Thank you so much for taking the time to share it with us. I have loved Charlie Brown my entire life. I remember back when they aired the holiday specials. The Great Pumpkin, A Charlie Brown🎄Christmas🎄, and of course the one A Boy Named Charlie Brown. As well as the old Rankin Bass classics. I wasn't born until 1967, so this is a completely new story or "special". Thank you again sir. This brings back so many wonderful childhood memories. I really miss the 70's. Such a more simple time.
I am Korean, born in 1978. Even I know Charlie Brown from my childhood, from TV. It instantly resonated with me in many ways and comforted me. This documentary is so beautiful. The Peanuts is a universal legacy for all the contemporaries. Thanks for Charles Schulz and many others who worked for sharing it.
I am from America, never been to Korea. What are some things that were really big when you were growing up that as an American I probably wouldn't know about? I am always curious what it was like for kids in other parts of the world when they grew up.
@@xbrandi12345x What I recall is mainly what any child in the world would do - playing with my younger brother doing sword fighting, toy gun fighting, building sand houses or forts in the playground(by the way what's up with the fort? Children loving forts seem universal), laughing a lot.. Of course there are some memories related to Korean traditions that might be called Korean specific like in new year's holidays (Sellal) we vow to the elderly and get money for exchange (so we get paid for the vow), go to the grocery store and get whatever we want. There was a popular Korean TV show called Squid Game in Netflix named after one of the children's games here and those kinds of athletic games were also enjoyed. I'm also curious what comes to your mind first when you recall your childhood. When I watch American TV shows I feel very strong sense of holiday traditions, like Thanksgiving and Christmas. We kinda celebrate Christmas but it is not a family thing here. And I've always wondered what that Thanks Giving turkey in the oven tasted like :)
I was 5 in 1963. I had no idea that this documentary even existed until it came up on RUclips nearly sixty later! I was a big Peanuts fan from the time I was eight in 1966. I still have a lot of the books from that time period. Thanks to who ever put this on RUclips. RUclips beats out regular and cable television any day
The great thing that I love about Charlie Brown is that even though everything fails for him and life he never gives up we should all strive to be like Charlie Brown
I don't know how one can get to that conclusion. Charlie Brown is physically abused, insulted and disrespected constantly. His kindness is rarely if ever noticed and he always fails. Classic good guy that finishes last He is a loser who is hated or ignored. Abuse against him is never condemned. I think it conditioned males to just get used to abuse as they deserve it. The females in the strip are strong and dominant who are never disrespected.
@@rumblebird9888 Charlie Brown is not a complete if he was a complete wimp he wouldn't keep trying and never give up only a complete wimp would say that he was a complete went but then again you're corrupt society has corrupted views on what it means to be strong
Early on in the comic strip Charles Schulz decided that Charlie Brown was not allowed to win or have anything go his way. He said that success is not very funny.
@@patrickmanway290 from what I have read, he was "made an example of" to a considerable extent. Life often isn't good to former juvenile stars once they become adults. Let's try not to be judgemental. Robbins would hardly be the first done poorly by the courts, after all.
Have always loved Charlie Brown. But in 1963 I was 2, behind the Iron Curtain. It would take long before I discovered Charlie, only to fall in love with him forever. Such a shame that that wonderful studio burnt down. Mr. Schulz's talent was amazing. Thank you for this most interesting documentary.
Thank you for posting..I'm 51 and have been a Peanuts fan since I could pick up a newspaper or a paperback. I never knew this doc existed til now. I always figured "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was the first time they were animated for any kind of broadcast. The More You Know 🌈🌠
Theye were previously animated in Ford commercials from 1959 through 1964 (also appearing in Ford's newspaper and magazine ads)- and featured in special opening sequences on "THE FORD SHOW STARRING TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD" from 1959 through 1961.
Ex-Fan: "Make him kick that football or I'll destroy your office" Schultz: You and what army? Ex-Fan: "What army? What arm? look around you Sparky! Schultz: You planted peanuts on the ground? Ex-Fan: "Peanuts" *precedes to laugh histeracly while the whole entire ground also laughs* Shutlz: Uh oh
This is delightful! I'm 57 and feel like I'm being transported back to 1971 when I got into Peanuts for the first time. My parents bought me all the paperbacks!
I wasn't born until 1967, so I had no idea about this documentary. However I am so thankful that you shared this with everyone. This is by far one of the most iconic characters to ever be created. I absolutely loved these characters when I was a boy and still today @ 55 I still adore them. Again THANK YOU SIR.
Wow! Two years before "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and they had already established the animation style, had Vince G. playing the cool jazz, and maybe even some of the same kids doing the voices?
Nice find I’m glad this lost documentary of the peanuts finally surfaced on RUclips especially since this is one of the earliest peanuts animations before the Christmas special came out
Vince Guaraldi performed the music for this documentary, it was originally titled "A Man Called Charlie Brown." It was written, produced and directed by Lee Mendelson and aired on Oct. 6, 1963. It went up against a high profile tv special "Elizabeth Taylor In London." From a Vince Guaraldi biography by Derrick Bang, "One New York critic called Mendelson's documentary "a surprise and a joy... with one-tenth the buget [of Taylor] but ten times the artistic result... the television sleeper of the season." "Year's later, when asked how he selected his follow-up effort [to "A Man Named Mays"] Mendelson wold respond with a well-practiced comeback: "I decided, having done a program on the world's best baseball player, that I shouild do the world's worst: Charlie Brown."
