| You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown | |
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| Genre | Animated television special |
| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Directed by | Phil Roman |
| Voices of | Arrin Skelley Patricia Patts Casey Carlson Michelle Muller Daniel Anderson Tim Hall Bill Melendez |
| Composers | Ed Bogas Judy Munsen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Mendelson |
| Producer | Bill Melendez |
| Editors | Roger Donley Chuck McCann |
| Running time | 24:25 |
| Production companies | Lee Mendelson Film Productions Bill Melendez Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | March 19, 1979 |
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You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown is the 18th prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz.[1] It originally aired on the CBS network on March 19, 1979, making it the last Peanuts TV special of the 1970s.[2]
It was released to DVD on January 27, 2009, by Warner Home Video as a bonus feature to You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown. It appeared in remastered form in the Peanuts 1970s Collection Vol. 2 on June 1, 2010. Before that, the special was released on CED in 1981,[3] and on VHS by Media Home Entertainment in 1984, Hi-Tops Video in 1988, and by Paramount Home Media Distribution on March 9, 1994. The special occasionally saw airings on American TV channel Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2000 as part of Nickelodeon's umbrella branding for Peanuts programming, You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown!.
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2016). "You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV specials : the complete directory to the first twenty-five years, 1962-1987. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2198-9.
- ^ "CED Timeline of Historical Events for 1981".