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• The Five Peanuts TV Specials That Never Should Have Been

  "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" airs tonight on ABC, allowing us Americans to mark yet another holiday by laughing at Linus's refusal to accept reality. (If you want to hang on to your security blanket, fine. But believing in the Easter Beagle given your high IQ? That's pretty borderline, kid.) As Peanuts cartoons go, "Easter Beagle" is a relatively decent one. I mean, Marcie's perpetual confusion about how to dye Easter eggs is a pure delight by itself. But as connoisseurs of all things Charlie Brown well know, those animated specials started to dip swiftly in quality not long after this one first aired in 1974. So in order to help you and your little ones appreciate the finer nuances of "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" -- and to make "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" look even more genius than they already do -- I present the Five Peanuts TV Specials That Never Should Have Been.   Read More... Posted Apr 07 2009, 07:58 AM by Jen Chaney with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: charlie brown, children's television, peanuts, Snoopy, holiday specials, Jen Chaney, it's the great pumpkin charlie brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's the easter beagle, kids TV shows

• No Christmas Specials for Some Jewish Kids

  Dahlia Lithwick has a piece over at Slate that discusses which Christmas specials are OK for Jewish kids to watch. Not according to the Torah, which was written pre-TV, but based on her discussions with a few families. Read More... Posted Dec 25 2008, 12:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: christmas, charlie brown, television, tv, chanukah, santa claus, religion, christianity, Slate, Amazon, DVD, Jesus, holiday specials, Brett Singer, catholic, jewish, hanukah, Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas, frosty, no jesus rule, rudolph the red nosed reindeer

• Holiday Rich or Rehab: Whatever Happened to the Voice of Charlie Brown?

  Every year, most of us watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Every year, we hear good 'ol Chuck ask the timeless question, "Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?" But do we ever stop to ask who provided the voice for that animated bald-headed kid? Well, in this week's Rich or Rehab, I do. Here's the story of Peter Robbins, a guy who can accurately be described this way: Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, he's the Charlie Browniest. Read More... Posted Dec 16 2008, 10:32 AM by Jen Chaney with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: charlie brown, peanuts, Child Stars, hollywood, rich or rehab, it's the great pumpkin charlie brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Peter Robbins

• Top 10 Kid Christmas Special Moments That Make Parents Cry

  It's embarrassing, but I can admit that it's happened to me. On more than one occasion, I've teared up while watching a children's holiday special on TV. I mean, I don't break down and sob or anything. But sometimes it's hard not to get a little verklempt during classics like "A Charlie Brown Christmas" or "Frosty the Snowman." Let's be real: the peeps at Rankin Bass know how to tug a heartstring. With that in mind, here's my list of the 10 moments in kids' Christmas specials most likely to make a parent cry: 10. Cindy Lou Who Questions the Grinch in "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas." There is something about the way that little Who (who is no more than 2) says, "Why are you stealing our Christmas tree? Why?" that makes me emotional. (Fast forward to the seven-minute mark in this video to see it.) Read More... Posted Dec 08 2008, 08:02 AM by Jen Chaney with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: holidays, Christmas specials, holiday specials, rankin-bass, grinch, television and kids, Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas