Charlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel, War and Peace.
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is an animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip.-Early life and education:...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons that tells a story, often humorous, though adventures and soap opera-like dramas are also prevalent. They are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet.In the UK and the...
Peanuts
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 , continuing in reruns afterward...
. It aired Saturday mornings
Saturday morning cartoon
A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. In the United States, the generally accepted times considered to be Saturday mornings...
on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
network from 1983
1983 in television
The year 1983 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1983.For the American TV schedule, see: 1983-84 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
to 1985
1985 in television
The year 1985 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1985.For the American TV schedule, see: 1985-86 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
. It re-aired on Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is a cable television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience,...
and Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon is an American cable television channel owned by Viacom. Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s Nickelodoen as a brand has expanded into other territories including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and Asia.It is often referred to by its shortened name, Nick, a practice that dates back to...
(under the title You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown). In Canada, it aired on YTV.
It re-aired with the Charlie Brown specials on the UK channel, Boomerang in 2002, but was named and advertised as "Snoopy" for short.
The series' format was based on two earlier CBS prime-time specials, A Charlie Brown Celebration
(1982) and It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
(1983). Episodes typically featured gags and story lines that were derived from the newspaper strip.
Segments from the show were released in random compilations during the mid-'80s. Paramount later released the original episodes (albeit with newly-added title cards) on nine volume VHS tapes in 1996.
18 episodes were produced:
1-13 Season 1
14-18 Season 2
The first season's theme was a piano-based instrumental written and produced for this series. For the second season, a shortened version of the song "Let's Have a Party" from the album Flashbeagle was used.
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is an animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip.-Early life and education:...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons that tells a story, often humorous, though adventures and soap opera-like dramas are also prevalent. They are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet.In the UK and the...
Peanuts
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 , continuing in reruns afterward...
. It aired Saturday mornings
Saturday morning cartoon
A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. In the United States, the generally accepted times considered to be Saturday mornings...
on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
network from 1983
1983 in television
The year 1983 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1983.For the American TV schedule, see: 1983-84 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
to 1985
1985 in television
The year 1985 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1985.For the American TV schedule, see: 1985-86 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
. It re-aired on Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is a cable television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience,...
and Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon is an American cable television channel owned by Viacom. Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s Nickelodoen as a brand has expanded into other territories including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and Asia.It is often referred to by its shortened name, Nick, a practice that dates back to...
(under the title You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown). In Canada, it aired on YTV.
It re-aired with the Charlie Brown specials on the UK channel, Boomerang in 2002, but was named and advertised as "Snoopy" for short.
The series' format was based on two earlier CBS prime-time specials, A Charlie Brown Celebration
A Charlie Brown Celebration
A Charlie Brown Celebration is one of many prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, who introduced the hour-long special. It was originally aired on the CBS network on 24 May 1982...
(1982) and It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
It's an Adventure, 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 in 1983...
(1983). Episodes typically featured gags and story lines that were derived from the newspaper strip.
Segments from the show were released in random compilations during the mid-'80s. Paramount later released the original episodes (albeit with newly-added title cards) on nine volume VHS tapes in 1996.
Episode list
18 episodes were produced:
1-13 Season 1
14-18 Season 2
Theme song
The first season's theme was a piano-based instrumental written and produced for this series. For the second season, a shortened version of the song "Let's Have a Party" from the album Flashbeagle was used.
