Posts with tag a charlie brown christmas
Posted Sep 4th 2008 8:38AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Video, Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free
We have a
TV Royalty category here at TV Squad, and if there's anyone who worked in television and deserved the honor it's Bill Melendez.
Melendez was an animator for Walt Disney Studios in the 1930 and 40s, working on such classic movies as
Fantasia and
Pinocchio and Mickey Mouse shorts, then went on to make
tons of movies, cartoons and commercials (he worked on many Bugs Bunny shorts and other famous cartoons) for well-known companies such as United Productions of America (where he was an animator on
Gerald McBoing McBoing) and Playhouse Pictures. He then met Charles Schulz in 1959 and went on to animate (and often direct and produce) most of the Peanuts TV specials, including
A Charlie Brown Christmas,
A Boy Named Charlie Brown,
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and many, many others. Many people don't know this but he was also the voice of both Snoopy and Woodstock (they didn't talk, of course, but he did all of the howls and other noises). He worked on TV versions of
Cathy and
Garfield too.
Continue reading Bill Melendez, animator and voice of Snoopy, dead at 91 - VIDEO
Posted Dec 5th 2007 8:41AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Ratings
Here are the weekly TV ratings, by number of viewers.
A big week for ABC, as they grab the first five spots and eight spots overall in the top 20. That will change next week when Dancing with the Stars is no longer around (and will someone please tell all of the entertainment shows to stop talking about and/or to Marie Osmond? The show is over!). It's always great to see Christmas specials in the top 20 year after year.
1. Dancing with the Stars - Tues (ABC)
Continue reading Nielsen ratings for the week ending December 2
Posted Dec 3rd 2007 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, NBC has the season finale (fall finale?) of Chuck, then the season finale (fall finale?) of Heroes, and then a new Life (special night - part 2 airs Weds at 10). - ABC has A Charlie Brown Christmas at 8, followed by new episodes of Samantha Who?, Notes from the Underbelly, and October Road.
- ABC Family has Christmas specials starting at 8: The Year Without A Santa Claus, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer & The Island of Misfit Toys, and Nestor The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.
- TNT has a new Christmas episode of The Closer at 8, then a new Saving Grace.
- Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats, followed by a new The Secret Life Of...
- At 8:30, ESPN has the Patriots/Ravens game.
- At 9, FOX has a new K-Ville.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- Lifetime has the movie A Dad For Christmas at 9.
- Sci-Fi has the second part of Tin Man. It's on at 9 as well.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Nov 27th 2007 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has A Charlie Brown Christmas (hopefully they'll show it again closer to Christmas), then the season finale of Dancing with the Stars. - CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by new episodes of The Unit and Cane.
- NBC has a new Biggest Loser at 8, then a new Law and Order: SVU.
- FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
- There's a new Beauty and the Geek on The CW at 8, followed by a new Reaper.
- At 9, HGTV has a new Decorating Cents, then a new 24 Hour Design.
- Hallmark has John Denver in The Christmas Gift at 9.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, then a new Everest: Beyond the Limit.
- At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
- TLC has a new Miami Ink at 10.
- Also at 10: Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
- At 10:15, TCM has The Hustler.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Oct 9th 2007 6:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Animation, Documentary
I'll say right up front that I am a huge Charles Schulz fan. I think Peanuts is one of the most important things in the history of pop culture (not just comics, but in all of pop culture - film, literature, TV, music and art). It's the type of comic that's entertaining and fun for all of the obvious reasons but something that can also show you a little bit about how to live your life too. I mean, who doesn't like Snoopy or A Charlie Brown Christmas?
So I've been a little antsy about a new biography of Schulz that is coming out next week, Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography, by David Michaelis. It's a bio that supposedly gives a fuller picture of Schulz, including the sad, unhappy parts of his life. Now I see that I'm not the only one who is a little antsy about the book and a new American Masters that will profile Schulz too.
Continue reading Charles Schulz's family not thrilled with PBS doc - VIDEO
Posted Dec 9th 2006 10:46PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, OpEd, Scrubs, Video, Web
Take everyone's favorite Christmas special, mix in a little wackiness from everyone's favorite medical sitcom, and what do you get? You get the video that's after the jump: a ten-minute version of
A Charlie Brown Christmas with the voices of the cast of
Scrubs dubbed in.
And don't think that this is just Zach Braff, John C. McGinley and company doing a literal reading of the
Charlie Brown script; it's more like a
Scrubs episode, complete with flashbacks, girl names, and penis jokes. Even the characters are the same. Except here, JD looks like Chuck, Dr. Cox looks like Linus, Carla looks like Lucy, etc. (And there's even a Cox Rant (tm) or two in there, in places you wouldn't expect). I'll let you be surprised at where the other voices pop up.
The video was made during season three for a cast Christmas party. It's very funny and definitely worth a look.
Continue reading A Charlie Brown Christmas... Scrubs style - VIDEO
Posted Dec 4th 2006 7:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: ABC, Animation, Children
Just like last year, ABC is airing A Charlie Brown Christmas twice this year. If you missed it when it aired late last month, you can catch it again on ABC on Sunday, December 17 at 7 pm. I recorded the special when it aired in November but haven't yet gotten around to watching it. When I do finally get time to sit and watch it, I'll do my usual ritual of dousing the lights, unplugging the phone and immersing myself in the special as I've done every year since I was a kid. I could purchase the DVD, but I have no interest in that. I like keeping this special tied to the holiday season, it's like a gift I get to unwrap and enjoy at the end of every year. I only wish ABC had also re-aired It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, since my local station moved it to 3 am so they could air some insipid midterm election debate.
Posted Nov 14th 2006 6:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: ABC, Animation, Children
Apparently the Walgreens across the street from me isn't the only one getting in the Christmas spirit early. This year, Charles Schulz's seminal Christmas classic
A Charlie Brown Christmas will air not in December, but on November 28 at 8 pm. After missing
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown this year when it was pre-empted by a midterm election debate, I'm glad I found out about this. I watch
A Charlie Brown Christmas every year, but I normally don't start looking for it until December. Last year they actually aired the special twice, so maybe we'll see it again in December, but for now set your DVRs and mark your calendars so you don't miss it. While I enjoy other Christmas specials like
Frosty the Snowman and
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
A Charlie Brown Christmas still stands out as the most profound and affecting sentiment of the holiday season.
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