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Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown
GenreDocumentary TV Special
Created byCharles M. Schulz
Directed byPhil Roman
Presented byPhyllis George
Voices ofArrin Skelley
Daniel Anderson
Annalisa Bartolin
Bill Melendez
Michelle Muller
Ronald Hendrix
Laura Planting
Casey Carlson
Don Potter
Theme music composerVince Guaraldi
ComposersEd Bogas
Judy Munsen
Country of originUSA
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerLee Mendelson
ProducerBill Melendez
Production locationsCoast Recorders, San Francisco, California
Running time60 min.
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseJanuary 5, 1979 (1979-01-05)

Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown is a prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on January 5, 1979.[1]

This episode celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip and the 15th anniversary of animated Peanuts specials on CBS, which both took place the following year, in 1980.[2] It included an interview with Charles M. Schulz. Phyllis George hosted.[3]

Voice actors

References

  1. ^ Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-1452110912.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 186–187. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 271. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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