He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown
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| Genre | Animated TV Special |
| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Written by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Directed by | Bill Melendez |
| Voices of | Peter Robbins (Charlie Brown) Gail DeFaria (Peppermint Patty) Christopner Shea (Linus) Sally Dryer (Lucy) Bill Melendez (Snoopy) |
| Composer(s) | Vince Guaraldi (arranged by John Scott Trotter) |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Bill Melendez |
| Editor(s) | Robert T. Gillis Steven Melendez |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
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| Original channel | CBS |
| Original airing | February 14, 1968 |
He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown is one of many prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network On Valentine's Day of 1968. This was also the last Peanuts special the majority of the original cast members from A Charlie Brown Christmas worked on together.
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Snoopy's incessant mischief gets Charlie Brown in trouble with the rest of the Peanuts gang, who demand he do something about it, "because he's your dog, Charlie Brown!!" So Charlie Brown decides to send Snoopy back to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm for a refresher course in obedience training.
Charlie Brown calls Peppermint Patty to make arrangements for Snoopy's trip; he's walking and will only get as far as Patty's house the first night, so Patty agrees to let Snoopy stay at her place a night en route. So Snoopy packs his suitcase and leaves Saint Paul with his dog dish as a bowler hat.
Snoopy arrives at Patty's house in Milwaukee and decides to stay on instead of going to the Puppy Farm. And it doesn't take long for him to wear out his welcome. A couple of days later, Charlie Brown gets a call from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, who inform him that Snoopy never showed up. He calls Peppermint Patty, who confirms his worst fears, so Charlie Brown, armed with a leash, goes over to Patty's to claim his pet. En route back home, Snoopy pretends he's choking and manages to escape from his distracted master, running right back to Peppermint Patty's to stay for good with newfound peace of mind. But Patty turns into a no-nonsense taskmaster and puts Snoopy to work as a domestic laborer in a Cinderella-like fashion in order to "pull his own weight".
Days go by, and Charlie Brown's friends begin to miss Snoopy, and are willing to have him back, just as he is, so Charlie Brown goes back to Peppermint Patty's to get Snoopy. But the beagle has a meltdown when Charlie Brown tries to put the leash on him again, and Peppermint Patty convinces Charlie Brown to let Snoopy stay. Dejected, Charlie Brown goes back home without his dog.
But that night, Snoopy's frustration begins to get the better of him and he rebels by deliberately breaking dinner dishes, so Peppermint Patty who has found out that Snoopy is a dog, banishes him to the garage. Realizing that life with Charlie Brown is a better option, Snoopy escapes and hurries home, wakes up Charlie Brown in the middle of the night, and the two joyously reunite. The next morning, the rest of the gang (even Lucy) is happy and relieved at Snoopy's return, despite the fact that he quickly reverts back to the old mischievous habits that had gotten him exiled days earlier.
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| Preceded by “You're in Love, Charlie Brown” |
Peanuts television specials | Followed by “Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz” |
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