Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!

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Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Genre Animation
Created by Charles M. Schulz
Written by Charles M. Schulz
Directed by Bill Melendez
Sam Jaimes
Voices of Chad Allen
Jeremy Miller
Melissa Guzzi
Elizabeth Lyn Fraser
Aron Mandelbaum
Jason Mendelson
Kristie Baker
Bill Melendez
Composer(s) Ed Bogas
Desirée Goyette
Country of origin USA
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Lee Mendelson
Charles M. Schulz
Camera setup Nick Vasu
Running time 28 minutes
Release
Original network CBS
Original release January 1, 1986
Chronology
Preceded by You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Followed by Snoopy!!! The Musical

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! is the 30th prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It aired on the CBS network on January 1, 1986.

Plot

Charlie Brown has to write a book report on War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy over winter vacation. There is one major distraction on his mind, the big new year's party all of his friends are attending, with Peppermint Patty continuously convincing him to attend. Charlie tries inviting the object of his desires, the Little Red-Haired Girl, but gets his hand caught in the mail slot. With the party on his mind, he attempts to try and find another way to write the report, even going to a bookstore to find an audiobook or computer game of War and Peace, all to no avail. While at the party, he tries to finish "War and Peace" on the front porch of the house, but falls asleep and misses the clock's striking of midnight but is more devastated to find out that Linus ended up dancing with the Little Red-Haired Girl, who showed up after all. In the end of the special, Charlie hands his book report to the teacher, and gets a D minus, "the lowest grade ever without failing", as he calls it. However, the teacher announces that their next book report is on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, overwhelming him even more.

DVD release

Warner Home Video released a DVD and high definition Blu-ray Disc in October 6, 2009 as a bonus feature for the Remastered Deluxe Edition of I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown.[1]

It was re-released as part of the box set Snoopy's Holiday Collection on October 1, 2013.

ABC telecast

When it was shown on the ABC network on December 30, 2008, paired with a repeat of Rudolph's Shiny New Year, the program cuts out the following:

  • Some parts where Charlie Brown's voice is heard while reading "War and Peace".
  • A scene in which Charlie Brown goes to a store to try to find a "War and Peace" product to replace reading the book.
  • The final minutes.

From 2010 ongoing, it was paired with She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown.

Cast

Production credits

References

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External links

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