A double-dose of Pumpkin

I am now seeing reports that ABC has added another airing of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for this year, airing it in a half-hour slot on the 28th in addition to the hour long slot of Peanuts goodness the night before. Their airing it instead of an episode of Hank… and, frankly, that’s a big improvement. (I hope all the TV fans out there are finding things to really enjoy in this new season, but in terms of sitcoms, the only new launch that’s impressing me is Modern Family. It may not be for everyone, but then, I’m not everyone.)

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Peanuts v. Trump

The legal goings-on this week regarding Peanuts require a bit of a preface: while Peanuts Worldwide (or really Peanuts Holdings) owns Peanuts, they don’t own everything Peanuts. Lee Mendelson Film Productions has rights regarding the classic TV and film material. If I understand correctly (and that’s a real caveat, there are …

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Free comics and freaky musicals

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund‘s Jeff Trexler caught sight of this headline appearing to announce a very unlikely musical. And since I’m sending something out, let me note that Free Comic Book Day is coming up this Saturday. (Also, so is Comic Giveaway Day. This is the result of …

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The War on Snoopy

I subscribe to the print edition of The Onion, which is America’s Finest (made-up) News Source. This is actually a paper with a long history, but switched to web only for a while. When they came back to print, I jumped on board to help fund this very special outlet that …