Peanuts: Be My Valentine Charlie Brown (Slip)

Buy This Item Peanuts: Be My Valentine Charlie Brown (Slip) by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $9.95  on 11-29-2008     "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz retired from the cartoonist's life early in 2000, and indeed left a few loose strings hanging among his chronically dissatisfied characters. He never did, for instance, cut Charlie Brown much slack in the romance department (or let him kick Lucy's football, for that matter). Sympathetic readers might have taken note of a story in the press just before Schulz said farewell, in which the inspiration for Charlie Brown's unrequited love interest--the never-seen, too-distant, "little red-haired girl"--was identified as a woman who turned down a marriage proposal from Schultz a half-century ago. That bit of biographical detail now adds poignancy to <I>Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown</I>, a 1975 television special built upon years of Valentine's Day "Peanuts" strips. This half-hour show finds Charlie Brown suffering, typically, the ignominy of receiving no hearts-and-flowers greetings while the rest of the gang, including Snoopy, spend their day sorting through piles of love notes. Worse, Schulz's famous sad sack can't get up the nerve to approach his unapproachable angel, though there may be--just <I>may be</I>--a glimmer of hope this time around. It may be Valentine's Day, but not much else is different in the "Peanuts" neighborhood. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> Reader Reviews No Peanuts special can ever compare to the gold standard: the Christmas special. However, any special where Snoopy does a puppet show (the "Pawpet Theatre") isn't all bad. "Be My Valentine" isn't very funny and is rather depressing. But there are a few cute moments and it makes for a quick holiday treat. Worth owning and rewatching? Possibly not...

Peanuts: Be My Valentine Charlie Brown (Slip) Available from Amazon Price: $9.95 Updated on 11-29-2008.

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