@@YoPaulieMusic So this was not originally "unreleased" as I have been reading elsewhere? I wondered about that. Also, I see a TV commercial on YT listed as being from 1962. Is that the earliest Peanuts animation? And is Lucy really a fascist? Enquiring minds want to know!
What a great find! I've been a fan of Peanuts since I was in elementary school. I'm 59 years old now and I still find comfort and that feeling of nostalgia reading Peanuts comics and watching all the Peanuts movies. Thank you very much for posting this video.
Finally I got to see this, thanks for uploading it in here! As a lifelong Peanuts fan from Finland, I was really pleasantly surprised that the documentary actually opens with a Finnish translation of a Peanuts strip. I was not expecting that! And they even mention that the Finnish name of the strip (Tenavat) has pretty much the same meaning as Schulz's original title, Lil' Folks. (By the way, in the fifth panel at 2:05 Lucy apparently says "Senkin nilviäinen!" which literally means "You mollusc!" in Finnish.)
Oh! Thank you ("danke" in some form?!) for the translation, I'm going to start calling people mollusks when they do dumb things! I can't pronounce it in Danish so I'll go with English for now! 😄
As a kid, I was really disturbed and comforted by Charlie Brown's obsession/anxiety about baseball. I was a very anxious kid, but had no idea what anxiety even was. I just know that the way he felt was the way I felt, and it comforted me and let me know I was not alone.
I remember having to wait a year! To see the next charlie brown special. I remember they showed dolly madison treats for commercials. Big part of my childhood.
13:19 '62 Country Squire! He had excellent taste. I was gobsmacked to see this. Vince Guaraldi is my favorite musician, and I have the soundtrack to this documentary on both CD and original stereo vinyl. It's fantastic to see and hear how the music that I know so well was used.
@@fromthesidelines That's possible I suppose, though I have read from more than one source that the reason he agreed to do the Ford ads was he had always driven Fords, so as I said, he already had great taste.
I've been a Peanuts fan since I was in the 5th grade in 1963 (thanks, Mrs. Szynal!), so this show brought back many happy memories. Thanks for posting!
At the part where he reads a letter a little girl wrote about saying she'd be happy to eat lunch with Charlie Brown made me feel a little teary. Possibly because of reading in a Schulz biography that Charlie Brown was mostly Sparky in real life...the kind that put up with being socially awkward. I thought that if I were going to school at the same time he did, I would've been his friend and talked to him.
I was 3 years old when this documentary came out and I feel like I have a special connection to Charles Schulz’s Peanuts Gang. Because my name is LinAs. Yes that’s right I said Linas. It was my Mom’s name as well. I feel so honored to have this name. And even though I’m a female and not a male like LinUs. I am 62 and have been a huge fan ever since I first saw their Christmas Special. It’s no wonder why we love them. We identify with them through their cartoon strips, movies, books etc…. They live the kind of life real children experience all the time. Charles Schulz was a genius and an incredibly talented man. I have nothing but love and respect for him. Thank you Charles Schulz for your hard work and dedication to the Peanuts Gang! God bless you and may you be Resting In Peace. 😊🙏💝🕊️🌹
That doesn't surprise me. There are times in both the specials and the comics that either Charlie Brown or the rest of the gang wallow in their own pity and/or monologue for way too long. Some of Peanuts hasn't aged well for those reasons. A lot of art end up reflecting the artists themselves.
Grew up watching charlie brown Christmas since I was little about 5 and all the other programs but by far the Christmas was the best knowing that the message about Jesus was always there, and touched me to my ❤️it will live on to be a classic till christ returns,,Amen
I first learned to read from PEANUTS comics when I was 4 years old I have never seen this one before thank you for posting this one. Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace was my favorite
This was a great stumble. Loved hearing C Shultz talk about his process. Lived in SF for a bit of time. So, it was good to see Candlestick again. Probably fog, not rain which delayed things a bit. lol. And who doesn't love Vince Guaraldi? Thanks, CS and ROMMIX for posting
Aha - no wonder I never heard of this. It was screened for the San Fran Advertising Club, but never shown on TV because they couldn't find commercial sponsors. And yes, that is 7-year-old Peter Robbins as the voice of CB.
This was quite the joy to watch and laugh out loud so hard! Absolutely love everything with Charlie Brown and the series! You'll never find a Comic strip so wholesome or series well beloved as these nowadays! It's a timelessness that captured something unique and made it so relatable it will be beloved for all time! Thank you so much for uploading this so I had a chance to witness it!
Charlie Brown/Peanuts reminds me of my late aunt who raised me. Her and I would watch ALL the Charlie Brown specials on TV and bought me a VHS of a newer Charlie Brown cartoon. One of those bonding experiences that will stay with me forever.
I first saw A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1970 and it became one of those movies that MUST be watched every Christmas, or it will feel like Xmas didn't come . I used to collect the little paper back anthologies of Peanuts strips, but one day in 1970 my apartment burned down and I lost them all. (Good Grief !) was 23 at the time and now, at 75, I still love Peanuts and I own the Charlie Brown Christmas video and a couple of others and still watch them occasionally .
