A Charlie Brown Christmas - CartoonCade

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In this special premiere episode of "CartoonCade", Cade takes a look at the 1965 Peanuts Christmas special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas", and discusses its significance and sentimental importance in the holiday season.
Sure, it's nothing you haven't heard before... but have you heard it from Cade? That's the real question here.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you!
#christmas #charliebrown #animation #analysis #holidays
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"CartoonCade" is Written, Edited and Voiced by Cade Utterback.
Live Action Segment Assistance by Nick Kendall and Dustin Wilcox.
Thank you to Cade Hawkins, Chris Haynes, Nick Kendall, Chris & Diana Utterback, and Dustin Wilcox for their efforts and assistance with this project, either directly or indirectly.
I'd also like to apologize to anyone living in Belarus or Russia who wishes to watch this video but is unable to. The music used throughout has caused it to be blocked in those countries. I will NOT bow to any copyright overlord, and will continue to produce the content that I would like to make in spite of the best efforts of this platform to disallow that.
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This has been "CartoonCade" episode number 001.

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@clurkroberts2650 Год назад

The peanuts characters were used in Ford commercials for several years before this wonderful story. I had numerous Peanuts books that I loved reading, at the time of the special I was only 10 in the 5th grade. I remember watching it on our 19” color admiral TV. It was wonderful, and unlike anything scene before. The music played through my head. In the 60s,Christianity, Christmas and Jesus Birth was a common strong theme. TV didn’t hit you over the head with it, but most TV series had a Christmas episode, and networks produced numerous specials. The spirit was strong and embraced by all… this is from San Francisco… not the Bible Belt, but a diverse community that recognized the Christmas Spirit. Even from my non Christian friends.

@CartoonCade Год назад

Sorry for the error about them not being animated before! Someone else already pointed out that they were used in advertising prior to this special. I hope you enjoyed the special all those years ago and continue to enjoy it each year. It's one of the only specials I make a point in seeing each year.

@eduardo_corrochio Год назад

Guaraldi's stuff for this program was fantastic. Today it's become part of the soundtrack for the holiday season. I'm glad that something unorthodox was chosen for the music in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Plus, a lot of it is good music _any_ time of the year ... I mean, who doesn't want to start movin' and groovin' when they hear the tune "Christmas is Coming"? And "Skating" is just lovely in general-- although it's lilting melody conjures up mental visions of snowflakes dancing in the wind. Thanks. And Merry Christmas!

@CartoonCade Год назад

I wholeheartedly agree! When the Christmas season rolls around, one of the first songs that comes to my mind is "O Tannenbaum" since it's the first song on the Christmas album. I love his music on this special - I think he did a lot of good for the Peanuts franchise. Perhaps someday I'll make a deep dive video on Vince Guaraldi's music! Merry Christmas to you too!

@ZZSmithReal Год назад

"The music doesn't feel traditionally Christmas-y." All this special did was RE-WRITE what was Christmas-y and give us what became some of the most famous Christmas music of all-time.

@CartoonCade Год назад

Oh, I definitely agree! When I said that, I didn't say it as a negative to detract from the special. I hope you didn't see that as a negative from me! I love the Vince Guaraldi Trio's music. You're definitely right, it was able to redefine what Christmas music could be. It's just that at the time, it was one of the elements that caused those who worked on it, as well as the CBS executives, to think negatively of it.

@ZZSmithReal Год назад

@@CartoonCade No, I understood how you meant it. Just adding my two cents! Happy Holidays!

@CartoonCade Год назад

@@ZZSmithReal Happy Holidays to you, too!

@CartoonCade Год назад

Hi everyone! When I find errors and mistakes, I'll post them here. I aim to provide as close to a perfect product as I can, but I'm only human. The biggest mistake I fan find as of now is that Ed Levitt's name is incorrectly spelled as "Ed Leavitt" in the video. My apologies to the Levitt family! Another mistake is that according to user jb888888888, the Peanuts characters appeared in animated commercials prior to "A Charlie Brown Christmas", meaning that I was incorrect in thinking that the animated TV debut of the characters was with this special.

@yvanaluz9994 Год назад

Yet another contribution to honour such a timeless gem and holiday, thanks.

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you so much! I'm glad to give it the honor it deserves.

@bikefixer Год назад

As I was born in 1959, I was around the same age as the Peanuts gang when this show aired. It was also a bittersweet year (and era). The Vietnam War was widening (the news was filled with bad news from a far off battlefield), and if you were like me with an older brother in the military, Christmas was wonderful and scary. Still, at the age of 63, these days, Christmas means to me a time of nostalgia and reflection. My mind drifts back to the days of "A Charlie Brown's Christmas" and "The Grinch," the toys, the family, hope and goodwill.

@CartoonCade Год назад

It's very sweet to hear that Christmas still brings you nostalgia and reflection. I'm glad that the holiday season can still bring those feelings to you!

@CartoonCommotion Год назад

Fantastic deep thought analysis of a Christmas classic. 👍👍

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing your Christmas special!

@CartoonCommotion Год назад

@@CartoonCade 🎄And a very merry Christmas to you friend 🎁

@lessonoftheday426 Год назад

Well done, and Merry Christmas!

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you!

@airforcemax Год назад

*¡enjoyed at 8:08 am Pacific Standard Time on Monday, 26 December 2022 Common Era or CE formerly known as Ano Domini or AD!*

@CartoonCade Год назад

I much appreciate this information! Glad to know that people are watching within the Pacific Time Zone!

@richardkennedy8481 Год назад

Thank you, a masterpiece. Amazing, jazz music and a reading from the Bible. I love how the little tree is different every time you see it. "The best special he'll ever make", so true. There have been dozens of Peanuts specials. A few are good but most are bad to awful.

