Will the Peanuts movie stand out from the crowd?
There’s a new Peanuts film coming up in 2015, and for me the real question is will it seem very Peanuts-y, or more in the modern style of kid-aimed animated films? I’m certainly hoping for the former, and think there’s a good chance we’ll get it. Here’s a good article …
Featurettette
If you liked that six-second Peanuts video from the other day, here’s the six-second making-of video. (Folks receiving this via email should click on the title in order to go to the blog on the web to view it.)
the latest animated Peanuts
It’s starting to seem like a long time since Happiness is a Warm Blanket, and a long time until the new Peanuts feature film, but if you need something to tide you over, well, go pop some popcorn, gather the family around, turn down all the lights, cancel the newspaper, …
The The is The Wrong Thing
At CinemaCon, Fox already started promoting their 3-D animated Peanuts flick, even though it’s not out for over two and a half years yet. Unfortunately, their little teaser video doesn’t seem to have ended up online, so I cannot tell you how their 3-D image of Charlie Brown looked… but …
things I should have told you already
The Complete Peanuts volume 19: 1987-1988 is already shipping, and I’m going slowly through my copy before doing a review or summation or whatever it is I do on these things. And the complete set of the Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show on DVD can now be ordered through Amazon, …
Oooh, DVD deal
You know those DVDs they’ve been releasing with one Peanuts TV special mixed with one episode of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show? And you know those cheap DVD sets where you can get four related films in a single DVD case for about $10-$15? Well, you can probably see …
Which holiday is that?
The special A Charlie Brown Christmas airs tonight, on ABC Last night, Fox aired Happiness is a Warm Blanket, and promoted it as a “Holiday Special”.
A classic on demand
I’ve just started exploring the On Demand features of my cable system – hadn’t realized until now that you can watch primetime shows from the past month for free. That’ll be very useful. But I’m amused by the way they include Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown there. I …
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
I’m sitting here in the jury duty waiting room, doing my small part to bring justice to the lawless of Ventura County, and thought I’d catch up on something – particularly since animated Peanuts are on my mind (tonight is the season’s first showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas). And …
Peanuts on TV this week
You’ll have multiple chances for a dose of Charlie Brown and the bunch this week: Wednesday night is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on ABC Thursday night is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving again on ABC again Friday night is Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown on Fox All of these …