The voice actors behind the Peanuts gang (1968)
This is a photo of the voice actors behind some of the animated characters in the Peanuts gang. Notice that all the kid roles are actually voiced by children. Kristy Sproul of Voice Chasers, a...
View ArticleThis #PEANUTSBBQ t-shirt shows Marcie of 'The Peanuts' gang as the BBQ snitch
So THAT'S what happened to Marcie. She became the BBQ snitch. (more…)
View ArticleWatch the trailer for "Snoopy In Space"
Snoopy has been a NASA mascot for more than 50 years going back to the Apollo missions. Now, Snoopy is headed to the International Space Station for a new cartoon series, Snoopy In Space, launching...
View ArticlePlanters Peanuts is killing off their cannibal capitalist mascot in the most...
Today, the Planters' Peanut brand announced the "death" of Mr. Peanut, the jingoistic mascot-in-a-monocle who sold his own people down the gullets of Americans for more than a century. It is with heavy...
View ArticleSomebody matched scenes from Peanuts TV specials to "Roundabout" and the...
A lot of work went into finding snippets from various Peanuts TV specials to make it look like the Peanuts gang is performing "Roundabout" by Yes. The hard work paid off!
View ArticleHow to draw yourself as a Peanuts character
Anthony from Today at Apple shows you how to draw yourself in the style of a Peanuts character. He's using an iPad and an Apple Pencil, but I bet you could also use a pencil and a sheet of paper to...
View ArticleCharlie Brown's voice actor, Peter Robbins, died from suicide
Peter Robbins, who was the voice of Charlie Brown in Peanuts cartoon TV specials in the 1960s, died last week from suicide. He was 65. Robbins began voicing Charlie Brown in 1963 and was such a fan of...
View ArticleThe beauty of the Peanuts soundtrack
Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, passed away last week, which may prompt you to go back and watch some classic Peanuts. For some reason, irrespective of the massive cultural shifts...
View ArticleWatch the ultraviolent Peanuts parody, "Bring Me The Head of Charlie Brown"
What if Sam Peckinpah had made a Peanuts television special? It might be like "Bring Me The Head of Charlie Brown," a 1986 film made by CalArts student Jim Reardon, who went on to work on The Simpsons...
View ArticleCharles Schulz, creator of "Peanuts," on Democracy
My personal cartooning hero, Peanuts author Charles Schulz was sent a letter in 1970 from a ten year old student asking what makes a good citizen. Schulz responded with a letter that resonates strongly...
View ArticleBuy Charles Schulz's home/studio in Sonoma County
The Sebastopol, California, home that Charles Schulz used as his office and studio from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s is up for sale, for almost $4 million. It looks like a beautiful, but small (one...
View Article"Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz" tells the life...
The new book Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz presents the story of the creator of the Peanuts comic strip, through over 400 pages of comic strips. It's a very interesting...
View ArticleA new "Peanuts" movie is coming
Apple TV+ has announced it is producing a new animated movie based on the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles Schulz. It will have much of the same creative team as the 2015 Fox film, The Peanuts...
View ArticleNew York dancer, 25, dies from peanut allergy after eating cookies that...
A 25-year-old woman with a severe peanut allergy died in New York City after eating cookies that were not labeled as containing peanuts — as required by law. Órla Baxendale, a UK-born dancer who had...
View ArticleVideo: Charles Schulz draws Charlie Brown
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View ArticleCharles Schulz's 1970 letter to a schoolchild describes the fake patriotism...
Who knew that the creator of Charlie Brown and Snoopy was also a clairvoyant for democracy's future? In 1970, fifth-grader Joel Lipton sent a fan letter to Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, asking him...
View ArticleBizarre 1941 footage shows women swimming in giant pool of peanuts at first...
Got Weird is one of my favorite Instagram accounts. I love the fascinating, fun, delightfully weird things that I come across on their page. In this post, the Weirdsters share footage of the very...
View ArticleThe original Charlie Brown Christmas special promo from 1965, with an...
Here is the charming original CBS promo for "A Charlie Brown Christmas" from 1965. There's a scene shown in which Charlie Brown tries to play Schroeder's piano and is punched clear out of frame by...
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