You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown
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You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown is the 37th prime-time animated
TV specials based upon the popular comic strip
Peanuts
, by Charles M. Schulz
. It first aired on January 18, 1994 on NBC
, making it the first Peanuts special to air on a different network after 27 years on CBS
. It is also the only animated special that aired on NBC.
, as the World famous Coach, getting his football team, The Birds, ready. It consists entirely of Woodstock
and his tiny friends. The announcer says, this game will decide the Eastern Champ for the "AFL" (Animal Football League). They are playing the team "The Cats" a ferocious group of cats. The Birds crushed The Cats, 38-0, making them the Eastern champs. The team celebrates by pouring a bottle of "Chirpade" on the coach.
Then, Lucy
is seen asking Charlie Brown
to kick a football. Charlie Brown refused to do it. Lucy then asked him "Are you gonna go through life not trusting anyone? That's no way to live." Charlie Brown decides, she's right, and tries to kick the ball, until Peppermint Patty
comes, with Marcie
, Franklin
, and Linus
, and tells Charlie Brown and Lucy, there will be a football, punt pass and kick contest, and first prize wins a new bicycle, and a trip to the super bowl
, and they should all enter. While Lucy is looking at the poster for it, Charlie Brown realizes now is his chance to kick the football, and runs up to kick it, but Lucy pulls it away.
While Charlie Brown and Linus are practicing for the contest, they notice a very pretty girl, who catches Linus's attention. They both walk over to her, and introduce themselves to her. The girl says her name is Melody-Melody, and has been watching them. They flirt with her, and take her out for hot fudge sundaes. They then try to impress, and try to tell how they'll be entering the punt-and-kick contest. Melody says she will be rooting for them at the contest.
Then, comes a quick time out for more animal action! This time, it is The Birds, against The dogs, to figure out, which team will be going to the Super Bowl. Once again, The Birds crushed The Dogs, this time 58-0. It was then onto the World Championship, but not until another drink of Chirpade, poured onto the coach.
Then came the punt-and-kick contest. Charlie Brown and Linus see Melody watching them, and they argue who Melody came to watch.
The announcer announces every player, and every player got a better score than the next one, except for Marcie who didn't want to kick the football (Because the football didn't do anything to deserve being kicked).
Then Charlie Brown goes. He scored more points then anyone so far, and it Peppermint Patty, says, "That probably wins it for Chuck." But then, Linus went, and he beat Charlie Brown's score. Linus then got so excited because, he thinks he won. But then the announcer announces the last contestant, Miss Melody Melody! This got Charlie Brown and Linus confused. They thought Melody came to watch them play, and not enter the contest.
Melody goes and beats Linus's score. Linus got so upset. He admitted to Charlie Brown that he was in love with her. Melody wins the new bicycle and the tickets to the Super Bowl, leaving Charlie Brown and Linus in shock.
Then comes the AFL World Championship. It was The Birds, against The Bison
. The announcer even admitted he doubts the birds have a chance against the bison. The game begins, and Lucy comes onto the field, and tells Snoopy he is a horrible coach, and his team will get crushed. But once again, The Birds crushed the other team, 62-0. The birds were then the World Champions! The birds then celebrate once more by pouring Chirpade on Lucy.
The special ends with Charlie Brown and Linus at the wall. Linus says, he is so upset that the girl of his dreams beat him in the contest. He says he will not trust anyone ever again. Charlie Brown told him, "Your sister says we can't go through life doubting everyone. We have to learn to trust each other." Lucy then comes to them holding a football, to which Charlie Brown says, "I can't stand it."
and Franklin
are given last names in this special - Johnson and Armstrong, respectively; however, these cannot be considered canon, as Charles Schulz
never gave them last names in the strip. These names are not used in any other special either.
, this one premiered on NBC
, which had the rights to air the Super Bowl in 1994
. It is also the only Peanuts animated special to premiere on NBC and the first to air not on CBS- later Peanuts specials were either released directly to video or premiered on ABC
. This was the last animated Peanuts special to air on television until A Charlie Brown Valentine
which aired 8 years later in 2002.
or Warner Home Video, the last two holders of the Peanuts home video rights, does not have the video distribution rights to. Its lone video release, like It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
before it, was available at participating Shell
stations. There have currently been no plans for a DVD release.
