Its the Big Game, Charlie Brown
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
About Comics publisher and Charles Schulz oddity publisher Nat Gertler has an unusual holiday project: a guide to the 20+ adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Let’s say you’re a publisher, and you’re looking for something to publish, something that will sell. What do you choose? Well, what do people like? People like Christmas, especially [...]
The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
By Jim Harrington David Benoit works for “Peanuts.” The contemporary jazz pianist has done so much to keep the music associated with Charlie Brown and his gang alive over the past 24 years. His musical relationship with Charles M. Schulz’s famous cartoon characters began in 1985, when his jazz-funk cover of the Vince Guaraldi composition “Linus and [...]
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Warner Bros. Motion Comics division has created new series of Peanuts Animated Comics to bring a group of Charles Schulz comic strips to life. They are now available through Apple’s iTunes Store. Here’s a sample: If you need a hit of old-school Charlie Brown, here are several suggestions: 1. Check the Brew TV episode we posted [...]
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Peanuts is back. Eight years after creator Charles Schulz died, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy and the gang have been brought back to animated life, much in the style of their classic TV specials.
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
(Alternate commentary-free version: This link will allow you to watch the original cartoon without audio commentary) You’re A Madman, Charlie Brown! This week from the Cartoon Brew TV’s “Brew Vaults”, we offer several rare animated spots featuring Charles Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters. We’re dedicating this episode to Peanuts animation director Bill Melendez, who passed away last [...]
Animated Views (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
This documentary was made for television in 1963. Though it has never aired, it did bring together Charles Schulz, Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez, and Vince Guaraldi, leading to a partnership that would produce many wonderful TV specials. This special DVD is a wonderful gem for Peanuts fans.
Reality TV Website (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
The classic animated Halloween-themed PEANUTS special, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (OAD on ABC 10/30/01), created by late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, as well as a bonus PEANUTS cartoon in which Linus runs for class president, will air TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Recommended Since 1950, Charles Schulz' Peanuts has remained a popular and enduring franchise celebrating the life and times of Charlie Brown and company. This lovable loser, always clad in his trademark yellow and black shirt, has been the centerpiece of a long-running comic strip and appeared in countless animated full-length films and shorter TV specials. The very first Peanuts animated feature,...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Grapes may lure visitors to Sonoma County, but there's also Charlie Brown and the gang to enjoy along with a deeper look at the late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. Santa Rosa, Calif.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Bill Melendez, an Emmy-winning animator who brought Charlie Brown and the "Peanuts" gang to blithe, blockheaded life on television and in films — and who helped keep them alive after the death of their creator, Charles Schulz — died Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 91 and lived in Los Angeles.
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Animator Bill Melendez managed no small feat. He brought Charles Schulz's angsty, minutely expressive line drawings, whose names included Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, Shermy, Sally, and Charlie Brown, to vivid life—without sacrificing their choppy, charming existentialism. While all around him,...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Charles M. Schulz created Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Lucy and all the rest of the "Peanuts" gang. But without Bill Melendez, who died Tuesday at the age of 91, those beloved characters would have remained static ink drawings - without movement, voice or that kicky theme song. Melendez was the only animator Schulz authorized to work with his "Peanuts" characters, was responsible for 63
