Warm Blanket coming to DVD

I still haven’t heard final word on whether the new animated special, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, will get a TV airing before it gets released to home video… but we do now have the date for that video release. The DVD will be available on March 29, 2011, and is now available for preorder.

As this is a double-length special (not an actual hour long, but an-hour-minus-commercial-time long), I wouldn’t expect them to be adding a second special, but a”making-of” featurette seems likely.

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RIP Willie Mays

Willie Mays has died. The baseball great lived until the age of 1993. “Why is that relevant to a Peanuts blog?” I hear of a few of you cry (though many of you know better.) Before Lee Mendelson had any connection to Peanuts, he made a documentary about Mays… and …

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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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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 …