, Vince Guaraldi
's classic music scores were redone by David Benoit.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
TV specials based upon the popular comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Peanuts
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...
, by Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...
. It first aired on January 18, 1994 on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, making it the first Peanuts special to air on a different network after 27 years on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
. It is also the only animated special that aired on NBC.
Plot
This special begins with SnoopySnoopy
Snoopy is an fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. He is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly conventional dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character—and among the most recognizable...
, as the World famous Coach, getting his football team, The Birds, ready. It consists entirely of Woodstock
Woodstock (Peanuts)
Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. He is Snoopy's closest friend and, after Snoopy, the most recognized non-human in the strip.-History:...
and his tiny friends. The announcer says, this game will decide the Eastern Champ for the "AFL" (Animal Football League). They are playing the team "The Cats" a ferocious group of cats. The Birds crushed The Cats, 38-0, making them the Eastern champs. The team celebrates by pouring a bottle of "Chirpade" on the coach.
Then, Lucy
Lucy van Pelt
Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip :Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the main bully and the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is a crabby and cynical eight-year old girl, and often bullies the other characters in the strip,...
is seen asking Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown
Charles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie...
to kick a football. Charlie Brown refused to do it. Lucy then asked him "Are you gonna go through life not trusting anyone? That's no way to live." Charlie Brown decides, she's right, and tries to kick the ball, until Peppermint Patty
Peppermint Patty
Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. A freckle-faced auburn/brunette, she is one of a small group in the strip who lives across town from Charlie Brown and his school friends...
comes, with Marcie
Marcie (Peanuts)
Marcie is a bespectacled fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. She serves as comedic foil and best friend to tomboy Peppermint Patty, plays a supporting role in some of Snoopy's heroic fantasies, and displays a romantic interest in Charlie Brown, who seems to love...
, Franklin
Franklin (Peanuts)
Franklin is a character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. Introduced on July 31, 1968, Franklin was the first African-American character in the strip. He goes to school with Peppermint Patty and Marcie. In his first story arc, he met Charlie Brown when they were...
, and Linus
Linus van Pelt
Linus van Pelt is a character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. The best friend of Charlie Brown, Linus is also the younger brother of Lucy van Pelt and older brother of Rerun van Pelt. He first appeared on September 19, 1952; however, he was not mentioned by name until three days later....
, and tells Charlie Brown and Lucy, there will be a football, punt pass and kick contest, and first prize wins a new bicycle, and a trip to the super bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
, and they should all enter. While Lucy is looking at the poster for it, Charlie Brown realizes now is his chance to kick the football, and runs up to kick it, but Lucy pulls it away.
While Charlie Brown and Linus are practicing for the contest, they notice a very pretty girl, who catches Linus's attention. They both walk over to her, and introduce themselves to her. The girl says her name is Melody-Melody, and has been watching them. They flirt with her, and take her out for hot fudge sundaes. They then try to impress, and try to tell how they'll be entering the punt-and-kick contest. Melody says she will be rooting for them at the contest.
Then, comes a quick time out for more animal action! This time, it is The Birds, against The dogs, to figure out, which team will be going to the Super Bowl. Once again, The Birds crushed The Dogs, this time 58-0. It was then onto the World Championship, but not until another drink of Chirpade, poured onto the coach.
Then came the punt-and-kick contest. Charlie Brown and Linus see Melody watching them, and they argue who Melody came to watch.
The announcer announces every player, and every player got a better score than the next one, except for Marcie who didn't want to kick the football (Because the football didn't do anything to deserve being kicked).
Then Charlie Brown goes. He scored more points then anyone so far, and it Peppermint Patty, says, "That probably wins it for Chuck." But then, Linus went, and he beat Charlie Brown's score. Linus then got so excited because, he thinks he won. But then the announcer announces the last contestant, Miss Melody Melody! This got Charlie Brown and Linus confused. They thought Melody came to watch them play, and not enter the contest.
Melody goes and beats Linus's score. Linus got so upset. He admitted to Charlie Brown that he was in love with her. Melody wins the new bicycle and the tickets to the Super Bowl, leaving Charlie Brown and Linus in shock.
