Wow, i was not expecting the attention this would get. The Peanuts craze is still going i guess 😂 thank you so much for all the kind comments and support. Also the criticisms, i hear you loud and clear also! With that being said, I’d like to say that i make videos on whatever interests me. But feel free to give suggestions. I will be covering a wide range of creators on the channel, so just a fair warning. The topics will be very random! Take care everyone! ❤
I need to say here that my Dad, Charles M. Schulz, was neither a depressive nor a distant father. In fact, he was fully present in our lives, and probably more so than my mother whose own artistic passions for building led her farther from than my father’s cartooning. Yes, some of those “controversial” descriptions of my Dad came from the Michaelis biography, but even he knew better.
Thank you so much for your clarification.I had one of those playhouses with the green roof, red door, and yellow shutters when I was a girl. I used to call it a snoopy house. My parents put it in my room. I used to climb on top and try to sleep on the roof like snoopy. I also wanted a real snoopy dog.
Actually, he WAS called Sparky! That was the nickname given to him as a kid. When anyone would tell me “I’ve known Charlie for years,” I knew that person didn’t know him at all. And, no, he was not “a dull and depressed type.”
In 1971, when I was in grade school, we wrote to Charles Schulz, asking him to decorate our Wilbur Avenue Bridge, connecting Tarzana Elementary School from the west side to the east side of Wilbur Avenue, which was often flooded during the winter. Schulz was kind enough to paint 12 life-sized Peanuts cartoon metal panels (each 5 ft tall), which are still there today. I still love to drive by and visit the beloved Peanuts gang. If you want to see what is known as the Snoopy Bridge, it’s in Tarzana, a suburb neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, CA.
Thank you for reminding me about these! I grew up in Reseda, our 60s and 70s school years were full of Good Old Charlie Brown. The fact that Charles Schultz gave "The Valley" these awesome iconic panels- we were pretty proud.
This was extremely interesting, thank you. I've known Snoopy since the 70s but had no idea what type of mam Charles Schulz was...a very clever, talented one 🏈
When I was in Kindergarten (around 1970), my mother bought a copy of "Happiness is a Warm Puppy" through Scholastic Book Services. It was likely one of the first books I had in my collection of Scholastic books. As I got older, I enjoyed the various animated "Peanuts" specials that appeared on TV, particularly the Christmas special. Today, our local paper's weekend comics still features a Peanuts strip. The scripts are so timeless that I have no idea whether I'm seeing something that was penned last week or 5 decades ago, although this video claims that no new Peanuts strips have been written since the retirement of Charles M. Schultz. Lastly, I would like to comment on the cultural relevance of Lucy pulling the football away before Charlie Brown can kick it. My brother and I often use this as an analogy when discussing day to day deceptions that we encounter.
I, like many others, wrote to and recieved a reply from Charles Shulz when I was a boy. I still have his thoughftul reply. In 2019, I worked beirfely for Peanuts Worldwide, the licensing branch of Peanuts here in New York. On my first day at the job, I was sorting through unopened mail at my desk and there was a letter from a boy, around the same age as I was when I wrote to him, who was also from Colorado where I grew up. In it the boy expressed his love for Charlie Brown and his friends. It was an honor to write back to him in the same spirit as Mr. Schulz had written to me. I enclosed some free swag we had and stamped the signature with a Snoopy paw print they had. It was a full circle and very special moment. That same year I marched with the Austronaut Snoopy float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and met his lovely widow Jean. Thank you Charles Schulz for all the wonderful memories you left us by turning your struggles into lingering happiness.
_Wow. What an awesome story! I'll be honest, it almost brought tears to my eyes. That's also awesome that you were able to be in that parade (AND you also met his wife - a nice bonus)!_ *Thanks so much for sharing.* 👍🏼
Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way. We deserve Hell because we've sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him. John 3:16 Romans 3:23❤😊❤
I'm 75 and I remember when I was a kid and started seeing Peanuts in the local paper. I've loved it ever since. Thank you for this wonderful video about Charles Schultz and Peanuts❤
Just because others didn’t recognize him being bullied or mistreated doesn’t mean that it isn’t true. Most people are preoccupied with themselves, especially in school.
Agreed. Especially for people of that era. Bullying was seen as physical in nature. Being beaten up in particular. Some of the behaviors that were considered innocuous “jokes” and “pranks” and “boys being boys” could be shockingly cruel and would not only be considered bullying by ANY standards today but possibly illegal as well. Just to put things into a clearer context. Most people don’t choose to be depressed. It’s a state of being that can be difficult to treat. Especially if you are being accused of being depressed for fun. Just as an aside, Skipping grades in elementary school is a very common catalyst for depression. Skipping grades invariably left the student feeling isolated and lonely. They were very often picked on and socially excluded. Which makes sense as they put among students who were in a more advanced stage of development emotionally, physically and socially. We now know that skipping grades is not worth the long term cost for the child. This happened to Charles Schultz twice. Suffice it to say, he was almost certainly bullied in ways that were far more detrimental and harmful than being beaten up. Bad enough. But not even close to what else could have been done and seen as harmless play. Just sayin.
@@KayCeeTX21These are hugely important points. Thanks for making them. I was bullied emotionally as opposed to physically, and it did a lot of serious damage. (Then when I got home, I was often bullied *by my mother,* both physically and emotionally.) I had a ton of baggage to unpack when I became an adult.
Bullying is so human and America is no exception , that it’s usually not even seen! The mind can not comprehend what the brain refuses to see. Yes, I am thinking of the gender neutral child who was bullied until they reacted by throwing water. Then they were beat up. They blamed the child who threw the water, not the bullies! So many young people are being bullied so much that they end their lives. When will we see the bullies and take action?
I grew up in Santa Rosa, CA, and met Mr Schulz on a few scattered occasions. One thing we kids were taught early on was that he hated to be called "Sparky", so none of us ever did that . We also realized very quickly that his personality had an On/Off switch. If he was in a good mood, yay! He would draw pictures of his characters on any available paper for you and sign them or even include dialog. If he was in a bad mood, leave him be. Period. When the Redwood Ice Arena was opened (he put up a lot of the money for it because he missed broom hockey), he would, for the first year, hang out at the Warm Puppy Lounge a lot. There were a few of us kids who became informally known as the Sparky Patrol. Not all of us were there every day, but there was always at least one of us. We would determine what kind of mood Schulz was in. If he was in his On mood, we shepherded people up to him, never too many, and folks would come away with little drawings; if he was in his Off mood, we kept people away. "He's busy working." For this, we were given cups of hot cocoa and we knew we were the cool kids.
Schulz was the first entertainer to NET $50 million per year. That's right! After paying all his taxes and bills, Schulz had $50 million bucks, all to himself. That proved money can't buy happiness.
@@davidlafleche1142 True enough. However, from personal experience, financial comfort can favourably cushion unhappiness so that life's ride doesn't jolt quite so much.
