- Gini Holtzman as Peppermint Patty
- Keri Houlihan as Marcie
- Dana Ferguson as Samantha
- Bill Melendez as Snoopy and Woodstock
Note: Violet, Roy, and other characters make cameo appearances but are silent.
Episodes
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | September 17, 1983 | December 10, 1983 | |
2 | 5 | September 14, 1985 | October 12, 1985 |
Season 1 (1983)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Snoopy's Cat Fight – Shorts: Woodstock, Baseball, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Piano, Blanket" | September 17, 1983 | |
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2 | 2 | "Snoopy: Team Manager – Shorts: Shoveling, Rerun, Lost Blanket, The Manager" | September 24, 1983 | |
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3 | 3 | "Linus and Lucy – Shorts: Sally and Snoopy, Football, Beads, Love, Snowballs, Kite Flying, Linus and Lucy, Baseball" | October 1, 1983 | |
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4 | 4 | "Lucy vs. the World – Shorts: Straws, Lucy Baseball, Peppermint Patty, Daisy Hill Puppy Cup, Linus and Lucy" | October 8, 1983 | |
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5 | 5 | "Linus' Security Blanket – Shorts: Snoopy and Woodstock, Sally, Piano, Baseball, Sunsets, Football, Security Blanket, Kite, Woodstock, Clinging Snoopy" | October 15, 1983 | |
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6 | 6 | "Snoopy: Man's Best Friend – Shorts: Kiss, Peppermint Patty, Charlie Brown – Lost!, Snoopy" | October 22, 1983 | |
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7 | 7 | "Snoopy the Psychiatrist – Shorts: Charlie Brown & Lucy, Kite, The Dance, Thiebault" | October 29, 1983 | |
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8 | 8 | "You Can't Win, Charlie Brown – Shorts: Shaking, Spaghetti, Football, Baseball, Toast, Snow Sculpture, Sit, School, Kite, The Blanket, Sally" | November 5, 1983 | |
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9 | 9 | "The Lost Ballpark – Shorts: Crawl, Marcie, Truffles, The Lost Ballfield" | November 12, 1983 | |
Note: The Lost Ballpark introduces Snoopy's brother, Spike. | ||||
10 | 10 | "Snoopy's Football Career – Shorts: Gold Stars, Blanket, Piano, Teaching" | November 19, 1983 | |
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11 | 11 | "Chaos in the Classroom – Shorts: Sally at School, Football, School Patrol, Blanket, The Team" | November 26, 1983 | |
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12 | 12 | "It's That Team Spirit, Charlie Brown – Shorts: Vulture, Blanket, Peppermint Patty, Rerun, Rainy Day" | December 3, 1983 | |
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13 | 13 | "Lucy Loves Schroeder – Shorts: Kite-Eating Tree, Sally, Camp, Lucy Loves Schroeder, Scared Snoopy" | December 10, 1983 | |
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Season 2 (1985)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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14 | 1 | "Snoopy and the Giant – Shorts: Snoopy's Foot, Giant, Rerun" | September 14, 1985 | |
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15 | 2 | "Snoopy's Brother Spike – Shorts: The Pelicans, Great Pumpkin, Spike" | September 21, 1985 | |
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16 | 3 | "Snoopy's Robot – Shorts: Snoopy's Robot, Linus and the Blanket, Friends" | September 28, 1985 | |
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17 | 4 | "Peppermint Patty's School Days – Shorts: School Days, Snoopy's Trick, Snoopy's Flight" | October 5, 1985 | |
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18 | 5 | "Sally's Sweet Babboo – Shorts: The Play, Sweet Babboo!, Snoopy's Story" | October 12, 1985 | |
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Theme song
The first season's theme was a Vince Guaraldi styled piano-based instrumental written and produced for this series, which was composed by Desiree Goyette and Ed Bogas. The song was given lyrics and released in 1984 as "Let's Have a Party with Charlie Brown and Snoopy" on the album Flashbeagle, the soundtrack to the special It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown. On the second season, a shortened version with the lyrics that appeared on the Flashbeagle album was used.
The Chinese-Cantonese version and the Japanese version were written by Seeyan Wong, Charles M. Schulz Hong Kong Fan Club in 2019 and 2020 respectively.[5][6]
Home media
In 1987,
From 1994 to 2001,
On June 14, 2011,
On November 20, 2012, Warner Bros. released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection.[7] Nine episodes are on each of the two disc set.
All episodes have previously been released on DVD in Australia and Germany across two 2-disc box sets.
References
- ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ISBN 978-1452110912.
- ^ The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 11, no. 6, October/November 1993: pp. 30, 32–34, 36, 40, 58.
- ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show Lyrics (Chinese / Cantonese version)". 30 March 2021.
- ^ "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show Lyrics (Japanese version)". 4 May 2020.
- ^ "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show DVD news: Announcement for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show – The Complete Series". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-02-13.