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 was 5 in 1963. I had no idea that this documentary even existed until it came up on RU-vid 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 RU-vid. RU-vid beats out regular and cable television any day
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 :)
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Nice find I’m glad this lost documentary of the peanuts finally surfaced on RU-vid especially since this is one of the earliest peanuts animations before the Christmas special came out
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 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.
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!
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!
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! 😄
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....
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 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 .
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
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. 😊🙏💝🕊️🌹
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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 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 👍🏻😊👍🏻
Remember as a kid seeing a little lass with a snoopy toy. My sister noticed how much i liked it and bought me one. Remember my shocked grateful delight to this day and still have him.
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!
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 😄
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 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!
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!
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.
In Denmark, "Peanuts" is called "The Radishes" for a peculiar reason: Whereas in English the popular expression "it's peanuts" means "it's nothing important", the comparable Danish expression is "not even a radish".
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. ♥️💜
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.
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).
My partner loved to draw pictures of a dancing snoopy. Sorry to say he is know longer here but the world does need more days for losers. We love you Charlie Brown and keep dancing snoopy. A constant family favourite in our home.
In all my years, I never thought of Charlie Brown as a "Loser". I just figured he was living life as I did. After watching this I now know I too am a loser.
I loved this documentary, even though I was not a huge Peanuts fan. But seeing the "coca cola" connection reminded me of when I was a kid in the 1960's. Coke had some kind of competition/promotion whereby you popped the top off a 6 or 8 ounce coke, and under the cap, you scraped off the cork, and there would be one of the Peanuts characters. Loved those, and wish I still had them.
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.