I also met "Mr. Schulz" around town a few times. He always struck me as an introverted shy guy. He was usually affable. Most of us just left him alone and/or treated him like any other citizen. His work continues to benefit our community.
I truly loved Charles Schultz. You see as a kid I had dyslexia so when I was a kid in the 60s Mr Schultz had his comic strip in small weekly paper backs. I would buy one every week from the local bookstore. I also really thought I was Charlie Brown. As a kid with dyslexia you tend to be bad at sports because kids with dyslexia tend to be physically awkward. It was Mr Schultz who taught me how to read. He said that he never talked down to kids and that he always used adult language and words. I not only had every book but my niece who was born in 1967 she had a Snoopy and I would collect every picture and thing I could get my hands on. I am 67 and I have Snoopy watches and dolls and figures . I also love Mickey Mouse and have everything of Disney I could get my hands on. I cried when Mr Schultz died and even when you spoke of him. For me he could do no wrong. Thank you Mr Schultz for making my part of my childhood wonderful . I also thank the Schultz family who take care Of the peanuts yours Robert Hansen
Also, another fun fact, CBS thought A Charlie Brown Christmas might've been too boring for audiences that the network suggested that they add Charley Douglass' laugh track to the special. Schulz refused, stating that the audience should know where the jokes were going to be. So they created two versions, one with and one without. CBS relented with Schulz and the team and tried without the laugh track, and it still became an instant hit. So Charlie Brown became one of those rare examples in the 60s that got successful without requiring canned laughter.
You did a great job on this. I knew a bit about him but you told me a lot I didn't know. I'm 68 and Peanuts has always been in the background of my life. It was a family favorite and the question, "Did you read Peanuts today?" was often heard in my house growing up.
Thank you for this beautiful post! I met Mr. Schulz when I was 10yrs old, he was visiting with our neighbor's across the street. While me and my friend were playing in front of his house, Mr. Schulz came outside, I think to have a cigarette, he asked us if we liked to draw and had my friend get some paper and a pencil. He taught us how to draw Popeye, Bluto and I vaguely remember him sketching Scooby. He told us he couldn't teach us how to draw Charlie Brown or Snoopy because it would've been some kind of infringement and he didn't like talking to lawyers lol.
Oh really? That's the only reason I could see him going outside on the front steps and lighting up, because my friends didn't allow smoking inside the house. Funny my mom always told us kids she never smoked too, but not according to her sister. Everyone smoked back then lol. @@wadebarnett2542
In the 70s my father worked as a sales consultant for Bell of PA (the phone company). Ms. Claudius was one of his clients. He had a meeting with her in her office and noticed all these Peanuts comics framed and on the walls. He inquired about the prints and was corrected that they were originals from Mr. Schulze. She related to him the story and history she had with him. She was also mentioned in the comic strip as a 'tennis partner with the soft paws'. Thank you Culture Explained for this wonderful story and the memories.
I was and still am a huge fan of Peanuts and the work of Charles Schulz. It was he who got me interested in taking up art and illustrations. I am also happy that I share the same first name. Very well produced documentary.
I still have the newspaper with the farewell Peanuts comic. I feel like Schulz's passing had more of an effect on me than the end of Calvin and Hobbes, which remains my all time favorite comic to this day. I feel like some part of me expected Charles Schulz and Peanuts to be immortal the way we all thought Queen Elizabeth II was until we found out she wasn't.
Similar here..... I got to encounter Peanuts in the mid 1960s as a very young child from the colour supplements in Dad's Sunday papers; I've loved them ever since. They just 'speak' to me; every character feels like a close friend! Even Lucy...😂 When Schulz passed, it really felt like all my best friends had suddenly died too.... 😢 I still love to read the cartoons though, and am slowly collecting the entire "Peanuts Collection" series of books so that I'll have the entire collection of published strips to dip in and out of whenever I want 😃 Good ol' Schulz, and Good ol' Charlie Brown...... 😊
I met Mr. Shultz Days before he passed on at my office at a Ford Dealership in Santa Rosa. He came in and traded a new Jaguar for a Mercury Capri. Told me his daughter had bought the Jag for him and it was too much for him. He was so modest. I did all his paperwork for him and we chatted for hours. When he left he gave me his autograph and told me he would be doing his last Peanuts strip that coming Sunday as he was retiring. That Sunday as I walked up to the newspaper stand, the headline in the San Francisco times was, "Charles Shultz dies in his sleep overnight"! The day of his last strip he passed on. Peanuts ended and so did this wonderful mans stay on earth. Truly a remarkable story. I was blessed to have met him if only to have a glimpse of his greatness.
Charles Schultz always kept his Peanuts strip as socially inclusive as possible. If any of the newspaper comic strips artists could be compared to Fred Rogers and Dolly Parton, he'd be the one.
If he earned a Combat Infantry Badge as a squad leader in WWII, his military service was more than he modestly described. I understand why it’s the thing he was most proud of.
Shulz gave us insight into being a victim of bullying. Look at the words spoken by Lucy and Violet. Look at Charlie Brown's facial expression as a result. Schulz knew what being bullied was like. I agree with you; it must have been true.
yes i should have considered that! I thought about it briefly but with the other supporting information around it from the book "Schulz and Peanuts," I thought it might be true. I'll think about that next time :)
Great documentary! Note: At 24:51, top right-hand side, in the role of Charlie Brown himself in the play "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", is MASH's very own Radar O'Reilly, aka Gary Burghoff. Cool!
He, Charlie Brown, was my hero growing up -- started when I was about 12. Saw the TV Specials in real time, had original paperback books of the strip. Still have the first one. Telling another person, "You know, you're a good man, Charlie Brown." Is the highest compliment I can give to a person. To me it means, like CB, you always show up, NEVER give up trying, you give it your all, find good in ppl, love with all your heart -- regardless of your failures, the odds against you, negatives from others... YOU hang in there, and have Faith in a positive outcome. Takes a special person to stand at that level. I'm very dissappointed in myself when I don't, and quietly humble when I do.
I once read that his High School graduation class were planning their reunion , but had lost contact with Charles Schulz. Everyone knew of the famous cartoonist of the same name but agreed it wasn't their classmate as he would have never possibly achieved such ability and fame.
My first exposure to Christ was through Linus' reading in the Christmas Special when I was about 7. That seed grew into my relationship with Christ and for that I am forever grateful
I have watched the Charles Schulz documentary as early as a decade ago! I've always found him to be such a fascinating figure! One moment I found worth noting in the documentary near the end was an account from fellow cartoonist Lynn Johnson ('For Better or for Worse'), who suggested, when it became clear that Sparky couldn't keep the strip going, that he end the strip off with Charlie Brown finally getting to kick the football. Sparky said that he couldn't bear to do that, since A) he thought it would be a way of tempting fate and ensuring he get sick, and B) he thought ending the strip like that would be killing off the characters in a way, as well as killing off the key to his childhood. (So in that regard, I'm glad that the 2015 Peanuts movie from Blue Sky, for the moment of triumph it gave to Charlie Brown at the end to give it a positive note for the audience, still kept in that classic running gag of Lucy pulling the ball away.) And also having done some digging into the history of Bill Melendez as well, from his days at Disney to working for UPA to Peanuts and then doing his own studio, I would very much be up for seeing an episode talking about his life!
