It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
GenreAnimated television special
Created byCharles M. Schulz
Directed byPhil Roman
Voices of
  • Dylan Beach
  • Gail Davis
  • Sarah Beach
  • Stuart Brotman
  • Greg Felton
  • Liam Martin
  • Michelle Muller
  • Vinnie Dow
  • Bill Melendez
Theme music composerVince Guaraldi
Opening theme"Rerun's Lament"
Ending theme"Lucy's Home Run"
ComposerVince Guaraldi
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerLee Mendelson
ProducerBill Melendez
EditorsChuck McCann
Roger Donley
Running time30 minutes
Production companyLee Mendelson-Bill Melendez Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseMarch 16, 1976 (1976-03-16)
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It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown is the 15th prime-time animated television special based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.[1] The subject of the special is Arbor Day, a secular holiday devoted to planting trees. It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown premiered on the CBS network on March 16, 1976, which is near the dates in which most U.S. states observe Arbor Day. This is the first special to feature the character Rerun van Pelt (younger brother to Linus and Lucy), who had debuted in the Peanuts comic strip in March 1973.[2]

The musical score features the final compositions and recorded performances of jazz pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi, whose contributions to Peanuts include the theme "Linus and Lucy". Guaraldi died suddenly on February 6, 1976—a little over a month before the special's premiere.

It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown was distributed as a bonus feature on Paramount Home Video's 2003 DVD-Video release of It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974). A remastered version was published on DVD by Warner Home Video in 2008, and in the DVD box set Peanuts 1970's Collection, Vol. 2 in 2010.

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 214–215. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-1452110912.