The Original Dog-umentary
Back in 1963 , tv set producer Lee Mendelson had the idea to make a documentary film about cartoonist Charles Schulz and his popularPeanutscomic airstrip . Schulz agree , and join forces with animator Bill Melendez to make two minutes of the first - ever animated Peanuts footage . The rest of the special featured " Sparky" Schulz in his studio , driving his shaver to schooling , and even bowling a few frames . Songwriter Vince Guaraldi agreed to write some original music for the special , and the first composition he come up with was an fabulously catchy melodic phrase he called " Linus and Lucy . “
Why Snoopy Gets all the Action Scenes
When it came to actually producing the special , Charlie Brown was truly a job fry . Unlike most of the other character , Chuck ’s head was completely round , which made it difficult for the animator to turn and betoken movement from side to side . Snoopy , on the other deal , was the easiest graphic symbol to manipulate , which is why they had sport pee-pee him do everything from the jitterbug to impersonating a vulture .
The Blockheads at CBS Hate It (then change their minds)
When CBS executives previewedA Charlie Brown Christmas , they were vastly underwhelmed . There was justsomuch wrong with it . There was not enough legal action . It moved too slow . The voices had been done by material nipper , not adult actors . There was no laugh racecourse . And Linus study from the Gospel of Luke in one tantrum . ( " You ca n’t take from the Bible on web television!“ they declared in unison . ) At the end of the meeting , Mendelson was severalise : " Well , you gave it a full shot . Believe me , we ’re bigPeanutsfans , but maybe it ’s better suited to the comic page . “
