A Charlie Brown Celebration

A Charlie Brown Celebration is the 23rd prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, who introduced the hour-long special. It was originally aired on the CBS network on May 24, 1982, and consists of a number of stories adapted from the comic strip.

Production
The formula used in this special, several stories with one or two-word titles, was later adapted for the Saturday morning CBS series, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, which started in 1983, and used in another special, It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown. A compilation of short stories also make up You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (both the stage musical and animated special), ''Snoopy!!! The Musical (both the stage musical and animated special), and Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales''. Schulz first toyed with using vignettes in the 1973 special There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown.

Voice Characterizations

 * Michael Mandy- Charlie Brown
 * Kristen Fullerton- Lucy van Pelt
 * Earl Reily- Linus van Pelt
 * Cindi Reily- Sally Brown
 * Casey Carlson- Eudora/Truffles
 * Shannon Cohn- Marcie
 * Brent Hauer- Peppermint Patty
 * Christopher Donohoe- Schroeder/Franklin
 * Bill Melendez- Snoopy/Woodstock

Production Credits

 * The "Peanuts" Comic Strip Created by Charles M. Schulz
 * Directed by Bill Melendez
 * Produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez
 * Executive Producer Walter Bien
 * Written by Charles M. Schulz, Bob Ogle, Jack Ward, Irving Dressler
 * Sequence Directors: Alan Zaslove, Ben Washam
 * Co-Directed by Phil Roman
 * Timing Director: I. Sparber
 * Story Consultant: Chuck Jones
 * Music by Ed Bogas and Judy Munsen
 * Designed by Bernard Gruver, Evert Brown
 * Color by Dean Spille
 * Layout by Don Morgan, Robert Givens
 * Backgrounds by Philip DeGuard, Anton Loeb
 * Animation by Sam Jaimes, Bill Littlejohn, Hank Smith, Bob Carlson, Al Pabian, Larry Leichliter, Utit Choomuang, Dale Baer, Joe Roman, Spencer Peel, Fernando Gonzalez, Bob Matz, William Henning, Don Lusk, Jim Tyer, Ben Solomon, Ken Harris, Warren Batchelder, Don Towsley, Tom Ray, Ben Washam, Richard Thompson, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson, Ed Barge, Michael Lah, Al Grandmain, Jim Davis, Morey Reden, Laverne Harding, Lee Halpern, Ralph Somerville, Jack Ozark, Bror Lansing
 * Checking: Carole Barnes, Eve Fletcher, Jane Gonzales
 * Ink and Paint Supervisor: Joanne Lansing
 * Ink and Paint: Adele Lenart, Karin Stover, Karen Webb, Roubina Janian, Micky Kreymann, Chandra Poweris, Joan Pabian, Ginny Tucker, Emalene Setter, Valerie Green, Louise Padden, Hem Goel, Charlotte Richardson, Sue Rowan
 * Editing: Chuck McCann, Roger Donley, Lovell Norman
 * Production Coordinator: Nick Iuppa
 * Production Supervisor: Les Goldman
 * Production Management: Earl Jonas
 * Production Manager: Carole Barnes
 * Production Assistants: Sandy Claxton Arnold, Carol Neal, Jane Mason
 * Camera: Nick Vasu
 * Dubbing: Producers' Sound Service
 * Voice Recording: Music Annex, Inc.
 * Music Recording: Filmways/Wally Heider
 * Color by Metrocolor
 * A Special made by Sib Tower 12 Productions and Famous Studios
 * A Lee Mendelson-Bill Melendez Production
 * in association with Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
 * THE END "A Charlie Brown Celebration" © 1981 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

Stock footage
Scenes from this special recycles footage and ideas from There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown and Play It Again, Charlie Brown.

In The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show episode "Linus' Security Blanket" the footage scene where Charlie Brown and his kite get stuck in a tree is different but in "You Can't Win Charlie Brown" the scene where Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and Linus are caught up with his kite in Snoopy's doghouse is the same thing.