American history, Peanuts style
Coming this summer is This is America, Charlie Brown, the complete eight-episode TV miniseries on DVD. I’ve been looking for this one to hit DVD for a while. If you’ve never seen this series, it uses the Peanuts characters to tell tales of various aspects of US history. While the …
The other A Boy Named Charlie Brown DVD
As we mentioned recently, the movie A Boy Named Charlie Brown ships later this month on DVD. However, it’s not the only DVD to carry that title. Before that movie, before even A Charlie Brown Christmas, producer Lee Mendelson worked with Schulz and animator Bill Melendez to make a documentary …
The mystery of Seven Seals
AAUGH Blog reader Fred Dingledy put some research muscle into the question of the odd title of the German Peanuts book Love is a Book with Seven Seals: it looks as if “ein Buch mit sieben Sigeln” is a German expression referring to someone or something that can’t be understood …
Snoopy’s Legal Guardian
The L.A. Times today has a good write-up on Jeannie Schulz, Sparky’s widow. I think they capture Jeannie well.
More pretty little Peanuts books
As I’ve mentioned earlier, Cider Mill Press is bringing the Determined Productions Happiness-is-a-Warm-Puppy-style gift books back into print. In addition to the volumes announced earlier, they have some volumes shipping in September: Christmas Is Together Time I Need All The Friends I Can Get Love is Walking Hand In Hand …
German love
The latest addition to the AAUGH.com reference library is Liebe ist ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln, which is the 1967 German translation of the pictures-and-aphorism book Love is Walking Hand in Hand. Actually, “translation” is taking it too far. My German is pretty bad, but even I noticed that the …
Lucy Must Be Purchased
Just a quick note for those who go by our video page to see what DVDs are available: due to an error on my part, Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown wasn’t listed when it has actually been available for a while now. That has been fixed.
Peanuts movies on DVD
Shipping next month on DVD and already available for preorder are: A Boy Named Charlie Brown Snoopy Come Home Just $9.99 each, 1/3 off the cover price, if you order now, a real priced-to-own price for these feature-length funnies.
Peanuts gift books coming in June
Don’t Give Up, Charlie Brown! and Good Grief, It’s Your Birthday! are two new hardbacks coming in June from Harvest House. These are apparently Peanuts images matched with encouraging quotes or sayings. Gifty items, for someone facing life’s challenges or having a birthday (often the same thing!)
How to make a Great Pumpkin
Following up on the success of A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition, Lee Mendelson and the folks at Harper are offering up another book on the making of a Peanuts special. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic hits shelves in September. …