More Peanuts on DVD
- By : Nat
- Category : Animated Peanuts
In September, they’re releasing a set of Peanuts DVDs which will have a good collection for those just starting with animated Peanuts, perhaps those who just have the key holiday specials… and two specials never before on DVD for those who are trying to collect them all. The theme of the collection is “Peanuts specials that were honored by the Emmy Awards”… which, we should note, does not mean that they won an award. Hey, it’s an honor just to be nominated, and at least nominated all of these were. The two tracks that haven’t been on shiny disks before are two of the more serious specials – the girl with a serious illness special Why, Charlie Brown, Why? and the look at some key sites of the World Wars, What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?
The other nine specials that make up this collection are:
- You’re the Greatest, Charlie Brown
- She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown
- It’s Magic, Charlie Brown
- Someday You’ll Find Her, Charlie Brown
- Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown
- Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown
- It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown
- Snoopy’s Getting Married, Charlie Brown
- You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown
Now, you may be thinking “hey, there’s some good specials on there, but why did the early classics not even get a nomination?” Well, they did, they’re just not in the collection. (They seem to have limited it to specials that were nominated for specifically prime-time awards. There wasn’t an award specifically for primetime animation until 1979. The one pre-1979 special on the list, You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown got nominated for “Outstanding Children’s Special”, an award that prior to 1974 mixed both primetime and daytime shows together.) Why did they divide it like this? Well, following the boxed sets of the complete 1960s specials and the complete 1970s specials, this looks basically like a set of the 1980s specials (eight from that decade, two from the 1970s, and one from the 1990s.)
Peanuts: The Emmy Honored Collection ships in September, but you can lay in your preorder now and get the cheapest price.