This is so nostalgic for me even though I was born in 67 and this film was made a few years before I was born, I always loved Charlie Brown 🟤🤎, The Peanuts gang and of course Snoopy 😊❤️ Mr. Schultz seemed like a really nice person and very artistically talented .. Really glad I came across this video Thank you for posting this 👍🏻😊👍🏻
Wow amazing ! 😍 Thank you so much for this upload !! A Peanuts lover too in the UK, as my parents were, we have versions in English and French, and I introduced it to my own children in the last few years. It is timeless.. As Sparky says, all children around the world are basically the same.. and all adults have their inner child still there. I think I identify with Pig-Pen, especially when I am sitting in someone's ultra clean house and I feel like a big mess in it 😂 Also, my mum has always quoted "the girl with naturally curly hair" in reference to me 😄 My rabbit is called Snoopy, he was at the Farm Sanctuary I volunteer at, and we fell in love. He is a pure white lop-eared rabbit.. and whilst he does not have a black nose nor black ears, as we started to fall in love when I was caring for him, he told me with certainty when he looked at me , face to face, that his name was not Oreo (as his previous family called him 😳🤨🤣) but in fact, Snoopy. He has all of Snoopy's characterstics, spends a lot of time lying down, surveying, incredibly cheeky, thinks he can do anything (he loves football/soccer).. and is the friendliest most loving Bun in the whole world. Just like our beloved dog, Snoopy 😊 My mum's favourite is Schroeder, My dad's favourite character was Woodstock.. (perhaps because he was named after the festival, and my dad loved the music and feeling of Woodstock Fest ? In turn loved Woodstock's energy ?!) And I would like to end this with my favourite quote from Woodstock... ' I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ' I think that says it all 😄
At 52, I still have my collection of Charlie Brown books. I looked forward to the Peanuts comic strip everyday, the comics section being the only section in the newspaper worth reading, in my opinion. I have a cousin named Charlie Brown, but I guess he got tired of the jokes, because he now goes by Chuck. He owns an auto garage in Ames, Iowa.
Oh, what fun! I grew up in the 60s; Charles M. Schultz was a daily delight. Charlie Brown and the gang will live forever. Appreciate the upload, I'd never seen it!
Even before this, from 1959-62, Peanuts characters appeared in animated commercials on 'The Ford Show'(sponsored by the car company, starring country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford).
Thank you so much for uploading this! (I didn't even know this existed until recent searches including for Guaraldi's music for "The Great Pumpkin". It's great to see this work, especially its animation, that was made before the "Christmas" special, which until now I thought was the first time the "Peanuts" characters were animated!)
What a special find this video is! Thank you for sharing it. I loved the antics of Snoopy and Woodstock, and since this documentary didn’t have Woodstock in it, I was curious about his origin. I learned that the little yellow bird had been a recurring character for a bit but it wasn’t until 1970 that Woodstock got his name, which did come from the famous three-day outdoor concert. I was five in 1970 so I don’t remember the time before Woodstock had his name.
Charlie Brown, is an american boyhood icon who is the rival of Huckleberry Finn. His fate is largely woeful, but his spirit is dominant. His kindness is unrivaled and the compassion he shows towards his friends is spiritual. Charlie Brown and because of him Sparky Schulz, is my hero. I was 4 years old when this documentary was made and he has been with me through my whole life as a moral compass and a secret confidant. What they say about Charlie Brown is what I truly hope people think about me; "You're a good man, Charlie Brown"!
Ah...the good old days, just pile in that station wagon! Seat belt? I don't need no stinkin' seat belt! I moved to Detroit suburbs when I was in Grade 5 in 1963, in a baby blue Ford Country Squire. When I got into grade 7 (Jr. High) a couple of years later I encountered a book seller in the hallway. He would open his folding book sales rack during lunch break and among his collection of books was most every paperback that Charles Shultz wrote - and I had to have them all. Wish I still did, those books gave me years of warm fuzzies - until I discovered Sci-Fi in 1968 🙂 Loved this video, thanks for the upload!
this ended up in my recommended list...definitely a big fan of the Peanuts series...loved it as a kid. Great documentary. More innocent times then...should be a part of everyone's childhood. We don't know how good we have it in the West, while I like other cultures (too), imo western culture is the best...coming from an Indian guy in Canada. :) I'm 50 now, came here in 1980 with family. As for Peanuts, I always like the simplicity of it, the music, sound effects...not as busy or frenetic like some other cartoons...ofc they have their place too like Disney and Looney Tunes, etc...but this series is unique and special.
There needs to be more Charlie Browns in the world. I wish we could go back to those times where the Peanuts made an impact on the world, but alas so many of those ideas and mindsets are long gone. Sad....
Soooo nice!! Enjoyed this as I am 82 n never ever gave up on Charlie Brown n Peanuts gang!! Love these adorable characters n God bless Ch as rest Schultz...
I was born in 62 and loved Peanuts for years. I had their coloring book and made sure to make the characters match the correct color. At 60 now, I still watch the holiday shows. ♥️💜
Ha, they animated that Sunday strip where Snoopy has an actual machine gun on the roof of his doghouse. That sight and the way Lucy slaps Charlie Brown at 1:15... they really had no intention of giving a saccharine portrayal of Peanuts in this first animated adaptation of the comic strip, and I respect that. The newspaper article's description of the characters at 7:35 is amusing as well in it's bluntness ("Patty and Violet: 'Simply stupid'", "And Linus certainly isn't suicidal..."). Oh, and I think the fan mail letters that Schulz reads out loud are responses to specific strips from that era (Charlie Brown not getting a Joe Shlabotnik baseball card, for example).
