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Rating: - Unrequited Love is in the Air
Peanuts once again hits DVD with this collection of three animated specials focusing on love.The disc starts off with "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown," which first aired in 1975. Valentine's Day is coming, and the gang's getting excited. Charlie Brown is hoping for lots of Valentines this year. Linus has a crush on his teacher and buys her a box of chocolate which Sally thinks is for her. And in the middle of all this, Snoopy puts on a special Pawpet Theater show involving love. Frankly, I found this story to be a little depressing, even for Peanuts and was surprised that The Little Red Haired Girl didn't even get mentioned. Next comes 1967's "You're in Love, Charlie Brown." It's two days before school lets out for the summer, and Charlie Brown is trying to work up the nerve to talk to The Little Red Haired Girl. This is affecting every aspect of his life, leading to some embarrassing moments and potentially the worst last school day ever. This short was filled with the humor and warmth I usually associate with Peanuts. The final selection is "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown," from 1977. Charlie Brown is shocked to learn that part of his duties during Homecoming is to dance with the Homecoming Queen after kissing her. And the queen is none other then The Little Red Haired Girl, whose name we learn is Heather. But first, he must do his job as punter in the homecoming football game. This would be easy, except guess who's holding the football! This sweet story brought a smile to my face with the ending. As with other Peanuts DVD's the three programs are the heart and sole of the disc. There is a computer game for another movie, and that's all. Still, the programs are ultimately what I bought it for. The picture is clear and sharp. The sound seems to have a bit of a problem, but only on the first show and only when Linus and Sally are speaking. Other wise, the sound is fine in all three. This disc will appeal to Peanuts fans of all ages. While the first program may not have as happy an ending as usual, the other two make up for it big time. I'd never seen these programs before buying the disc, but I intend to watch them for years to come.
Rating:  - Snoopy Theatre.. remind me not to come
It is worth buying this for Snoopy's "pawpet" show alone and his own original brand of audience participation. This was way before Gallagher and his melons. Poor Linus has a crush on his teacher. Schroeder ignores Lucy as usual and she utters words as she smashes his piano (unintentionally of course) that went over my head as a kid but now I wish I had paid more attention. My absolute favorite peanuts special though is "A Charlie Brown Celebration". That one is a full TV hour (~44 minutes) and also has a rare forward by Charles Schultz. "Charlie Brown's All Stars" is an execllent 1960's Charlie Brown TV special.
Rating: - Delightful as always!
This installment of the "Peanuts" series centers all around the travails of love and rejection and finds Charlie Brown checking his mailbox for Valentine's, Linus buying a huge box of candy for his teacher, (while Sally thinks it's for her) and Snoopy and Woodstock exchanging Valentines. This funny episode is fun for kids of all ages.
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