As we mentioned recently, the movie A Boy Named Charlie Brown ships later this month on DVD. However, it’s not the only DVD to carry that title. Before that movie, before even A Charlie Brown Christmas, producer Lee Mendelson worked with Schulz and animator Bill Melendez to make a documentary about Peanuts, including short animated bits. Have you seen this documentary? Probably not, unless you’ve stopped by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, where they often show it in their auditorium. You see, they never managed to sell the documentary to television, so it’s never been on the air.

But if you want to see it, now you can. As Peanuts video expert Scott McGuire recently pointed out on Usenet (and as the museum website confirms, although it’s not yet on their sales list), the Schulz Museum bookstore has gotten the right to sell the special on DVD. They don’t yet have it in their online catalog, but if you call them at (707) 579-4452, you should be able to order it for $14.95 plus shipping.

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