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The Snoopy Show has gotten a fair bit of press, here's a selection of the most interesting news articles:
‘Peanuts’ Steward Jean Schulz on Partnership With Apple TV Plus (Variety)
The Snoopy Show's Mark Evestaff Talks Bringing Peanuts to a New Generation (CBR.com)
Snoopy shines in Apple TV+ series that’s true to its roots (Associated Press)
'The Snoopy Show' on Apple TV+ pulses with the musical jazz of childhood (Mashable)
Apple has also added the classic 1975 half-hour special Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown to Apple TV+ ; it premiered on the service on February 5, 2021.
There is no over-the-air television broadcast of Be My Valentine in 2021, and there is no free viewing period like there was for the Thanksgiving and Christmas specials, it is only available to Apple TV+ subscribers.
Created together by Peanuts Worldwide and Wildbrain Entertainment, the press release describes the show as follows:
The Snoopy Show is an animated series for kids of all ages that stars the internationally beloved beagle and his feathered best friend Woodstock as they tackle all-new adventures. Snoopy may seem like just a happy-dancin', bone-lovin', doghouse-sittin' pup, but he's much more than that. He's Joe Cool: hippest kid in school. He's surfer king and famed arm-wrestler Masked Marvel. He's World War I Flying Ace who battles the Red Baron. All of his bold, beloved personas are on full display in this brand-new animated comedy.
Offering multi-generational viewing for children 4-11 years old and their caregivers, each episode of The Snoopy Show will consist of three, seven-minute cartoons based on the iconic comic series. Featuring the unique animation style that has entertained millions around the globe for seven decades, the nostalgic new series also showcases everyone's most cherished characters from Peanuts including Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Franklin, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty and more!
The titles of the six episodes will be:
Apple released a full trailer for The Snoopy Show on January 25, 2021, you can watch it on YouTube .
In addition to The Snoopy Show, AppleTV+ is home to the 2019 series Snoopy in Space and several of the classic Peanuts holiday specials; Apple has announced that other new Peanuts shows are also in the works.
The Apple TV+ streaming service costs $4.99/month or $49.99/year (in the United States) and is ad-free, with a 7-day free trial when you first sign up.
You can watch Apple TV+ shows either by installing the Apple TV+ app on a supported device, or by going to the tv.apple.com website on any computer.
Devices that support AppleTV+ include: Apple devices such as iPad, iPhone, Apple TV set-top boxes, and Macs; Roku or Amazon Fire TV streaming devices; and select smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Vizio, or Sony. For more information about supported devices and setting Apple TV+ up on them, see this Apple support webpage.
[Authors’ note: 5CP posts generally are informal — and much shorter! — like newspaper press releases. But because of the way this particular saga unfolded, a first-person approach seemed best. As a result, Derrick is stepping out from behind the curtain.]
I spent almost two decades wondering about this.
Very little in the way of Peanuts and Charles M. Schulz lore remains untapped, at this late stage. Thanks to the Schulz Museum’s debut in August 2002 — along with Fantagraphics’ Complete Peanuts book series, David Michaelis’ biography of Schulz, and all manner of other books, articles and essays from numerous quarters — we’ve been blessed with detailed revelations about almost every possible aspect of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang.
Almost.
The panels themselves were lifted from existing Peanuts newspaper strips, but the word balloons were amended with a holiday-themed sentiment; alternatively, “silent” panels were assigned holiday-themed “titles” above the artwork. (My understanding is that selecting and captioning each year’s panels was something of a contest among various United Feature Syndicate staffers; they were not done by Schulz.)
By the 21st century, the panels also were available digitally — in both monochrome and full color — via various Internet delivery systems. The panels were sent, at no additional charge, to all client newspapers that published the daily Peanuts strip. The idea was to add a bit of holiday cheer to the season, starting the Friday after Thanksgiving, and concluding on Christmas Day.
But our local paper didn’t use them, and — for that matter — I don’t recall ever having seen them in any of the newspapers that commonly came to my attention. They weren’t in the Los Angeles Times, or the San Francisco Chronicle; even the Santa Rosa Press Democrat declined to run them (which seems odd, given that Schulz lived in Santa Rosa for so many years).
Save the date!
On November 26th, the 94th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air from
9 am to noon, all time zones, on NBC-TV.
Due to COVID19, this will not be the typical crowd-filled, two-and-a-half-mile route starting at West 77th Street. The balloons will not be flown by handlers; they will be driven by utility vehicles and joined by floats gliding just one city block down 34th Street, near the flagship department store, and without an audience. Marching bands will not be included, but the casts of four currently shuttered Broadway shows will perform instead.
A scene from 2019, when handlers were allowed to fly Snoopy.
Astronaut Snoopy will return, continuing his record as the longest-running balloon character.
For a complete history of the various Peanuts character balloons that have flown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, see here.