I read many of the Peanuts books when I was a child in the early 1970s and I think I do remember seeing this film back then as well. I think my interest in these characters was the belief that one day Charlie would win a baseball game, or he would talk to the red haired girl, or something would go his way. Of course, my favourite character was and still is Snoopy. He was so cool.
25-july-2021 Wow. Peanuts is wonderful. This documentary takes you in the Peanuts world. I just reminisce (felt) my childhood days, when there used to be no smartphones and very few TVs and kids favourite time was spent on the playground. Nostalgic documentary.
narrated by don sherwood....a great dj peter robins voiced charlie brown in the doc, so imdb is wrong when it says he started voicing cb at age 9....he was 7
This is the real rare treat starring Charlie Brown & The Peanut Gang and the 1st one made by Lee Mendelssohn/Bill Mendez Productions Inc. and 1 of many Peanuts TV Specials sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company.
This video blew up in popularity all of the sudden. I'm glad more people are discovering this gem.
Thank you for posting this.
This documentary is timeless. Thanks ROMMIX!
@@PeterShieldsukcatstripey you are very welcome
Thank you so much for taking the time to share it with us. I have loved Charlie Brown my entire life. I remember back when they aired the holiday specials. The Great Pumpkin, A Charlie Brown🎄Christmas🎄, and of course the one A Boy Named Charlie Brown. As well as the old Rankin Bass classics. I wasn't born until 1967, so this is a completely new story or "special". Thank you again sir. This brings back so many wonderful childhood memories. I really miss the 70's. Such a more simple time.
Thanks!
I am Korean, born in 1978. Even I know Charlie Brown from my childhood, from TV. It instantly resonated with me in many ways and comforted me. This documentary is so beautiful. The Peanuts is a universal legacy for all the contemporaries. Thanks for Charles Schulz and many others who worked for sharing it.
I am from America, never been to Korea. What are some things that were really big when you were growing up that as an American I probably wouldn't know about? I am always curious what it was like for kids in other parts of the world when they grew up.
@@xbrandi12345x What I recall is mainly what any child in the world would do - playing with my younger brother doing sword fighting, toy gun fighting, building sand houses or forts in the playground(by the way what's up with the fort? Children loving forts seem universal), laughing a lot.. Of course there are some memories related to Korean traditions that might be called Korean specific like in new year's holidays (Sellal) we vow to the elderly and get money for exchange (so we get paid for the vow), go to the grocery store and get whatever we want. There was a popular Korean TV show called Squid Game in Netflix named after one of the children's games here and those kinds of athletic games were also enjoyed. I'm also curious what comes to your mind first when you recall your childhood. When I watch American TV shows I feel very strong sense of holiday traditions, like Thanksgiving and Christmas. We kinda celebrate Christmas but it is not a family thing here. And I've always wondered what that Thanks Giving turkey in the oven tasted like :)
@@xbrandi12345x A boy named Charlie Brown Butt ate your hair
I was 5 in 1963. I had no idea that this documentary even existed until it came up on RUclips nearly sixty later! I was a big Peanuts fan from the time I was eight in 1966. I still have a lot of the books from that time period. Thanks to who ever put this on RUclips. RUclips beats out regular and cable television any day
It sure does Anthony!🇨🇦
RUclips beats out cable until videos get taken down for whatever reason. Otherwise archive.org is even better for some stuff.
This is undoubtedly the documentary that all three networks turned down.
All of those things are true for me as well, including the age! Peanuts was a big part of growing up in the '60s.
I was born in 1966 , I grew up watching this cartoon as well , this cartoon was very popular back in those days
The great thing that I love about Charlie Brown is that even though everything fails for him and life he never gives up we should all strive to be like Charlie Brown
I don't know how one can get to that conclusion. Charlie Brown is physically abused, insulted and disrespected constantly. His kindness is rarely if ever noticed and he always fails. Classic good guy that finishes last He is a loser who is hated or ignored. Abuse against him is never condemned.
I think it conditioned males to just get used to abuse as they deserve it. The females in the strip are strong and dominant who are never disrespected.
Nobody wants to be a complete wimp like him.
@@rumblebird9888 Charlie Brown is not a complete if he was a complete wimp he wouldn't keep trying and never give up only a complete wimp would say that he was a complete went but then again you're corrupt society has corrupted views on what it means to be strong
Early on in the comic strip Charles Schulz decided that Charlie Brown was not allowed to win or have anything go his way. He said that success is not very funny.
RIP Peter Robbins, the OG voice of Charlie Brown
He was not a good person, sadly. Spent a lot of time in prison.
@@patrickmanway290 he may have had psychological problems.
@@laminage MAY have had?
@@patrickmanway290 from what I have read, he was "made an example of" to a considerable extent. Life often isn't good to former juvenile stars once they become adults. Let's try not to be judgemental. Robbins would hardly be the first done poorly by the courts, after all.
@@patrickmanway290he did suffer from mental health problems.
Have always loved Charlie Brown.
But in 1963 I was 2, behind the Iron Curtain. It would take long before I discovered Charlie, only to fall in love with him forever. Such a shame that that wonderful studio burnt down. Mr. Schulz's talent was amazing.
Thank you for this most interesting documentary.
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Thank you for posting..I'm 51 and have been a Peanuts fan since I could pick up a newspaper or a paperback.
I never knew this doc existed til now. I always figured "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was the first time they were animated for any kind of broadcast.
