A Charlie Brown Christmas |
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This Christmas show is a truly lovable animated special in TV history, a status proven by
its annual network telecast since 1965. It was the first and the best of a series based on
the Charles M. Schulz cartoon strip "Peanuts." Hapless hero Charlie Brown finds himself
depressed at Christmastime, searching for the true meaning of the holiday amidst the glitz
and commercialism of the modern age. Appointed director of the school holiday pageant,
Charlie Brown ventures out with Linus to buy "a great, big, shiny aluminum Christmas tree".
Instead, they bring back a miserable tree - but a real one! Lucy is bossy, Snoopy is crazy,
Linus is sweet and Pig Pen is filthy. Instead of using adult actors trying to sound like
kids, the production features real children providing the voices. The jazz music score was
composed by Vince Guaraldi.
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