Fifty-year-old English guy here with a 145 IQ. Peanuts means so much to me and it is always fantastic when a heartfelt and tasteful tribute to Schulz appears on the internet.
I expected this presentation to be this good since this channel has millions of subscr........wait.........what!? Such a small channel and such an amazing production. Great work, man. Subbed!
I'm from Santa Rosa which is where Charles Schultz was from when he created Peanuts. We have custom made statues of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, and Lucy in a lot of different places here in Santa Rosa and also the surrounding towns here in Sonoma County. There's even a custom made Charlie Brown statue with a San Francisco Giants jersey that was indeed custom made by the SF Giants. There aren't as many of them, but there are statues of the other characters as well such as Linus. We love The Peanuts here.
Loved this cartoon strip from the very beginning when I was in grade school. My Mom bought me all of the paperbacks sold in the grocery stores and I was looking forward to a new episode volume every week. You did a great job of balancing the good and the bad of the great animator. Love this channel And Love You Mom for all the Fun Books ❤
Love it. I was born in 76 and grew up reading peanuts paperbacks including the first ones with wacky looking characters. It was hilarious from the beginning. Can you imagine being so successful that you basically serve as the symbol for an entire artform? The peanuts is the indisputable top comic strip, there's nothing even remotely close and never will be as the artform has declined in importance
I had a Peanuts comic strip book when I was little. Loved that book until it fell apart. Just seeing this for the first time. I see on stage for "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown", Gary Burghoff (Rader O"Riley in MASH), who played Charlie Brown and I can totally see it in his face.. Some of my Korean students enjoy Peanuts but know nothing about them. I enjoy teaching the about it. Amazing work on this video. Thanks!
yes, younger people have really fell in love with the characters! I'm young myself but watched the specials a lot growing up. Glad this video could help :)
The final issue of 'Timeless Topix' seems to be Volume 4 #10 in around mid 1946, after that the title was 'Topix'.If Schulz was working for the company in 1947 the missing strip is likely to be in 'Topix'. Topix Volume 5 #5 (Feb 47) contains 'Just Keep Laughing' by Charles Sculz, so the missing Army story has to be before that issue. If we go one issue earlier 'Topix' Volume 5 #4 (Jan 47), we find a 4 page army story, 'Double Escape'. This is a 4 page army story, in Topix', in 1947, and before Just Keep Laughing - I suspect this may be the missing story you mention.
RUclips recommended me something good for once? I wasn't even searching for the Peanuts, it just popped up. Keep up the good work, may the RUclips algorithms keep blessing you on future videos.
Thanks for the Video. To this day, Peanuts still appears in the newspapers, even 24 years after his death, and is simply titled "Peanuts Classics" with the old stripes being re-released as far back as the late 60's. Thank you Mr. Schulz for your work, and making us laugh. RIP Mr. Schulz.
Seeing this video blow up and your channel blow up has been really satisfying. You put a lot of work into this and I would love to see more Peanuts lore (particularly about the real Charlie Brown and the real Linus). As an amateur animator and comic strip artist, I appreciated this video. Thank you for making it 🙂 I wish the future of your channel the very best ❤ God bless ❤
“A Charlie Brown Christmas “ is still my FAVORITE Christmas special. It’s JUST NOT the Holidays without it. Even though I have it on VHS and DVD I ALWAYS have to watch it on TV. It’s the only way. I used+to have all the little digest books 📚 when I was younger.
Not sure why, but in Denmark, where I grew up, the Peanuts had been named Radiserne, which means The Radishes. Great video, thank you for making it, I thoroughly enjoyed it ❤
The willow to credit the source is a mark of a serious journalist. That alone puts you miles above numerous unqualified video essayists on RUclips. Great work.
As a cartoonist and student of comics (as well as someone who read the David Michaelis biography), you did a nice job. I recall one of my takeways from that bio similarly being that Schulz wasn't bullied in school and, in fact, was often a ringleader. It's clear he was very competitive and used slights and resentments to somewhat fuel his successs. Shortly after the release of the biography, I wrote a review/commentary on my blog and actually got a message from Jean Schulz (via an assistant) that she had read my comments.
Growing up, I always felt really awkward, lonely, and like a punching bag at school and at home. I also had an autoimmune disease that made me basically bald at a young age. I have a blonde little sister whose name rhymes with Sally, and I had 2 dogs that I considered my sidekicks. Peanuts was always one of my favorite things, I related to Charlie Brown, and it *made* the Holiday season for me to watch all the peanuts specials. And I always tried very hard but things always seemed to go wrong or my efforts unnoticed. And I always begged for a friend like Linus (but never found one). Then a few years ago I found out Charles Schulz not only had a lot of the similar experiences to myself growing up, with the loneliness and stuff, but he also died 16 hours *to the exact minute* before I was born. I'm a Catholic, but I've always wondered if that was more than a coincidence.
I am 75 born in̈ 1950. The same year as Charlie Brown. I vièw all of the specials every year just like it's my first time.. I received a Xmas gift can of cookies and the Charlie Brown music plays. Thank you for the video. I ĺove Charlie Brown. 😊
Very, very well done. In my childhood, I collected the books, recorded the audio of the cartoon specials (no videorecording back then), and had a Snoopy figurine. I sent a cartoon idea to Charles Schulz and got a nice letter back, thanking me for it but saying he had to rely on his own ideas for cartoon strips. My mom even let me put a "Charlie Brown for president" bumper sticker on our family station wagon. Although I did not keep up with Peanuts into my adulthood, it brings back many fond memories.
Thank you for this. For the past few years I've forgotten to put out my Peanuts toys during the holidays; I will make an effort to honor him this year. A life lesson for us all that broken, flawed people can still leave beauty and a lasting legacy in this world.
I'm quoting Lincoln in regards to any faults the man had. "It's my experience that those with few faults have few virtues." I have a feeling that Linus would say the same thing. Of course my favorite quote of Linus is "I love humanity, it's people I can't stand."
Great video. One correction is that his daughter Meredith ran into the burning studio and saved the strips and even got their mustang out of the way. But it was a well researched video, great job.