The More You Know 🌈🌠
Theye were previously animated in Ford commercials from 1959 through 1964 (also appearing in Ford's newspaper and magazine ads)- and featured in special opening sequences on "THE FORD SHOW STARRING TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD" from 1959 through 1961.
Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez and Vince Guaraldi... the beginning of something magical.
16:11-16:20 the best insult threat roast to a legendary author/illustrator if I ever heard one
Ex-Fan: "Make him kick that football or I'll destroy your office"
Schultz: You and what army?
Ex-Fan: "What army? What arm? look around you Sparky!
Schultz: You planted peanuts on the ground?
Ex-Fan: "Peanuts" *precedes to laugh histeracly while the whole entire ground also laughs*
Shutlz: Uh oh
What a treat to find this, for a lifelong fan of Schulz's comic strip and television shows and movies. Many thanks for uploading this.
This is delightful! I'm 57 and feel like I'm being transported back to 1971 when I got into Peanuts for the first time. My parents bought me all the paperbacks!
This was never broadcast, so it's interesting to see this come to light.
I wasn't born until 1967, so I had no idea about this documentary. However I am so thankful that you shared this with everyone. This is by far one of the most iconic characters to ever be created. I absolutely loved these characters when I was a boy and still today @ 55 I still adore them. Again THANK YOU SIR.
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Wow! Two years before "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and they had already established the animation style, had Vince G. playing the cool jazz, and maybe even some of the same kids doing the voices?
This is a very extreme hard to find documentary, however, this is a super excellent 1963 treasure!!
This is a great treasure, the very first Charlie Brown documentary! I'm a big fan of Schulz' work. Also, "Sparky" would turn 100 this year.
Nice find
I’m glad this lost documentary of the peanuts finally surfaced on RUclips especially since this is one of the earliest peanuts animations before the Christmas special came out
The first cartoon shorts were adverts for a car named the Ford Falcon.
There was a commercial for chocolate cigars before this to
It was never lost, the Charles Schulz Family Museum sells DVD copies
That was a Ford ad, adapted from one of Sparky's strips (when Sally was born).
Regardless it's remained remarkably little-known.
Vince Guaraldi performed the music for this documentary, it was originally titled "A Man Called Charlie Brown." It was written, produced and directed by Lee Mendelson and aired on Oct. 6, 1963. It went up against a high profile tv special "Elizabeth Taylor In London." From a Vince Guaraldi biography by Derrick Bang, "One New York critic called Mendelson's documentary "a surprise and a joy... with one-tenth the buget [of Taylor] but ten times the artistic result... the television sleeper of the season." "Year's later, when asked how he selected his follow-up effort [to "A Man Named Mays"] Mendelson wold respond with a well-practiced comeback: "I decided, having done a program on the world's best baseball player, that I shouild do the world's worst: Charlie Brown."
I was 3 years and 3 days when the cartoon was aired. Many moon's have passed.
Originally titled, as in, before it got its actual title? The title screen clearly reads A Boy Named Charlie Brown.
@@dingdongism Correct. The working title was "A Man Called Charlie Brown", but when it went to production it was renamed.
@@YoPaulieMusic So this was not originally "unreleased" as I have been reading elsewhere? I wondered about that. Also, I see a TV commercial on YT listed as being from 1962. Is that the earliest Peanuts animation? And is Lucy really a fascist? Enquiring minds want to know!
This documentary was actually never aired on television.
Super documentary about an American icon; a fitting tribute to 'Sparky' Charles Schulz. Thank you, Kegan, for sending me the link. 🤩
What a great find! I've been a fan of Peanuts since I was in elementary school. I'm 59 years old now and I still
find comfort and that feeling of nostalgia reading Peanuts comics and watching all the Peanuts movies.
Thank you very much for posting this video.
Finally I got to see this, thanks for uploading it in here! As a lifelong Peanuts fan from Finland, I was really pleasantly surprised that the documentary actually opens with a Finnish translation of a Peanuts strip. I was not expecting that! And they even mention that the Finnish name of the strip (Tenavat) has pretty much the same meaning as Schulz's original title, Lil' Folks. (By the way, in the fifth panel at 2:05 Lucy apparently says "Senkin nilviäinen!" which literally means "You mollusc!" in Finnish.)
Oh! Thank you ("danke" in some form?!) for the translation, I'm going to start calling people mollusks when they do dumb things! I can't pronounce it in Danish so I'll go with English for now! 😄
As a kid, I was really disturbed and comforted by Charlie Brown's obsession/anxiety about baseball. I was a very anxious kid, but had no idea what anxiety even was. I just know that the way he felt was the way I felt, and it comforted me and let me know I was not alone.
I remember having to wait a year! To see the next charlie brown special. I remember they showed dolly madison treats for commercials. Big part of my childhood.
Dolly Madison didn't exist here in Canada, so, I always wondered if they were as good, as they were supposed to be! 🤔😄
Zingers!
After 60 years this was still so enjoyable! Thank you for sharing.❤
13:19 '62 Country Squire! He had excellent taste. I was gobsmacked to see this. Vince Guaraldi is my favorite musician, and I have the soundtrack to this documentary on both CD and original stereo vinyl. It's fantastic to see and hear how the music that I know so well was used.
I think he got a discount on it- or he got it gratis- because he was involved with Ford's ad campaigns on TV, and in magazine ads.
