Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown is the 28th prime-time animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.[1] It was originally aired on the CBS network on March 20, 1985.[2]
| Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown | |
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Written by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Directed by | Bill Melendez |
| Voices of | Brett Johnson Stacy Ferguson Dawnn D.Leary Jeremy Schoenberg Heather Stoneman Gini Holtzman Keri Houlihan Daniel Colby Bill Melendez |
| Composer | Judy Munsen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Executive producer | Charles M. Schulz |
| Camera setup | Nick Vasu |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production companies | Lee Mendelson Film Productions Bill Melendez Productions United Media Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | March 20, 1985 |
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Plot
editSnoopy is performing guard duty for Peppermint Patty, but gets sidetracked when he meets a beautiful poodle named Fifi (called Genevieve in this special). Soon after, Snoopy decides to get married, and wants his brother Spike to be the Best Beagle at his wedding, resulting in Spike traveling a long way from Needles, California and trying to earn money by competing in a dog race, only to be disqualified for being a beagle and not a greyhound.
Snoopy is at first excited, but soon grows nervous at the prospect of marriage, acting miserable at his own bachelor party, and even breaking down into tears hours before the wedding. At the ceremony, everything is in order, until it seems Genevieve is late. Lucy soon arrives with news that Genevieve fell in love with a golden retriever and ran off with him, meaning that the wedding is off. Snoopy is heartbroken at first, but soon lightens up at the prospect of remaining a bachelor, and enjoys salad with Woodstock. Spike returns home to his residence, a gigantic hollowed-out cactus with electricity and modern amenities, and the show ends by Spike enjoying part of the wedding cake by himself.
Production
editSnoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown was based on a comic strip story in 1977 (later published as The Beagle Has Landed). In the original strip, Snoopy's bride-to-be is never seen, and it is Spike that the bride falls for.
Voice actors
edit- Brett Johnson as Charlie Brown
- Jeremy Schoenberg as Linus van Pelt
- Stacy Ferguson as Sally Brown and Violet
- Dawnn D.Leary as Sally Brown's singing voice
- Heather Stoneman as Lucy van Pelt
- Gini Holtzman as Peppermint Patty
- Keri Houlihan as Marcie
- Danny Colby as Schroeder
- Bill Melendez as Snoopy, Woodstock and Spike
Patty and Roy appear in silent roles. Franklin and Pig-Pen were voiced by Carl Steven, but they were not spoken as well.
Home media
editKartes Video Communications released the special on VHS in 1987. In 1989, the special was released on a double feature VHS with You're in Love, Charlie Brown from the same company. On January 9, 1996, Paramount Home Video released the special on a double feature VHS with Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown. On June 14, 2011, Warner Home Video released the special on DVD for the first time as part of the compilation Happiness is... Peanuts: Snoopy's Adventures. Warner Home Video would release the special again on September 15, 2015, as part of the Peanuts: Emmy Honored Collection DVD.
References
edit- ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 380–381. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 92. ISBN 9780786474448.