Then comes the AFL World Championship. It was The Birds, against The Bison
Bison
Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...
. The announcer even admitted he doubts the birds have a chance against the bison. The game begins, and Lucy comes onto the field, and tells Snoopy he is a horrible coach, and his team will get crushed. But once again, The Birds crushed the other team, 62-0. The birds were then the World Champions! The birds then celebrate once more by pouring Chirpade on Lucy.
The special ends with Charlie Brown and Linus at the wall. Linus says, he is so upset that the girl of his dreams beat him in the contest. He says he will not trust anyone ever again. Charlie Brown told him, "Your sister says we can't go through life doubting everyone. We have to learn to trust each other." Lucy then comes to them holding a football, to which Charlie Brown says, "I can't stand it."
Last names
MarcieMarcie (Peanuts)
Marcie is a bespectacled fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. She serves as comedic foil and best friend to tomboy Peppermint Patty, plays a supporting role in some of Snoopy's heroic fantasies, and displays a romantic interest in Charlie Brown, who seems to love...
and Franklin
Franklin (Peanuts)
Franklin is a character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. Introduced on July 31, 1968, Franklin was the first African-American character in the strip. He goes to school with Peppermint Patty and Marcie. In his first story arc, he met Charlie Brown when they were...
are given last names in this special - Johnson and Armstrong, respectively; however, these cannot be considered canon, as Charles Schulz
Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...
never gave them last names in the strip. These names are not used in any other special either.
Television airing
The special first aired on 1993. Unlike all the animated Peanuts specials before it, which originally aired on CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, this one premiered on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, which had the rights to air the Super Bowl in 1994
Super Bowl XXVIII
Super Bowl XXVIII was an American football game played on January 30, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1993 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Dallas Cowboys defeated the American Football...
. It is also the only Peanuts animated special to premiere on NBC and the first to air not on CBS- later Peanuts specials were either released directly to video or premiered on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. This was the last animated Peanuts special to air on television until A Charlie Brown Valentine
A Charlie Brown Valentine
A Charlie Brown Valentine is an animated television special, based on characters from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. It features the Peanuts characters during the week leading up to Valentine's Day...
which aired 8 years later in 2002.
Video release
This is also the only Peanuts special that Paramount Home EntertainmentParamount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment is the division of Paramount Pictures dealing with home video founded in late 1975.-History:...
or Warner Home Video, the last two holders of the Peanuts home video rights, does not have the video distribution rights to. Its lone video release, like It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown is the 36th prime-time animated TV special based on the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on the CBS network on November 27, 1992. It was the first Christmas-themed Peanuts special since the inaugural A Charlie Brown...
before it, was available at participating Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
stations. There have currently been no plans for a DVD release.
Music score
As with the preceding It's Christmastime Again, Charlie BrownIt's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown is the 36th prime-time animated TV special based on the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on the CBS network on November 27, 1992. It was the first Christmas-themed Peanuts special since the inaugural A Charlie Brown...
, Vince Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi
Vincent Anthony "Vince" Guaraldi was an Italian American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip...
's classic music scores were redone by David Benoit.
Cast
- Jim Guardino: Charlie Brown
- John GraasJohn GraasJohn Graas was an American jazz French horn player, composer, and arranger. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Graas had a short but busy career on the West Coast, known primarily as one of the first and best French horn players in jazz.Graas had classical training, including attendance at the Tanglewood...
: Linus Van Pelt/Kid who yells/Announcer - Molly Dunham: Lucy "Lucille" Van Pelt
- Haley Peel: Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Liecart & Melody-Melody
- Nicole Fisher: Marcie
- Steve Stoliar: Announcer
- Bill MelendezBill MelendezJosé Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez was a Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers, UPA and the Peanuts series...
: Snoopy & Woodstock
Peanuts gang & NFL teams sponsored
- Lucy "Lucille" Van Pelt - Oakland RaidersOakland RaidersThe Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
- Franklin Armstrong - Houston Oilers
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Richardt- Denver BroncosDenver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
- Pig-Pen - Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
- Marcie Johnson - Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
- Charlie Brown - San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
- Linus van Pelt - St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
- Melody-Melody - Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
- Birds - Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...