Peanuts TV Specials

[Minkin]

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[calculus entrophy]

Ouch, that hurts. For those who are interested, it also comes with some newly discovered deleted scenes where Charlie Brown and Snoopy spend their pre-Thanksgiving night camping out in front of Best Buy for Black Friday TV sales.

[Michael Kerpan]

Is it my imagination? Or are Peanuts shows the most expensive DVDs/Blus in the American market?

[Ribs]

Cannot believe the very hostile reaction of rip-off that people are hurtling towards this over at Blu-ray's forums, and the tepid reaction here. Isn't it *good* to get more things on the new format? Yeah, it's a bit expensive but the school of thought that older stuff that doesn't have explosions or aliens shouldn't come to UHD seems very misguided.

The more ridiculous thing is releasing each of them on individual UHDs as well, for $30 MSRP.

[knives]

Honestly I just wish it wasn't the same four specials over and over again.

[calculus entrophy]

My take (FWIW), is that the beauty of the Peanuts simple lines and minimalist aesthetic is that it serves to focus on the primary characters and their themes, where the Ultra High Definition upgrade just doesn't add justifiable value for the cost. My $$ will find much better use, but I find the image of Snoopy4k to be amusing, not angering.

[Michael Kerpan]

I still love the best of these Peanuts films -- but they have always cost more than I was willing to pay.

[domino harvey]

Why would I support UHD?

[Ribs]

I didn't ask you to support it, but don't see why anyone should be opposed to a greater variety of titles becoming available

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Am I crazy in thinking that's I'd much rather watch a VHS of these on my tube TV than a 4k master? My eyes can't tell the difference between 1080p and 4k as it is, but watching forty year-old made for TV cartoon specials with pencil lines and scraggly characters is all very silly and feels like it's compromising the original material in some weird way.

[flyonthewall2983]

The Thanksgiving and Christmas specials to air on PBS, in a deal struck with Apple, who now owns them. Hopefully this can be in perpetuity, since PBS is the perfect option over the networks, and that many boomers who grew up with them don't have Apple TV.

[domino harvey]

They'll probably be able to air complete without edits for more commercials for the first time in a while, at least

[domino harvey]

WB will be releasing a Blu-ray set of 40 Peanuts specials - from A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) to Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011)

A comment on the above:

Of the 45 produced from 1965–2011, these are the five not included in this set:
- Snoopy: The Musical (1988)
- It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown (1988)
- You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown (1994)
- It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown (1997)
- It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000)

[beamish14]

WB will be releasing a Blu-ray set of 40 Peanuts specials - from A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) to Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011)

A comment on the above:

Of the 45 produced from 1965–2011, these are the five not included in this set:
- Snoopy: The Musical (1988)
- It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown (1988)
- You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown (1994)
- It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown (1997)
- It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000)

Girl in the Red Truck would’ve been very nice. An extremely weird special starring Charles Schulz’s youngest daughter

[knives]

That was the one I was most hoping for.

[swo17]

Were any of those available on DVD?

[beamish14]

Were any of those available on DVD?

I didn’t think so. A lot of then never did, such as Flashbeagle

[swo17]

That's on a few different releases, such as the Peanuts Emmy Honored Collection

[John Cope]

The one I really want to see included is What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? It's my favorite one (I've always thought though that it would be included on a rerelease of Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown as that just makes sense).

[swo17]

That one's also included in the Emmy Honored Collection!

[Matt]

Sounds like a lot of people slept on this Emmy Honored Collection [-(

[Feego]

Flashbeagle was also released on 4K as a supplement on the 4K edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas.