Clip from "A Boy Named Charlie Brown," 1963

[@smoothjazzweolfe]

I was born in 1965, Charlie Brown was my imaginary friend and I read everything; not to mention saw all the specials and movies(in the theater no less). Charles Shulz will always have a special place in my heart.

[@Themaddprof]

Charles M. Schulz was my first hero. One of the first books I ever read was about his childhood and I indentified with his experiences.

[@40stbotolph]

Parts of this documentary as well as unseen animated clips were included in the 1969 CBS TV special "Charlie Brown and Charlie Schulz". It was aired only once, but spawned a book of the same title by Lee Mendelsohn. It was also the first time clips from the upcoming Peanuts movie were shown with a song by Rod McKuen.

[@Cml725]

1 dislike? Someone had the football pulled away from them.

[@takenfromyogabbagabba1821]

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[@damonbryant4845]

COMIC STRIP

[@mkl62]

This episode was the first time that Peter Robbins did the voice of Charlie Brown.

[@clurkroberts2650]

Who did it in the earlier 60 s ads?

[@fromthesidelines]

The difference between Charles Schulz and Jim Davis was....Schulz NEVER had assistants work on his strip. He insisted on doing his own writing, drawing AND lettering. On the other hand, Davis has a very talented staff at his disposal...and I'm sure he must have been influenced by Schulz.

[@secantlabs]

the way he talks sounds so much like Linus and Charlie Brown talk. Awesome!

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

I sure felt sorry for the documentary that was supposed to be on CBS.

[@siffil8]

Odd thing... that this documentary, the 1969 animated Peanuts movie, and the Vince Guaraldi album that's still in print are all named "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" but each has nothing do with the other

[@RogerKaputnik]

It doesn't get better than that. It really doesn't. Schulz was a Genius!

[@snupjeve]

The documentary apparently didn't air on television at the time, but the Schulz museum in Santa Rosa carries it in DVD format at the gift copy. Schulz did essentially say that, if you read the strip, you would know him and who he was. While that's probably true, there really is something to be said for watching how he brings it to life :)

[@jacktheanimator9816]

that is a sweet Peanuts memory, Terry cooly. I'm sure Schulz would have been happy to hear that from you.

[@lttlbrdCHANNEL]

He says in another interview that he's not Charlie Brown, there's really a little bit of every character coming from him. Every character is another side of him. Any aspiring writer can admire that as a truly sincere way to shape and create characters.

[@fromthesidelines]

Schulz once said, "if you read the strip often enough, you get to know me". And he was right- virtually everything he wrote into it was a reflection of his own life; he didn't like coconut candy; he said he'd "never be another Andrew Wyeth"; his favorite movie was "Citizen Kane", his favorite book- "The Great Gatsby"; his second wife Jeannie often said, "Poor, sweet baby" to him [that line often turned up in the '70s and '80s].....

[@laminage]

Don't you notice that Cartoonists and Songwriters are alot alike. Mr. Schulz has his Home Office/Studio while Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Anderson (Abba), wrote a large majority of The Songs in a Cabin off of The Island of Stockholm, Sweden. Diane Warren the most successful Songwriter of her Generation Writes in a Messy Environment but the creativity comes in and everyone from Aerosmith, Celine Dion, Toni Braxton, Beyonce, Trisha Yearwood, Leaane Rhimes and The UK Girl Group Sugababes have all benefitted from her talent.

[@Nyckname]

One of the more recent greats (Gary Larson?) said in the '90s, "It's hard being brilliant every day."

[@fromthesidelines]

Schulz also said, "If you read the strip often enough, you get to know me."

[@ricadus]

Great little excerpt. Also the book "Peanuts Jubilee" from 1975 (you can probably find it on ebay) has a lot of Schulz writing about himself, which I prefer to the various biographies written others.

[@bmoxco]

This is a fantastic, albeit short documentary worth seeking out in full. However, I am really confused why every reference I see states this is from 1963, including the DVD box? This clip alone proves it is not possible, since they list the ages of the children. The first being Meredith at 14. She was born 2/5/1950. Doing the math ... makes this (narrated) footage take place anywhere between 2/5/64 and 2/4/65. Another even more concrete document of proof from the full documentary is at about 2-1/2 minutes in there is a shot of a San Francisco newspaper comic section dated May 10, 1964. So, unless "Back To The Future" technology was used in the making of this film, it would have to be at least 1964, and more likely after allowing time for editing, preparation and final production, early 1965.

[@edadan]

I was 4 years old when this was filmed, but I think we had a very similar car...no seatbelts!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

He was simply the greatest!

[@laminage]

I heard that he was Manic Depressive. Yet no matter how successful he was, he still wasn't completely fulfilled. I wonder if it came from his lonely childhood in Minnesota.

[@afonsolucas2219]

Probably. It also was probably the cause of his somewhat passive personality and disgust towards insulting humor that offends. Not necessarly insults, but generally ideas that might offend. It seemed like he wasn't one for confronting.

[@laminage]

@@afonsolucas2219 I remember being stunned when Charlie Brown mentioned Olivia Newton-John saying one day he'd marry her.

[@afonsolucas2219]

@@laminage Wait? What? Is that real? That seems so weird

[@fromthesidelines]

Actually, Lee Mendelson updated this documentary in 1969, with Coca-Cola as the primary sponsor, and it finally aired on CBS.

[@jasobres]

You were a good man, Charles Schulz!

[@entertainmentguy1984]

is this documentary also on the dvd for "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"???

[@Isabelle101909]

IS THAT REALLY HIM :D ?? I LOVE HIM & HIS WORK :) PEANUTS FOREVER

[@comic_zeab]

Do you have a full version?

[@TheRichardMess]

they aired something in 1975 as well. fopr the 25th anniversary of Peanuts

[@snupjeve]

at the gift SHOP, I meant. Not the "gift copy." What a silly typo.

[@takenfromyogabbagabba1821]

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[@siffil8]

good post

[@HCShannon]

I think I saw some of the clips of him drawing on Muppet Babies!

[@owlie14]

Dang, how many kids fit in that car?

[@robertorick6383]

Charles Schulz was a proud Ford owner, which is why he allowed Ford to officially sell their cars in the TV ads with Charlie brown and the gang. That Ford station wagon could fill about ten people. I'm thinking it's a '63 or a '64 Country Squire.

[@fromthesidelines]

...and he'd lie awake in bed (like Charlie Brown) and ponder things like, "Sometimes I lie in bed at night, and I ask myself, 'Why?'...then a voice comes to me that says, 'Why, what?'" [3/15/91].

[@rosevea1]

Just read his biography....interesting read

[@rstdot]

ah...the days before seat belts

[@heyitsjess9]

@rstdot LOL!

[@williambarnes7133]

boy he loved to brag