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thanks so much! I agree that it was their best special. I usually only watch the "big three" each year - "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!", "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving", and of course, this one.

@kimberleyaultman1676 Год назад

3, *222* views WOW 👼numbers everywhere thank you

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you!

@ruthg4483 Год назад

Loved this video and your deep thoughtfulness

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you so much!!

@PinataTime Год назад

Just found your channel and watched your two big videos! really liked them. also, that intro got me hyped! really hope you do a schoolhouse rock retrospective, it feels so over looked considering how great all of the songs are.

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you so much for the kind words! I do plan on doing a Schoolhouse Rock video at some point, as I loved the series growing up and I don't see it mentioned much online these days. My next video is already in the works, but I just might get to Schoolhouse Rock after that. I'm glad you enjoyed my videos!

@Otokichi786 Год назад

The most revolutionary thing was sweeping away Aluminum Christmas trees, which were replaced by "The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.."

@CartoonCade Год назад

I was blown away when I found out that aluminum trees were a real thing! Not only that, I'm kinda glad that they died out. Commercialism is one thing when it comes to Christmas, but even commercializing the concept of a CHRISTMAS TREE seems a bit too far to me.

@jb888888888 Год назад

Back in the 1980s I had a friend whose parents had an aluminum Christmas tree. It wasn't like the ones we see in A CB Christmas. It was a small tabletop tree like Cade's, except it was silver colored, as if it was made out of tinsel.

@CartoonCade Год назад

@@jb888888888 Interesting! Did it have one of those color light wheel things that some had in the 1960s?

@jb888888888 Год назад

@@CartoonCade Not that I remember. It's possible that it did when it was new.

@sherrymccormack1691 Год назад

I love you all

@CartoonCade Год назад

That's very kind of you to say!

@PaulTesta 9 месяцев назад

Cade, Thanks for your thoughtful video. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is also my absolute favorite Christmas special of all (and the Grinch is in my #2 spot), because this special dared to actually quote the Holy Bible, the Gospel of Luke in particular. I watch it every December, without fail, and have been since I was a little boy back in the early '70's, back when you had to check the TV listings to see when it would be broadcast, because VCR's were barely on the market (and only the uber wealthy could afford them). The special was first released the same year I was born. But despite my many viewings, for years, I missed the most profound detail... When Linus delivers his ending soliloquy, he drops his blanket. His "security blanket." The thing he cherishes so dearly. This symbolic imagery tells us that we should have no fear in letting go of this world in order to embrace the Truth that Christ bestows on all humanity. Thanks again and have a truly Blessed Christmas. Paul

@CartoonCade 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind insight, Paul.

@alekadelacruz8592 Год назад

Happy Holidays 🎄

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you! Happy Holidays to you as well! 🎄

@jb888888888 Год назад

I'd guess that Boris Karloff got paid a whoooole lot more for doing _Grinch_ than all the child actors in _A Charlie Brown Christmas_ combined. That would have driven _Grinch's_ budget way up. Plus Thurl Ravenscroft.

@CartoonCade Год назад

That's a fair point. I often wonder how Boris Karloff got involved in the Grinch special in the first place? I can't seem to find much info on that online.

@jb888888888 Год назад

Prior to _A Charlie Brown Christmas_ the _Peanuts_ characters appeared animated in assorted commercials.

@CartoonCade Год назад

I didn't know this! Thank you for pointing it out!

@peecee1384 3 месяца назад

Very interesting and enjoyable video. 🙂👍

@CartoonCade 3 месяца назад

Thank you!

@jayoneill1533 Год назад

Nicely done Cade, thanks.

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you, Jay!

@02DooD Год назад

I don't know what it is about that scene at 8:35, but something about Charlie Brown's expression looking up at the dog house feels terrible. It's this level of dread on his face that makes me bad for him. Him holding his tree just adds to it

@CartoonCade Год назад

Oh, I agree! It's almost like there's some emphasis on the juxtaposition between this lavish, pimped-out doghouse and a sickly, small wooden tree.

@sherrymccormack1691 Год назад

Thank you

@CartoonCade Год назад

You're very welcome! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you!

@ColeWalker Год назад

Underrated video!

@CartoonCade Год назад

Thank you so much for the kind words!

@fubarmodelyard1392 Год назад

I think it's perfect. The animation, story, dialogue, and music combine to create an everlasting special. I was there when it first aired and have loved it ever since

@CartoonCade Год назад

I think it's cool that you've been there since it first aired! I agree in thinking that it's everlasting. What could even come close to topping it?

@CozumelTy Год назад

It is a masterpiece. Its still great!

@CartoonCade Год назад

I agree! There's not much about the special that dates it - it remains timeless, really, aside from the aspect ratio it was produced in and the technique of animation used back then. When Ed Levitt said that it would run for 100 years, he must've known how much of a masterpiece it truly was.

@CozumelTy Год назад

@@CartoonCade Yes, I am not a Christian BUT Linus speech and how they do the voice over of it is very powerful!

@CartoonCade Год назад

@@CozumelTy I agree! It's very powerful. One of the hardest-hitting moments of the Peanuts holiday specials!

@lenhindle1108 Год назад

It is a work of art. The use of real children to voice the characters is so brilliant. The stumbles make it so real....the true meaning of art is authenticity. A Charlie Brown Christmas is going to live on forever . It is TV's answer to Van Gogh's Starry Night ...check out that sky.

@CartoonCade Год назад

I love what you said here. What a brilliant way to look at it. I really do think it will live on forever, as long as we allow it to. This special really does feel authentic, and I think that's what a lot of other Christmas specials lack, especially now.