In order to have all the commercials a modern broadcaster wants, and to not cut out anything from a Christmas classic like A Charlie Brown Christmas, it was decided to make it an hour long. How does one do this? They do it by throwing a bunch of paint on some animation cels and hope it works out well. That is the story behind Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales. Is it as good as the classic? Weeell…
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Potshotting: A Charlie Brown Christmas
I will be doing my “potshotting” of classic Christmas cartoons this year. What better way to start than with “A Charlie Brown Christmas”?
Potshotting: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
It’s been awhile since we’ve done any potshotting, so let’s do some more by looking at the true Thanksgiving tradition (sorry Survivor Series) of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Does this 1973 classic hold up as well as this 1972 one? Let’s see.