| Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Directed by | Lee Mendelson |
| Presented by | Phyllis George |
| Voices of | Arrin Skelley Daniel Anderson Annalisa Bartolin Bill Melendez Michelle Muller Ronald Hendrix Laura Planting Casey Carlson Don Potter |
| Theme music composer | Vince Guaraldi |
| Composers | Ed Bogas Judy Munsen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Mendelson |
| Producer | Bill Melendez |
| Production locations | Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California |
| Editors | Paul Preuss Chuck McCann |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Production companies | Lee Mendelson Film Productions Bill Melendez Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | January 5, 1979 |
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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]
This special followed a 25th anniversary special, Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown, which aired in 1976.
- ^ Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-1452110912.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 271. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.