Happiness is a Warm Blanket – cheap and free

I’ve just noticed that this year’s enjoyable new DVD release Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown has been marked way down to under seven bucks! That’s a good price for a good disk; there’s no second special on it, but remember this is a double-length feature, and there are a reasonable number of documentary featurettes.

But, if you don’t need special features, don’t mind ads, and don’t need to ever watch it again, the special will get its U.S. broadcast debut on Thursday night, at 8:30 in most areas, on Fox. I’ve checked and it is slotted for a full hour, so this won’t be some severely edited version. An 8:30 start means that it will overlap with the last few minutes of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (and all of The Mayflower Voyages) on ABC. The movie will be preceded by the new special Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (which I reckon I will skip, and thus never learn if they tackle just how one can have a “Christmas” in the years B.C.)  and will be followed by a rerun of last year’s Christmas episode of The Simpsons.

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New Peanuts feature film on the way

Apple, who have been producing Peanuts series and specials in plentitude, have announced that they, Wildbrain, and Peanuts Worldwide are working together on a new Peanuts feature-length film, the Hollywood Reporter notes. If you liked the last feature film, then this should be very good news. They’re using a story …

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Sam’s Club special

AAUGH Blog reader Bill alerted us to the fact the Sam’s Club stores have the boxed set The Peanuts Collection for a mere $11.98, about $9 less than when Costco had that set two years ago, and far far less than the total cost of the enclosed books (The Peanuts …

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Beagle Scout missions

Those of you who have never been to the San Diego Comic-Con (or who haven’t been in a the past couple decades) may not realize that the event goes well beyond the convention center. For blocks around, there are pop-up shops in unused storefronts, studios creating fan “experiences” in parking …