@28:11 - Franklin was not the first character of color in the strip. Jose Peterson was introduced in 1967 as Peppermint Patty's teammate and friend until Marci was introduced. Franklin was the first black character. Good video none the less
Peanuts was a huge part of my childhood. I still collect the odd knick knack here and there to this day. I always appreciated how his wife kept the integrity of the characters closely guarded after Charles passed away. I've been on the fence with how the more recent stuff has been handled. Like the animation for instance. Those early specials were absolutely beautiful, and when paired with the genius piano playing of Vince Gueraldi, made some of my favorite childhood memories. For the most part it's been respected, but I find it sad that they would rather go the cheaper route with the computer animation. Have we completely lost everyone willing to do a more classic style? Either way, it's always been a sweet and simple comic and cartoon. Who amongst us doesn't relate to poor ol Charlie Brown from time to time? RIP Sparky...
I'm sure it wasn't your intention but your vid brought up some (happy) tears of nostalgia of when I was a kid watching the Christmas specials with my family... so thank you for that! 🥲
I'm inclined to agree that auctioning off the letters was both tacky and immature. It puts me in mind of a bunch of middle schoolers sitting around at the lunch table grinning as they air other people's dirty laundry for the sole sake of airing it. The sad thing is too many adults don't outgrow this behavior which is why trashy tabloid reporters and equally trashy talk show hosts make millions of dollars. Let people's personal business stay their personal business!
Thank you for this documentary presentation. I saw Charles Schulz's grave in Healdsburg, California while doing a US military funeral ceremony. God bless all of you.
I’m 58 and got a late start on kids. My son is 8 and he’s completely obsessed with The Peanuts. We’re watching Flashbeagle as I type. He has huge books of all the old comic strips and has read them all. (Way more than I ever did!). We’ve also discovered the huge collection of shows they made back in the day on AppleTV, most of which I never knew existed. There are also a very large set of new shows which seem to stay true to the past. My son is a happy boy and so are his parents.
quite nicely and succinctly presented Culture Explained. Notable comments include Snoopy has a Mexican voice....wanted to request a life anthology of Olivia Newton John then Jim Morrison from your voice--With Peanuts you needed to talk about the Grateful Dead connection, you really shouldn't ignore those hints and realities..
Thanks so much for giving a synopsis of Charles Schultz the man and the evolution of the comic strips he created and the marvelous series of tv specials that spun from the Peanuts strip. Peanuts has been my favorite comic strip and always will be. Like Mr Schultz, my father would spend Sundays with me reading the funny papers. At the time Dagwood and Prince Valiant were his favorites. I learned to read very young and never lost the joy of reading and my favorite the Peanuts comic strip. The Peanuts gang was so relatable and hence the tv specials became a never miss. Especially the Christmas special. It isn't Christmas without it. Linus in the school play reading about the birth of the Christ child and the true meaning of Christmas. And in conclusion the music. I turn the radio up loud and tap my toes everytime I hear the Peanuts theme song.. It is a music of joy for the soul. Thank you Charles Schultz for all the joy and laughter about real life you gave us through Peanuts.
The Peanuts characters and situations are iconic and a work of genius. The characters are such archetypes; for example, we all know people like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Pig Pen in our lives. I swear, I work with Marcy.
much thanks to this man... his characters made my childhood in the 80's so much more fun especially when it came to *reading... my especially bought me a set of "Peanuts" themed encyclopedias i constantly went thru them for years which helped my reading, understanding, English grammar classes/ meaning of words and more than anything as well encouraged my writing... #respect
Just a man in full. He had ups and downs, shadows and light, but in the end he had the the only thing that matters to history: the willingness to give the best of himself to his world.
Great work. Thanks so much. As a kid in the sixties I used to love reading the books of collected strips. If anyone is interested, I think the late fifties to mid seventies was really the heyday of Peanuts. It's brilliant.
Wow, i was not expecting the attention this would get. The Peanuts craze is still going i guess 😂 thank you so much for all the kind comments and support. Also the criticisms, i hear you loud and clear also!
With that being said, I’d like to say that i make videos on whatever interests me. But feel free to give suggestions. I will be covering a wide range of creators on the channel, so just a fair warning. The topics will be very random!
Take care everyone! ❤
I ❤ The Peanuts Gang. Peppermint Patty is favorite character.
RIP Charles. 😢
Pigpen’s my favorite. He played the bass and was filthy. That was me until my late 20’s
I have a video suggestion. Could you cover the Revered Wilbert Awdry? He is the creator of Thomas.
You could cover the difficult subject about Snoopy and the Vietnam War.
I need to say here that my Dad, Charles M. Schulz, was neither a depressive nor a distant father. In fact, he was fully present in our lives, and probably more so than my mother whose own artistic passions for building led her farther from than my father’s cartooning. Yes, some of those “controversial” descriptions of my Dad came from the Michaelis biography, but even he knew better.
Thank you so much for your clarification.I had one of those playhouses with the green roof, red door, and yellow shutters when I was a girl. I used to call it a snoopy house. My parents put it in my room. I used to climb on top and try to sleep on the roof like snoopy. I also wanted a real snoopy dog.
I met your father days before his passing. He traded the Jag for the Mercury. He was the coolest! Loved him. He was a blessing to the world!
Very amazing to have the family and friends comment.
Of course, they didn't call him Sparky because he was a dull and depressed type!
Actually, he WAS called Sparky! That was the nickname given to him as a kid. When anyone would tell me “I’ve known Charlie for years,” I knew that person didn’t know him at all. And, no, he was not “a dull and depressed type.”
In 1971, when I was in grade school, we wrote to Charles Schulz, asking him to decorate our Wilbur Avenue Bridge, connecting Tarzana Elementary School from the west side to the east side of Wilbur Avenue, which was often flooded during the winter. Schulz was kind enough to paint 12 life-sized Peanuts cartoon metal panels (each 5 ft tall), which are still there today. I still love to drive by and visit the beloved Peanuts gang. If you want to see what is known as the Snoopy Bridge, it’s in Tarzana, a suburb neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, CA.
Very cool
I saw that someone had drawn over one of the panels recently.
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Thank you for reminding me about these! I grew up in Reseda, our 60s and 70s school years were full of Good Old Charlie Brown. The fact that Charles Schultz gave "The Valley" these awesome iconic panels- we were pretty proud.
This was extremely interesting, thank you. I've known Snoopy since the 70s but had no idea what type of mam Charles Schulz was...a very clever, talented one 🏈
When I was in Kindergarten (around 1970), my mother bought a copy of "Happiness is a Warm Puppy" through Scholastic Book Services. It was likely one of the first books I had in my collection of Scholastic books. As I got older, I enjoyed the various animated "Peanuts" specials that appeared on TV, particularly the Christmas special.
Today, our local paper's weekend comics still features a Peanuts strip. The scripts are so timeless that I have no idea whether I'm seeing something that was penned last week or 5 decades ago, although this video claims that no new Peanuts strips have been written since the retirement of Charles M. Schultz.
Lastly, I would like to comment on the cultural relevance of Lucy pulling the football away before Charlie Brown can kick it. My brother and I often use this as an analogy when discussing day to day deceptions that we encounter.
