It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown

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It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown  is a documentary about the Peanuts comic strip and the animated TV specials which are based on it. It is hosted by Charles Schulz. It originally aired on CBS on May 14, 1985.

Summary

The documentary talks about the history of the comic strip series and the making of the TV specials. Interviews with past voice actors, such as Peter Robbins, Pamelyn Ferdin and Chris Inglis, are included.

Notes

• The opening titles for this special would later be used as one for the second season of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show.
• Clips from this documentary and You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown would be used for An Enduring Classic: Peanuts Creator Charles Schulz.
• This special shows some behind the scenes footage for the classroom scene in It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown.
• "Snoopy's Big Debut" animation was reused in the TV special, Snoopy!!! The Musical.

Gallery

Charles M. Schulz

Peter Robbins

Pamelyn Ferdin

Chris Inglis

"Happy anniversary, Charlie Brown!" Pamelyn: "[as Lucy] If only you weren't so wishy-washy."

This is what voice acting Peanuts is like

Drawing Peppermint Patty

Tracing Peppermint Patty

Colors are painted on the back of the character cel

Black lines are shown on the front of the cel

Putting the cels in the scene

Drawing Lucy

Drawing Linus

Drawing Sally

Drawing Peppermint Patty

Drawing Marcie

Woodstock drawn

Drawing Schroeder

External links

• It's your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown on the Internet Movie Database.