@@fromthesidelines That's possible I suppose, though I have read from more than one source that the reason he agreed to do the Ford ads was he had always driven Fords, so as I said, he already had great taste.
@@fromthesidelines, seems fair..his involvement helped sell a lot of FORDS..fair tradeoff= he got a discount..or got it for free..
I've been a Peanuts fan since I was in the 5th grade in 1963 (thanks, Mrs. Szynal!), so this show brought back many happy memories. Thanks for posting!
The late Peter Robbins, who just died recently, was either *6* or *7* by the time this documentary was completed!
he was 6 when production ended for this 7 when this premiered
At the part where he reads a letter a little girl wrote about saying she'd be happy to eat lunch with Charlie Brown made me feel a little teary. Possibly because of reading in a Schulz biography that Charlie Brown was mostly Sparky in real life...the kind that put up with being socially awkward. I thought that if I were going to school at the same time he did, I would've been his friend and talked to him.
I was 3 years old when this documentary came out and I feel like I have a special connection to Charles Schulz’s Peanuts Gang. Because my name is LinAs. Yes that’s right I said Linas. It was my Mom’s name as well. I feel so honored to have this name. And even though I’m a female and not a male like LinUs. I am 62 and have been a huge fan ever since I first saw their Christmas Special. It’s no wonder why we love them. We identify with them through their cartoon strips, movies, books etc…. They live the kind of life real children experience all the time. Charles Schulz was a genius and an incredibly talented man. I have nothing but love and respect for him. Thank you Charles Schulz for your hard work and dedication to the Peanuts Gang! God bless you and may you be Resting In Peace.
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Linus would like that, Linas.
I met Mr. Schulz in 1968 or so. My aunt took me to his ice skating rink in Santa Rosa, CA. Even at age eleven, I could tell he was an unhappy man.
That doesn't surprise me. There are times in both the specials and the comics that either Charlie Brown or the rest of the gang wallow in their own pity and/or monologue for way too long. Some of Peanuts hasn't aged well for those reasons. A lot of art end up reflecting the artists themselves.
Schulz once said, "If you read my strip often enough, you get to know me."
Grew up watching charlie brown Christmas since I was little about 5 and all the other programs but by far the Christmas was the best knowing that the message about Jesus was always there, and touched me to my ❤️it will live on to be a classic till christ returns,,Amen
So wonderful, especially the ending credits. Peanuts, and Vince Guaraldi, was the soundtrack and background of my childhood. Thank you for posting!
I first learned to read from PEANUTS comics when I was 4 years old I have never seen this one before thank you for posting this one. Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace was my favorite
This was a great stumble. Loved hearing C Shultz talk about his process. Lived in SF for a bit of time. So, it was good to see Candlestick again. Probably fog, not rain which delayed things a bit. lol. And who doesn't love Vince Guaraldi? Thanks, CS and ROMMIX for posting
By Oct 15th 63, I was two months old. So, I suppose he and I are peers in many ways. Thx for the opportunity to see this again.
This is absolutely fantastic - a rare gem. Thank you so much from a life-long German Peanuts fan!
Yes. As a kid, I was Charlie Brown. I identified with him most of all. Sometimes his thoughts are similar to the thoughts I had as a kid.
Same for me. I related to Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh as well.
Aha - no wonder I never heard of this. It was screened for the San Fran Advertising Club, but never shown on TV because they couldn't find commercial sponsors.
And yes, that is 7-year-old Peter Robbins as the voice of CB.
Rest well OG “good grief” king 🙍🏻♂️👑 🪦
It didn’t air till 2005
Sponsorship by the Coca Cola Bottlers is clearly shown at the beginning of the documentary, so apparently it did eventually find a sponsor.
This was quite the joy to watch and laugh out loud so hard! Absolutely love everything with Charlie Brown and the series! You'll never find a Comic strip so wholesome or series well beloved as these nowadays! It's a timelessness that captured something unique and made it so relatable it will be beloved for all time! Thank you so much for uploading this so I had a chance to witness it!
Very well said.👍
Calvin and Hobbes was also good. It only ran for ten years but it still made a big impact
Charlie Brown/Peanuts reminds me of my late aunt who raised me. Her and I would watch ALL the Charlie Brown specials on TV and bought me a VHS of a newer Charlie Brown cartoon. One of those bonding experiences that will stay with me forever.
I really enjoy social history stories, like this! :)
👍
She would like that..I don't know about her, don't think so.
I first saw A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1970 and it became one of those movies that MUST be watched every Christmas, or it will feel like Xmas didn't come . I used to collect the little paper back anthologies of Peanuts strips, but one day in 1970 my apartment burned down and I lost them all. (Good Grief !) was 23 at the time and now, at 75, I still love Peanuts and I own the Charlie Brown Christmas video and a couple of others and still watch them occasionally .
there's something so beautifully ironic about how Charlie Brown finally gets to act in the big leagues, only for it to rain immediately during
This is so nostalgic for me even though I was born in 67 and this film was made a few years before I was born, I always loved Charlie Brown 🟤🤎, The Peanuts gang and of course Snoopy 😊❤️ Mr. Schultz seemed like a really nice person and very artistically talented .. Really glad I came across this video Thank you for posting this 👍🏻😊👍🏻
RIP Chris Shea (1958-2010) 👱🏻♂️😇
RIP Peter Robbins (1956-2022) 💛🕯️🕯️🙏
😢 They both died so young!
