You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown DVD – Win Yours Here

Of all the Peanuts DVD releases, few are quite as interesting as You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. While other releases include some of the rarer specials, adding value to bringing home the classics, this one is not only rarely seen, but is such a unique creature in its own right that it's a must own for anyone calling themselves a fan.

Working the Peanuts characters into a Tony Award-winning stage phenomenon, and subsequently working that effort back into an animated special is the kind of cultural icon exploration you just aren't going to run into often.

In You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, the Peanuts gang perform the various comedy sketches from the original live-action musical. Charlie Brown's friends each describe him. Charlie Brown is happy as usual and then his friends say that "You're a good man, Charlie Brown". Lucy comes up to Schroeder trying to talk to him about that the two of them should get married("Schroeder"). Schroeder ignores her, then Lucy says "My Aunt Marion was right, never try to discuss marriage with a musician." Charlie Brown has never been able to keep a kite in the air and he hopes that the day it would happen would be today, but he had once again failed("The Kite"). Sally was writing a letter to Ann Flanders about the valentines she gets.

Charlie Brown gives Lucy a valentine and screws up and says "This is for you Lucy, Merry Christmas." Charlie Brown sees Marcie and thinks that she is going to give him a valentine but she doesn't. Lucy comes up to Schroeder again and talks about saucepans, and, again, Schroeder can't stand it. Snoopy imagines that he is a wild animal("Snoopy"). Charlie Brown, Schroeder, Linus, and Lucy work on their book reports on "Peter Rabbit" ("Book Report"). Lucy teaches Linus about nature in her own way while Charlie Brown tries to correct her.("Little Known Facts").

The DVD release includes a very nice special feature, Animating a Charlie Brown Musical, which takes you through the entire 20-year journey that runs from album through Off-Broadway hit, and all the way to this animated special.

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