I, like many others, wrote to and recieved a reply from Charles Shulz when I was a boy. I still have his thoughftul reply. In 2019, I worked beirfely for Peanuts Worldwide, the licensing branch of Peanuts here in New York. On my first day at the job, I was sorting through unopened mail at my desk and there was a letter from a boy, around the same age as I was when I wrote to him, who was also from Colorado where I grew up. In it the boy expressed his love for Charlie Brown and his friends. It was an honor to write back to him in the same spirit as Mr. Schulz had written to me. I enclosed some free swag we had and stamped the signature with a Snoopy paw print they had. It was a full circle and very special moment. That same year I marched with the Austronaut Snoopy float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and met his lovely widow Jean.
Thank you Charles Schulz for all the wonderful memories you left us by turning your struggles into lingering happiness.
_Wow. What an awesome story! I'll be honest, it almost brought tears to my eyes. That's also awesome that you were able to be in that parade (AND you also met his wife - a nice bonus)!_
*Thanks so much for sharing.* 👍🏼
@@andyroid5028 I’m thankful for your reply!
Just made my day !
Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way. We deserve Hell because we've sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him.
John 3:16
Romans 3:23❤😊❤
I'm 75 and I remember when I was a kid and started seeing Peanuts in the local paper.
I've loved it ever since. Thank you for this wonderful video about Charles Schultz and Peanuts❤
FUN FACT: In the movie, Snoopy Come Home, we learn that Snoopy once belonged to an orphan girl named Lila. That was before he met Charlie Brown.
NO DOGS
ALLOWED
Or birds!@@unklejohn8575
With those lovely songs from the Sherman bros.
@@unklejohn8575 ...or biiiirds.
Okay
I'm 71 now. I still love Peanuts and keep the comic book that had entered into the most isolated nation on earth Myanmar (Burma) 65 years ago.
Just because others didn’t recognize him being bullied or mistreated doesn’t mean that it isn’t true. Most people are preoccupied with themselves, especially in school.
yes that is true! i did think of that. i'll consider that next time :)
Agreed. Especially for people of that era. Bullying was seen as physical in nature. Being beaten up in particular. Some of the behaviors that were considered innocuous “jokes” and “pranks” and “boys being boys” could be shockingly cruel and would not only be considered bullying by ANY standards today but possibly illegal as well. Just to put things into a clearer context.
Most people don’t choose to be depressed. It’s a state of being that can be difficult to treat. Especially if you are being accused of being depressed for fun. Just as an aside, Skipping grades in elementary school is a very common catalyst for depression. Skipping grades invariably left the student feeling isolated and lonely. They were very often picked on and socially excluded. Which makes sense as they put among students who were in a more advanced stage of development emotionally, physically and socially. We now know that skipping grades is not worth the long term cost for the child. This happened to Charles Schultz twice. Suffice it to say, he was almost certainly bullied in ways that were far more detrimental and harmful than being beaten up. Bad enough. But not even close to what else could have been done and seen as harmless play.
Just sayin.
@@KayCeeTX21These are hugely important points. Thanks for making them. I was bullied emotionally as opposed to physically, and it did a lot of serious damage. (Then when I got home, I was often bullied *by my mother,* both physically and emotionally.) I had a ton of baggage to unpack when I became an adult.
Also, a lot of people like to sweep things under the rug, so to speak. Or, because it's not happening to them, then it doesn't exist.
Bullying is so human and America is no exception , that it’s usually not even seen!
The mind can not comprehend what the brain refuses to see.
Yes, I am thinking of the gender neutral child who was bullied until they reacted by throwing water. Then they were beat up.
They blamed the child who threw the water, not the bullies!
So many young people are being bullied so much that they end their lives.
When will we see the bullies and take action?
I grew up in Santa Rosa, CA, and met Mr Schulz on a few scattered occasions. One thing we kids were taught early on was that he hated to be called "Sparky", so none of us ever did that .
We also realized very quickly that his personality had an On/Off switch. If he was in a good mood, yay! He would draw pictures of his characters on any available paper for you and sign them or even include dialog. If he was in a bad mood, leave him be. Period.
When the Redwood Ice Arena was opened (he put up a lot of the money for it because he missed broom hockey), he would, for the first year, hang out at the Warm Puppy Lounge a lot. There were a few of us kids who became informally known as the Sparky Patrol. Not all of us were there every day, but there was always at least one of us. We would determine what kind of mood Schulz was in. If he was in his On mood, we shepherded people up to him, never too many, and folks would come away with little drawings; if he was in his Off mood, we kept people away. "He's busy working." For this, we were given cups of hot cocoa and we knew we were the cool kids.
Schulz was the first entertainer to NET $50 million per year. That's right! After paying all his taxes and bills, Schulz had $50 million bucks, all to himself. That proved money can't buy happiness.
@@davidlafleche1142 True enough. However, from personal experience, financial comfort can favourably cushion unhappiness so that life's ride doesn't jolt quite so much.
I also met "Mr. Schulz" around town a few times. He always struck me as an introverted shy guy. He was usually affable. Most of us just left him alone and/or treated him like any other citizen. His work continues to benefit our community.
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Now that's one amazing anecdote! I love this story. Thanks for sharing!
I truly loved Charles Schultz. You see as a kid I had dyslexia so when I was a kid in the 60s Mr Schultz had his comic strip in small weekly paper backs. I would buy one every week from the local bookstore. I also really thought I was Charlie Brown. As a kid with dyslexia you tend to be bad at sports because kids with dyslexia tend to be physically awkward. It was Mr Schultz who taught me how to read. He said that he never talked down to kids and that he always used adult language and words. I not only had every book but my niece who was born in 1967 she had a Snoopy and I would collect every picture and thing I could get my hands on. I am 67 and I have Snoopy watches and dolls and figures . I also love Mickey Mouse and have everything of Disney I could get my hands on. I cried when Mr Schultz died and even when you spoke of him. For me he could do no wrong. Thank you Mr Schultz for making my part of my childhood wonderful . I also thank the Schultz family who take care Of the peanuts yours Robert Hansen
I also have the Farewell letter.Couldn’t wait for the peanuts specials to come on Christmas ,Easter ,Halloween. I’m 59 still watch them.
Also, another fun fact, CBS thought A Charlie Brown Christmas might've been too boring for audiences that the network suggested that they add Charley Douglass' laugh track to the special. Schulz refused, stating that the audience should know where the jokes were going to be. So they created two versions, one with and one without. CBS relented with Schulz and the team and tried without the laugh track, and it still became an instant hit. So Charlie Brown became one of those rare examples in the 60s that got successful without requiring canned laughter.
“I guess you can say snoopy is Mexican” that made me incredibly happy
This was an awesome video! Very interesting ::D!
Fun fact: In the Mutts comic strip, Guard Dog had a storyline where he found a new forever home and was renamed Sparky, a homage to Mr. Schulz.
