An All-Star error

In the previous post, I listed the various specials in the upcoming collection of Peanuts specials from the 1960s, and noted that Charlie Brown’s All-Stars (among others) had not been on DVD before.

As  alert AAUGH Blog reader Dennis has pointed out, that’s not 100% true. In fact, it’s off from true by a full 100%. The delightful Charlie Brown’s All-Stars was included as a back-up special on a now-out-of-print edition of Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown.

Dadgummit, folks. If you’re gonna pick apart every error, then I’ll just stop making errors! And then where will we all be?

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