The rest of the 1970s specials

Shipping in June is Peanuts 1970’s Collection volume 2, a DVD set which includes:

  • Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
  • You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown
  • It’s Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
  • It’s Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown
  • What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown
  • You’re the Greatest, Charlie Brown

So that’s all the Peanuts prime-time specials from the second half of the 1970s. There will also be a documentary featurette on the specials of that era.

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