You did a great job on this. I knew a bit about him but you told me a lot I didn't know. I'm 68 and Peanuts has always been in the background of my life. It was a family favorite and the question, "Did you read Peanuts today?" was often heard in my house growing up.
Thank you for this beautiful post! I met Mr. Schulz when I was 10yrs old, he was visiting with our neighbor's across the street. While me and my friend were playing in front of his house, Mr. Schulz came outside, I think to have a cigarette, he asked us if we liked to draw and had my friend get some paper and a pencil. He taught us how to draw Popeye, Bluto and I vaguely remember him sketching Scooby. He told us he couldn't teach us how to draw Charlie Brown or Snoopy because it would've been some kind of infringement and he didn't like talking to lawyers lol.
Schulz didn't smoke.
Oh really? That's the only reason I could see him going outside on the front steps and lighting up, because my friends didn't allow smoking inside the house. Funny my mom always told us kids she never smoked too, but not according to her sister. Everyone smoked back then lol. @@wadebarnett2542
I met Charles Schultz when I was a little girl at the Santa Rosa Snoopy Ice Rink, when I took ice skating lessons. He was a kind man 🤍
In the 70s my father worked as a sales consultant for Bell of PA (the phone company). Ms. Claudius was one of his clients. He had a meeting with her in her office and noticed all these Peanuts comics framed and on the walls. He inquired about the prints and was corrected that they were originals from Mr. Schulze. She related to him the story and history she had with him. She was also mentioned in the comic strip as a 'tennis partner with the soft paws'. Thank you Culture Explained for this wonderful story and the memories.
I was and still am a huge fan of Peanuts and the work of Charles Schulz. It was he who got me interested in taking up art and illustrations. I am also happy that I share the same first name. Very well produced documentary.
My grandpa was a huge Peanuts fan. Grew up re-reading those little books over and over and over!
Sir this is 100X more interesting than I expected.
This video was refreshing, especially considering all the poorly-edited, robot-narrated rubbish that You Tude allows to be put forth.
Thank you very much! I'll keep trying my best.
Lord this is a compliment??
@@Jsarmy87124 Meant as, yes.
@@maryblaufuss7533 I hope your not talking about me. (It's a joke just go with it.)
I still have the newspaper with the farewell Peanuts comic. I feel like Schulz's passing had more of an effect on me than the end of Calvin and Hobbes, which remains my all time favorite comic to this day. I feel like some part of me expected Charles Schulz and Peanuts to be immortal the way we all thought Queen Elizabeth II was until we found out she wasn't.
Similar here..... I got to encounter Peanuts in the mid 1960s as a very young child from the colour supplements in Dad's Sunday papers; I've loved them ever since. They just 'speak' to me; every character feels like a close friend! Even Lucy...😂
When Schulz passed, it really felt like all my best friends had suddenly died too.... 😢
I still love to read the cartoons though, and am slowly collecting the entire "Peanuts Collection" series of books so that I'll have the entire collection of published strips to dip in and out of whenever I want 😃
Good ol' Schulz, and Good ol' Charlie Brown...... 😊
I met Mr. Shultz Days before he passed on at my office at a Ford Dealership in Santa Rosa. He came in and traded a new Jaguar for a Mercury Capri. Told me his daughter had bought the Jag for him and it was too much for him. He was so modest. I did all his paperwork for him and we chatted for hours. When he left he gave me his autograph and told me he would be doing his last Peanuts strip that coming Sunday as he was retiring. That Sunday as I walked up to the newspaper stand, the headline in the San Francisco times was, "Charles Shultz dies in his sleep overnight"! The day of his last strip he passed on. Peanuts ended and so did this wonderful mans stay on earth. Truly a remarkable story. I was blessed to have met him if only to have a glimpse of his greatness.
Wow wild story ..
I had a very used Capri that burned tons of oil after I gave it an oil flush ... I always wanted a Jag. " E" type ... Ha ha
Charles Schultz always kept his Peanuts strip as socially inclusive as possible. If any of the newspaper comic strips artists could be compared to Fred Rogers and Dolly Parton, he'd be the one.
All sincere, God loving Christians, as far as I can see. Beautiful people.
If he earned a Combat Infantry Badge as a squad leader in WWII, his military service was more than he modestly described. I understand why it’s the thing he was most proud of.
Peanuts appeals to kids today. Timeless.
Thank you Mr. Schulz for giving us snoopy!
Loved him since I was little. Now my 3 year old loves him too.
Just offering - I was bullied in school but several friends had no idea.
Shulz gave us insight into being a victim of bullying. Look at the words spoken by Lucy and Violet. Look at Charlie Brown's facial expression as a result. Schulz knew what being bullied was like. I agree with you; it must have been true.
Why would anybody pick on you?
@@davidlafleche1142 my weight.
yes i should have considered that! I thought about it briefly but with the other supporting information around it from the book "Schulz and Peanuts," I thought it might be true. I'll think about that next time :)
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Great documentary!
Note: At 24:51, top right-hand side, in the role of Charlie Brown himself in the play "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", is MASH's very own Radar O'Reilly, aka Gary Burghoff. Cool!
This is fantastic, you perfectly told his story in 30 mins.
He, Charlie Brown, was my hero growing up -- started when I was about 12. Saw the TV Specials in real time, had original paperback books of the strip. Still have the first one. Telling another person, "You know, you're a good man, Charlie Brown." Is the highest compliment I can give to a person. To me it means, like CB, you always show up, NEVER give up trying, you give it your all, find good in ppl, love with all your heart -- regardless of your failures, the odds against you, negatives from others... YOU hang in there, and have Faith in a positive outcome. Takes a special person to stand at that level. I'm very dissappointed in myself when I don't, and quietly humble when I do.
_VERY well stated! 👍🏼 Those really are words to live by._
*Thanks so much for posting that comment, sir.*
I once read that his High School graduation class were planning their reunion , but had lost contact with Charles Schulz. Everyone knew of the famous cartoonist of the same name but agreed it wasn't their classmate as he would have never possibly achieved such ability and fame.
omg thats hilarious! thanks for sharing
His high school yearbook staff rejected his cartoons, I heard.
You did a wonderful job on this video. There's a lot about Mr. Schulz and Peanuts that I hadn't known before. Thank you :)
My first exposure to Christ was through Linus' reading in the Christmas Special when I was about 7. That seed grew into my relationship with Christ and for that I am forever grateful
I know Charlie’s story in and out, but never get tired of hearing it. Thanks for this
My all time favorite cartoon. Nice and wholesome show with a jazz soundtrack
Schulz was SO under the radar, and good for him!
And he still kinda is.
Spectacular video! The editing and script writing feels very professional, I hope you get more recognition for your work!
Looking to see if you've covered Far Side, I wish Larson was still into it.
...Just heard he started drawing again, that would be awesome!
Franklin was given the last name Armstrong after the creator of Jump Start, and he kept the first strip pinned up in his studio.