@@shoknifeman2mikado135 Yeah and Peter Robbins literally took his own life. It's sad.
Wow amazing ! 😍
Thank you so much for this upload !!
A Peanuts lover too in the UK, as my parents were, we have versions in English and French,
and I introduced it to my own children in the last few years.
It is timeless..
As Sparky says, all children around the world are basically the same.. and all adults have their inner child still there.
I think I identify with Pig-Pen, especially when I am sitting in someone's ultra clean house and I feel like a big mess in it 😂
Also, my mum has always quoted "the girl with naturally curly hair" in reference to me 😄
My rabbit is called Snoopy, he was at the Farm Sanctuary I volunteer at, and we fell in love. He is a pure white lop-eared rabbit.. and whilst he does not have a black nose nor black ears, as we started to fall in love when I was caring for him, he told me with certainty when he looked at me , face to face, that his name was not Oreo (as his previous family called him 😳🤨🤣) but in fact, Snoopy. He has all of Snoopy's characterstics, spends a lot of time lying down, surveying, incredibly cheeky, thinks he can do anything (he loves football/soccer).. and is the friendliest most loving Bun in the whole world. Just like our beloved dog, Snoopy 😊
My mum's favourite is Schroeder,
My dad's favourite character was Woodstock.. (perhaps because he was named after the festival, and my dad loved the music and feeling of Woodstock Fest ? In turn loved Woodstock's energy ?!)
And I would like to end this with my favourite quote from Woodstock...
' I I I I I I I
I I I I I I I I
I I I I I I I
I I I I I I I I
I I I I I I I '
I think that says it all 😄
I LOVE your Woodstock quote!!
@@twistoffate4791 His words of wisdom are legendary !!
@@catshez Yes!!!
At 52, I still have my collection of Charlie Brown books. I looked forward to the Peanuts comic strip everyday, the comics section being the only section in the newspaper worth reading, in my opinion. I have a cousin named Charlie Brown, but I guess he got tired of the jokes, because he now goes by Chuck. He owns an auto garage in Ames, Iowa.
He should be proud of his name!
Oh, what fun! I grew up in the 60s; Charles M. Schultz was a daily delight. Charlie Brown and the gang will live forever. Appreciate the upload, I'd never seen it!
This is great. It's only rare to find the whole documentary so this is great!
And such a good/clear print, to boot!
1963? I never knew this existed! I'd always thought the very first Peanuts animation was the Christmas Special from 1965. this is wonderful
Even before this, from 1959-62, Peanuts characters appeared in animated commercials on 'The Ford Show'(sponsored by the car company, starring country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford).
I was in love with Snoopy's beautiful howling at opening credits. God, he's so damn cool. 🤗
Lucy van Pelt and Ludwig van Beethoven. Never realized. Fabulous comic!
Thank you so much for uploading this! (I didn't even know this existed until recent searches including for Guaraldi's music for "The Great Pumpkin". It's great to see this work, especially its animation, that was made before the "Christmas" special, which until now I thought was the first time the "Peanuts" characters were animated!)
The first Peanuts animation was used in a series of TV ads for Ford, from the same "team"
@@shoknifeman2mikado135 I suppose he meant in a tv special. Still, it would be nice
to see those Ford "Peanuts" commercials
somewhere
Rest in Peace🕊️🕯️Peter Robbins
He'll be missed
Thanks for this ROMMIX. Makes a very cold Christmas Eve morning power outage a little easier to get through.
Glad this helped. Stay warm.
Fantastic Charley Brown, been reading your stuff since 1963, in the USA, the Netherlands and Australia.
What a special find this video is! Thank you for sharing it.
I loved the antics of Snoopy and Woodstock, and since this documentary didn’t have Woodstock in it, I was curious about his origin. I learned that the little yellow bird had been a recurring character for a bit but it wasn’t until 1970 that Woodstock got his name, which did come from the famous three-day outdoor concert. I was five in 1970 so I don’t remember the time before Woodstock had his name.
Charlie Brown, is an american boyhood icon who is the rival of Huckleberry Finn.
His fate is largely woeful, but his spirit is dominant. His kindness is unrivaled and the compassion he shows towards his friends is spiritual.
Charlie Brown and because of him Sparky Schulz, is my hero. I was 4 years old when this documentary was made and he has been with me through my whole life as a moral compass and a secret confidant.
What they say about Charlie Brown is what I truly hope people think about me;
"You're a good man, Charlie Brown"!
Good grief! Where's this been all my life?
That was a treat thank you 🙂
4:50 "A sort of a beagle Walter Mitty, who dreams of being everything" - in 1963, you ain't seen nothing yet!
Wait'll he starts visualizing himself as the "World War I flying ace" in 1965. 😃
@@fromthesidelines Or dancing at a disco as the alter ego Flashbeagle in 1984. Snoopy has had quite the career throughout the years.
@@fromthesidelines the best, I think.
And "The World Famous Author", "The World Famous Attorney", "Joe Cool", et. al.
“Sort of a beagle Walter Mitty” is such a great line!
I was 7 in 1963 and always loved watching Charlie Brown shows ! I loved watching Charlie Brown shows !
Linus nailed that nickel out of the air with his blanket like a STRAIGHT UP G
"Fastest blanket in the West!"
The documentary that I didn't know existed but needed. Thanks for the upload 😊!!
Ah...the good old days, just pile in that station wagon! Seat belt? I don't need no stinkin' seat belt!
