ABC aggressive on making it a (Charlie) Brown Christmas

Not only is ABC running A Charlie Brown Christmas twice this holiday season (once last night, once on Tuesday the 16th), and not only are they running it as an hour long block by matching it with the fine Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales, but they’re also running the hour-long I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown in an hour slot twice, once on Monday the 15th and again on Saturday the 20th, both at the start of prime time.

And while I’m bothering with a post, let me thank Brian Anderson, crafter of the syndicated strip “Dog Eat Doug”, of giving AAUGH.com a plug on the website earlier this week. Unexpected, and appreciated! DeD takes the kids-eye perspective from Peanuts and turns it on a baby (the Doug of the title) and a dog (the Dog of the title, specifically Sophie).

Schulz/Peanuts news
New Peanuts podcast

Peanuts fans have had a number of podcasts to listen to over the years. Currently, there’s Unpacking Peanuts (working its way through the Peanuts canon four months per episode), Talking Nuts (working its way through the canon one month per episode), and It’s a Podcast, Charlie Brown (focused on, but …

Schulz/Peanuts news
Drawing Peanuts

Matt dropped me a line to show me this video that he had made, digging through every documentary source the he could find to clip footage of Charles Schulz drawing, including Schulz’s own commentary. It does get a bit mesmerizing. I kinda prefer that there was more strip work than …

Schulz/Peanuts news
Heads up: Schulzy stuff on CBS Sunday Morning tomorrow

On tomorrow’s episode of CBS Sunday Morning, they’ll be stopping by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and talking to Jeannie as well as my Schulz: 100 Objects collaborator Benjamin L. Clark about Schulz, his work, and the museum! 40 SHARES Share Tweet this thing Follow the AAUGH Blog