New Peanuts special airs Monday

Sorry to give you all such short warning, but…

Monday night in the United States will be the first airing of He’s a Bully, Charlie Brown, the latest Peanuts animated special and the last one that Schulz himself worked on. This is based on the storyline where  Rerun loses his marbles… literally.

It’ll air at 8:30 in most markets, immediately following this year’s showing of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

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