I moved to Detroit suburbs when I was in Grade 5 in 1963, in a baby blue Ford Country Squire. When I got into grade 7 (Jr. High) a couple of years later I encountered a book seller in the hallway. He would open his folding book sales rack during lunch break and among his collection of books was most every paperback that Charles Shultz wrote - and I had to have them all. Wish I still did, those books gave me years of warm fuzzies - until I discovered Sci-Fi in 1968 🙂 Loved this video, thanks for the upload!
Few people have affected the world so positively as Charles Schulz. I've loved Peanuts since I was a little boy in the 70s.
Wow, what a gem to stumble on out of the blue! Music by Vince Guaraldi, even! Thanks, to whomever uploaded this!
Uh that would be me the guy who uploaded this to RUclips silly goose.
this ended up in my recommended list...definitely a big fan of the Peanuts series...loved it as a kid. Great documentary. More innocent times then...should be a part of everyone's childhood.
We don't know how good we have it in the West, while I like other cultures (too), imo western culture is the best...coming from an Indian guy in Canada. :) I'm 50 now, came here in 1980 with family.
As for Peanuts, I always like the simplicity of it, the music, sound effects...not as busy or frenetic like some other cartoons...ofc they have their place too like Disney and Looney Tunes, etc...but this series is unique and special.
There needs to be more Charlie Browns in the world. I wish we could go back to those times where the Peanuts made an impact on the world, but alas so many of those ideas and mindsets are long gone. Sad....
Yes, it is.
I never thought I’d actually be able to watch this documentary!!!
The world 🌎 loves you, Charlie Brown ❤
I wish we had men like Charles Schulz and Fred Rogers entertaining children today.
Soooo nice!! Enjoyed this as I am 82 n never ever gave up on Charlie Brown n Peanuts gang!! Love these adorable characters n God bless Ch as rest Schultz...
This was fantastic! Thank you for putting this up. 🙂
I was born in 62 and loved Peanuts for years. I had their coloring book and made sure to make the characters match the correct color. At 60 now, I still watch the holiday shows. ♥️💜
Wow! I’m old and I don’t think I ever saw this. Thank you.
Thank you for uploading it!
Charlie didn't even scream the famous "AAUGH!!!!" line when Lucy pulls the football away from him
Wonderful. Actually Charlie Brown got me into loving and eventually playing baseball.
Thank you for posting this!!
0:59 this scene was used in the original promo for A Charlie Brown Christmas to introduce the characters
This is a real gem!
Charlie never gives up!! He has the heart of a champion.
Lucy and Linus yelling at Charlie’s piano playing as if their “singing” was any better.
Many thanks for this wonderful documentary!
Ha, they animated that Sunday strip where Snoopy has an actual machine gun on the roof of his doghouse. That sight and the way Lucy slaps Charlie Brown at 1:15... they really had no intention of giving a saccharine portrayal of Peanuts in this first animated adaptation of the comic strip, and I respect that. The newspaper article's description of the characters at 7:35 is amusing as well in it's bluntness ("Patty and Violet: 'Simply stupid'", "And Linus certainly isn't suicidal...").
Oh, and I think the fan mail letters that Schulz reads out loud are responses to specific strips from that era (Charlie Brown not getting a Joe Shlabotnik baseball card, for example).
Happiness is knowing God Loves Me!
Thank you for sharing this! My alter ego is Charlie Brown as well. I don't know if I've ever seen this documentary!
I remember this program from when I was a little girl and I watched it on The Disney channel.
I read many of the Peanuts books when I was a child in the early 1970s and I think I do remember seeing this film back then as well. I think my interest in these characters was the belief that one day Charlie would win a baseball game, or he would talk to the red haired girl, or something would go his way. Of course, my favourite character was and still is Snoopy. He was so cool.
25-july-2021
Wow. Peanuts is wonderful. This documentary takes you in the Peanuts world. I just reminisce (felt) my childhood days, when there used to be no smartphones and very few TVs and kids favourite time was spent on the playground. Nostalgic documentary.
Thank you for sharing this. It brought a few welcome laughs, and a lot of things I wasn't aware of!
This was so endearing 😍...I really enjoyed it, ty for uploading ☺
Happy 100 years Charles Schulz (the Creator of the Peanuts.)⭐
I absolutely love this documentary! Thanks so much for posting it! 😊
Superb info !!!! Was a huge fan of Charlie brown for a good part of my life !!!! And Snoopy!!!! 😊
Ah, the first Charlie Brown special.
The thing that started it all.
Too bad it's so rare.
> Too bad it's so rare.
Not anymore it's not.
I guess not. You posted it on here so it's "not so rare".
it's a documentary, not a special, the first special was a charlie brown christmas
@@MrVimtomelon I know that, I just like to call documentaries that too.
You're definitely right, this was made for companies who'd be interested in doing business with Mr. Schulz
narrated by don sherwood....a great dj
peter robins voiced charlie brown in the doc, so imdb is wrong when it says he started voicing cb at age 9....he was 7
Thank you for the Don Sherwood information! I've been looking all over for that!
This is the real rare treat starring Charlie Brown & The Peanut Gang and the 1st one made by Lee Mendelssohn/Bill Mendez Productions Inc. and 1 of many Peanuts TV Specials sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company.
“There’s no hope,
There’s no hope,
He’s a wishy washy joke.”
Excellent character introduction