4:02 So ironic a Shroder is mentioned displayed in the year book around him.
I have watched the Charles Schulz documentary as early as a decade ago! I've always found him to be such a fascinating figure!
One moment I found worth noting in the documentary near the end was an account from fellow cartoonist Lynn Johnson ('For Better or for Worse'), who suggested, when it became clear that Sparky couldn't keep the strip going, that he end the strip off with Charlie Brown finally getting to kick the football. Sparky said that he couldn't bear to do that, since A) he thought it would be a way of tempting fate and ensuring he get sick, and B) he thought ending the strip like that would be killing off the characters in a way, as well as killing off the key to his childhood. (So in that regard, I'm glad that the 2015 Peanuts movie from Blue Sky, for the moment of triumph it gave to Charlie Brown at the end to give it a positive note for the audience, still kept in that classic running gag of Lucy pulling the ball away.)
And also having done some digging into the history of Bill Melendez as well, from his days at Disney to working for UPA to Peanuts and then doing his own studio, I would very much be up for seeing an episode talking about his life!
Fifty-year-old English guy here with a 145 IQ. Peanuts means so much to me and it is always fantastic when a heartfelt and tasteful tribute to Schulz appears on the internet.
I expected this presentation to be this good since this channel has millions of subscr........wait.........what!? Such a small channel and such an amazing production. Great work, man. Subbed!
You did a really great job with this. Thank you for the time, energy, and thought you put into making this .
I have my own strip, working on a syndication...i owe everything to charles shulz.....a fellow art instruction school member and Minnesota man
I'm from Santa Rosa which is where Charles Schultz was from when he created Peanuts. We have custom made statues of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, and Lucy in a lot of different places here in Santa Rosa and also the surrounding towns here in Sonoma County. There's even a custom made Charlie Brown statue with a San Francisco Giants jersey that was indeed custom made by the SF Giants. There aren't as many of them, but there are statues of the other characters as well such as Linus. We love The Peanuts here.
Loved this cartoon strip from the very beginning when I was in grade school. My Mom bought me all of the paperbacks sold in the grocery stores and I was looking forward to a new episode volume every week.
You did a great job of balancing the good and the bad of the great animator. Love this channel
And Love You Mom for all the Fun Books ❤
thank you very much for the kind response :)
Love it. I was born in 76 and grew up reading peanuts paperbacks including the first ones with wacky looking characters. It was hilarious from the beginning.
Can you imagine being so successful that you basically serve as the symbol for an entire artform? The peanuts is the indisputable top comic strip, there's nothing even remotely close and never will be as the artform has declined in importance
I had a Peanuts comic strip book when I was little. Loved that book until it fell apart. Just seeing this for the first time. I see on stage for "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown", Gary Burghoff (Rader O"Riley in MASH), who played Charlie Brown and I can totally see it in his face.. Some of my Korean students enjoy Peanuts but know nothing about them. I enjoy teaching the about it. Amazing work on this video. Thanks!
yes, younger people have really fell in love with the characters! I'm young myself but watched the specials a lot growing up. Glad this video could help :)
The final issue of 'Timeless Topix' seems to be Volume 4 #10 in around mid 1946, after that the title was 'Topix'.If Schulz was working for the company in 1947 the missing strip is likely to be in 'Topix'. Topix Volume 5 #5 (Feb 47) contains 'Just Keep Laughing' by Charles Sculz, so the missing Army story has to be before that issue. If we go one issue earlier 'Topix' Volume 5 #4 (Jan 47), we find a 4 page army story, 'Double Escape'. This is a 4 page army story, in Topix', in 1947, and before Just Keep Laughing - I suspect this may be the missing story you mention.
RUclips recommended me something good for once? I wasn't even searching for the Peanuts, it just popped up. Keep up the good work, may the RUclips algorithms keep blessing you on future videos.
The comic strip was very important part of my young life and helped me grow as a lifelong reader and fan of comics! A truly great man!
I just turned 50 years old and I still love the peanuts.
Thanks for the Video. To this day, Peanuts still appears in the newspapers, even 24 years after his death, and is simply titled "Peanuts Classics" with the old stripes being re-released as far back as the late 60's. Thank you Mr. Schulz for your work, and making us laugh. RIP Mr. Schulz.
@cultureexplained nicely covered. Sounds like Shultz was an honest to god human. We are all imperfect. We do the best we can with what we've got
Seeing this video blow up and your channel blow up has been really satisfying. You put a lot of work into this and I would love to see more Peanuts lore (particularly about the real Charlie Brown and the real Linus).
As an amateur animator and comic strip artist, I appreciated this video. Thank you for making it 🙂 I wish the future of your channel the very best ❤ God bless ❤
thank you thank you! yeah i'm very surprised by the attention it has garnered, i wasn't expecting it :) Keep up the great work yourself!
Thank you so much for the kind words, Culture Explained!! 🙂 I subbed right away and I CANNOT wait to see your next video!! 🙂
“A Charlie Brown Christmas “ is still my FAVORITE Christmas special. It’s JUST NOT the Holidays without it. Even though I have it on VHS and DVD I ALWAYS have to watch it on TV. It’s the only way. I used+to have all the little digest books 📚 when I was younger.
Nice video, dude. I like the peanuts story even more now
I love Peanuts and all the childhood memories i have with the strips and shows.
Great job on this ..
Not sure why, but in Denmark, where I grew up, the Peanuts had been named Radiserne, which means The Radishes.
Great video, thank you for making it, I thoroughly enjoyed it ❤
The willow to credit the source is a mark of a serious journalist. That alone puts you miles above numerous unqualified video essayists on RUclips. Great work.
As a cartoonist and student of comics (as well as someone who read the David Michaelis biography), you did a nice job. I recall one of my takeways from that bio similarly being that Schulz wasn't bullied in school and, in fact, was often a ringleader. It's clear he was very competitive and used slights and resentments to somewhat fuel his successs. Shortly after the release of the biography, I wrote a review/commentary on my blog and actually got a message from Jean Schulz (via an assistant) that she had read my comments.
I love peanuts comics. I have the tv specials. but not all of them. Because of Mr. Schultz, I learned how to draw cartoons.
I wanted to learn how to draw, but wasn't very good at it. Writing novels turned out to be a lot easier.
I love watching Peanuts. Thank you for making this video! ❤️
The only comic strip that was better was Calvin & Hobbes.
Growing up, I always felt really awkward, lonely, and like a punching bag at school and at home. I also had an autoimmune disease that made me basically bald at a young age. I have a blonde little sister whose name rhymes with Sally, and I had 2 dogs that I considered my sidekicks.
Peanuts was always one of my favorite things, I related to Charlie Brown, and it *made* the Holiday season for me to watch all the peanuts specials. And I always tried very hard but things always seemed to go wrong or my efforts unnoticed. And I always begged for a friend like Linus (but never found one).
