You're in Love, Charlie Brown
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| You're In Love, Charlie Brown | |
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| Also known as | You Love Her, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz |
| Genre | Animated TV Special |
| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Directed by | Bill Melendez |
| Voices of | Peter Robbins Sally Dryer Christopher Shea Cathy Steinberg Gai DeFaria Anne Altieri |
| Theme music composer | Vince Guaraldi |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Lee Mendelson |
| Editor(s) | Robert T. Gillis |
| Camera setup | Nick Vasu |
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| Original channel | CBS |
| First shown in | 1967 |
You're in Love, Charlie Brown is the fourth of what would become many prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on CBS in 1967. It is also the second non-holiday oriented Peanuts' special, behind Charlie Brown's All-Stars.
You're In Love, Charlie Brown is notable for at least two important firsts:
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- It marked the on-screen debut of Peppermint Patty, who was introduced in the classic comic strip the year before.
- It was also the first special that used "tromboning" (a muted trombone) in place of adult voices.
[edit] Summary
It's Springtime, school is about to let out for summer vacation, and Charlie Brown is stressed out about seemingly everything. On the way to school he meets up with Linus and pretty much vents his frustrations about not being able to enjoy himself like all the other kids at school. But when he notices the Little Red-Haired Girl sitting on a passing school bus, Linus immediately has the reason for Charlie Brown's depression:
"You're In Love, Charlie Brown!"
During the next to last day at school, Charlie Brown spends most of the day agonizing over the Little Red-Haired Girl, trying to think of different ways to get her attention- and therefore impress her, only to have each attempt fail embarrassingly:
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- First, he writes her a love note, but he gets called on by the teacher to read his report in front of the class, and accidentally gets the love note mixed in with his report notes and unwittingly reads it aloud to the raucous laughter of the class.
- Second, Charlie Brown goes to the pencil sharpener to sharpen... his ball point pen.
Lunch hour isn't much better. He tries to get up the courage to go and talk to her, only to cower out at the last moment, and totally freaks out when he sees the Little Red-Haired Girl approaching him after he caught her eye. He ties his peanut butter sandwich in a knot and pulls his lunch sack down over his face. On the way home, when Lucy and Violet rib Charlie Brown for a ridiculous answer he gave in class, Linus tries to defend him by revealing that he has feelings for the Little Red-Haired Girl, but it only gives the girls more ammunition to humiliate Charlie Brown before they walk off laughing.
That afternoon, Charlie Brown meets up with Peppermint Patty and begins to mention to her about the girl at school, but before he can mention her red hair, Patty jumps in and tells Chuck not to worry- that she'll set up a meeting with her. Thinking it's Lucy, Patty tells her that someone wants to meet her (but stops short of naming names) at the ball park that night. Lucy, thinking it's Schroeder, goes along with it, and Patty goes back to tell Charlie Brown it's all set. When the two meet each other at home plate, they both "bleah" each other.
The next morning, the last day of school before summer vacation, Charlie Brown plans to get up very early (4:00 AM!) intending to meet the Little Red-Haired Girl at the bus stop, but he falls asleep on the bench and the bus pulls away leaving him behind. He arrives late to school and is promptly sent to the principal's office. When he comes back to class, the teacher calls on him to solve a math problem on the blackboard. Thinking he'll finally impress the Little Red-Haired Girl, he struts to the blackboard and goes to town, but when the teacher asks him if he knows what he's doing, he sheepishly admits he doesn't and is once again laughed at back to his desk.
Class is dismissed early, and Charlie Brown, determined to finally meet the Little Red-Haired Girl, beats everyone else out to the school bus in an attempt to meet her as she gets aboard, but he can't pick her out of the clamoring crowd. The last student gets on the bus, and the bus pulls away again leaving Charlie Brown behind. He anguishes over missing her yet again- until he notices a sheet of paper that had gotten slipped into his hand. It reads:
- I Like You, Charlie Brown.. signed, The Little Red-Haired Girl
Charlie Brown's anguish quickly turns into delight- and hope- as he dances up the hill toward home (as the end credits roll). At the very end, he stops and asks himself, "Good grief! How will I live until September??"
Along with the special It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown, this was released to DVD as a bonus feature with Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown on January 7, 2003.
[edit] Trivia
You're in Love, Charlie Brown is a bonus episode on the Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown Deluxe Editon DVD.
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| Preceded by “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” |
Peanuts television specials | Followed by “He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown” |
