All about Vince Guaraldi

Elsewhere, Peanuts animation expert Scott McGuire points out that Derrick Bang (who you may know as the editor of the It’s Only a Game and Li’l Folks collections, the author of 50 Years of Happiness and the co-author of Security Blankets) has put out Vince Guaraldi at the Piano, a look at the jazz great who composed the music for all of the early Peanuts specials.

I haven’t laid my fingers on a copy of it yet, but if it sounds like a book you’d like to have, you’re probably right.

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Peanuts news and notes

Got a few little bits of news to get out of the way… and let me clear the sad one up front. Skip Hinnant passed away on Sunday. Skip was many things (folks of my age might best remember him as Fargo North, Decoder on The Electric Company), but for the …

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Christmas presents? Snoopy Presents!

Apple TV has announced another new Peanuts special, a Christmas special coming our way this Christmas season. I’m going to spare myself some effort and just drop down the relevant portions of their press release, so the editorialization you see is all theirs. Apple TV is making the season merry …

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Peanuts media notes

I meant to write a review of Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy, the new special on Apple TV that is so powerful, Snoopy’s in the name twice! But life is full, so I will just note that it’s watchable, and it does have the Goose Eggs in it. …