Then a few years ago I found out Charles Schulz not only had a lot of the similar experiences to myself growing up, with the loneliness and stuff, but he also died 16 hours *to the exact minute* before I was born.
I'm a Catholic, but I've always wondered if that was more than a coincidence.
Can you draw?
@colleen4ever actually yeah, pretty well. Won some contests in high school for it.
I am 75 born in̈ 1950. The same year as Charlie Brown. I vièw all of the specials every year just like it's my first time.. I received a Xmas gift can of cookies and the Charlie Brown music plays. Thank you for the video. I ĺove Charlie Brown. 😊
Very, very well done. In my childhood, I collected the books, recorded the audio of the cartoon specials (no videorecording back then), and had a Snoopy figurine. I sent a cartoon idea to Charles Schulz and got a nice letter back, thanking me for it but saying he had to rely on his own ideas for cartoon strips. My mom even let me put a "Charlie Brown for president" bumper sticker on our family station wagon. Although I did not keep up with Peanuts into my adulthood, it brings back many fond memories.
Thank you for this. For the past few years I've forgotten to put out my Peanuts toys during the holidays; I will make an effort to honor him this year.
A life lesson for us all that broken, flawed people can still leave beauty and a lasting legacy in this world.
How come you only have 35 subs. Your content is fantastic!
Right?? We should boost this channel's followers! 🙌
Well made video. Please do one on calvin and hobbes creator.
I'm quoting Lincoln in regards to any faults the man had. "It's my experience that those with few faults have few virtues." I have a feeling that Linus would say the same thing. Of course my favorite quote of Linus is "I love humanity, it's people I can't stand."
Wow. Little Donna Wold really missed the boat on that one!😂 Thanks Mom!
Great video. One correction is that his daughter Meredith ran into the burning studio and saved the strips and even got their mustang out of the way. But it was a well researched video, great job.
where did you find this information, thanks for sharing!
I know her and shes told the story before. @@Sn66pingAround
oh wow really? i got the info from a newspaper, I guess he stole the spotlight from Mededith lol.
Very well-researched and informative; thanks for your efforts!
@28:11 - Franklin was not the first character of color in the strip. Jose Peterson was introduced in 1967 as Peppermint Patty's teammate and friend until Marci was introduced. Franklin was the first black character. Good video none the less
What a wonderful documentary about one of my artistic heroes and his beloved creations. Thank you so much for this!
My great aunt was a giant Charlie Brown fan and I got a snoopy tattoo when she passed away. Shout out Aunt Lois. She was a G.
Peanuts was a huge part of my childhood. I still collect the odd knick knack here and there to this day. I always appreciated how his wife kept the integrity of the characters closely guarded after Charles passed away. I've been on the fence with how the more recent stuff has been handled. Like the animation for instance. Those early specials were absolutely beautiful, and when paired with the genius piano playing of Vince Gueraldi, made some of my favorite childhood memories. For the most part it's been respected, but I find it sad that they would rather go the cheaper route with the computer animation. Have we completely lost everyone willing to do a more classic style? Either way, it's always been a sweet and simple comic and cartoon. Who amongst us doesn't relate to poor ol Charlie Brown from time to time? RIP Sparky...
I'm sure it wasn't your intention but your vid brought up some (happy) tears of nostalgia of when I was a kid watching the Christmas specials with my family... so thank you for that! 🥲
This is a great great video. Thank you.
I'm inclined to agree that auctioning off the letters was both tacky and immature. It puts me in mind of a bunch of middle schoolers sitting around at the lunch table grinning as they air other people's dirty laundry for the sole sake of airing it. The sad thing is too many adults don't outgrow this behavior which is why trashy tabloid reporters and equally trashy talk show hosts make millions of dollars. Let people's personal business stay their personal business!
Amazing documentary! First time I came to this channel - subscribed!!
Thank you for this documentary presentation. I saw Charles Schulz's grave in Healdsburg, California while doing a US military funeral ceremony. God bless all of you.
Thank you
I’m 58 and got a late start on kids. My son is 8 and he’s completely obsessed with The Peanuts. We’re watching Flashbeagle as I type. He has huge books of all the old comic strips and has read them all. (Way more than I ever did!). We’ve also discovered the huge collection of shows they made back in the day on AppleTV, most of which I never knew existed. There are also a very large set of new shows which seem to stay true to the past. My son is a happy boy and so are his parents.
That was really informative and empathetically delivered. Very cool. Thank you.
quite nicely and succinctly presented Culture Explained. Notable comments include Snoopy has a Mexican voice....wanted to request a life anthology of Olivia Newton John then Jim Morrison from your voice--With Peanuts you needed to talk about the Grateful Dead connection, you really shouldn't ignore those hints and realities..
Thanks so much for giving a synopsis of Charles Schultz the man and the evolution of the comic strips he created and the marvelous series of tv specials that spun from the Peanuts strip. Peanuts has been my favorite comic strip and always will be. Like Mr Schultz, my father would spend Sundays with me reading the funny papers. At the time Dagwood and Prince Valiant were his favorites. I learned to read very young and never lost the joy of reading and my favorite the Peanuts comic strip. The Peanuts gang was so relatable and hence the tv specials became a never miss. Especially the Christmas special. It isn't Christmas without it. Linus in the school play reading about the birth of the Christ child and the true meaning of Christmas. And in conclusion the music. I turn the radio up loud and tap my toes everytime I hear the Peanuts theme song.. It is a music of joy for the soul. Thank you Charles Schultz for all the joy and laughter about real life you gave us through Peanuts.
I grew up reading these comics and loved them.
Just wanted to thank you for this great video. Excellent research and amazing narrative!
yes, such great memories
The Peanuts characters and situations are iconic and a work of genius. The characters are such archetypes; for example, we all know people like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Pig Pen in our lives. I swear, I work with Marcy.
Happy 102nd birthday, Sparky in heaven.
much thanks to this man... his characters made my childhood in the 80's so much more fun especially when it came to *reading... my especially bought me a set of "Peanuts" themed encyclopedias i constantly went thru them for years which helped my reading, understanding, English grammar classes/ meaning of words and more than anything as well encouraged my writing... #respect
Thank you for this informative, honest, interesting and wonderful video.
Great video. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
Just a man in full. He had ups and downs, shadows and light, but in the end he had the the only thing that matters to history: the willingness to give the best of himself to his world.
This is one of the most, well-done, videos that I've seen done in a long time! I'm hooked! You are a natural!!!!!🤩😍❤🥉💙🥰
Nice video - Very informative - Entertaining - Good fast clip pace . . .
Great work. Thanks so much. As a kid in the sixties I used to love reading the books of collected strips. If anyone is interested, I think the late fifties to mid seventies was really the heyday of Peanuts. It's brilliant.
Wow!
This was absolutely incredible!
You have skill! What a classy way of handling the sensitive parts! Great job!
Please keep going! More please.