It's Magic, Charlie Brown
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It's Magic, Charlie Brown is a 1981 Peanuts special directed by Phil Roman and of course, written by Charles M. Schulz, which earned him a nomination for an Emmy award.
In this special, Snoopy takes a book out from the library - on Charlie Brown's card - and the book is about magic, which influences Snoopy to hold a magic show. In the show, he does the "stick-in-the-hole" trick to Franklin, the "amputation-decapitation" trick to Peppermint Patty, cutting Linus' trademark security blanket into strips, the "levitation" trick to Lucy Van Pelt, and biggest of all, making Charlie Brown invisible.
Unfortunately, Snoopy has trouble making Charlie Brown visible again. While Snoopy searches for a counterspell, Charlie Brown realizes he has a golden opportunity to kick Lucy's infamous football without her usual pulling away prank. Taking advantage of his situation, Charlie Brown finally kicks the ball and taunts Lucy about it while the mystified Lucy is at a loss to know what is going on. However, when he tries another attempt, Snoopy casts the counterspell to make him visible again and Lucy does her usual trick yet again.
Despite this, Charlie Brown is happy considering he kick the ball at least once with Snoopy as a witness. When Lucy scoffs at Snoopy, the insulted beagle magically levitates Lucy into the sky and leaves her there. Snoopy and Charlie Brown happily laugh and dance away to conclude a satisfying day, while Linus eventually pulls Lucy down with his blanket.
It has also been released on video, but not yet on DVD.
[edit] Cast
Sydney Penny: Lucy Van Pelt
Cindi Reilly: Sally Brown
Earl Reilly: Linus Van Pelt
Bill Melendez: Snoopy and Woodstock
Michael Mandy: Charlie Brown
Casey Carlson: Marcie
Brent Hauer: Peppermint Patty
Christopher Donohue: Schroeder
