| You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown | |
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| Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Based on | Peanuts |
| Written by | Charles M. Schulz |
| Directed by | Bill Melendez |
| Starring | Chad Webber Hilary Momberger Stephen Shea Robin Kohn Todd Barbee Linda Ercoli Brian Kazajian Lynda Mendelson Bill Melendez |
| Theme music composer | Vince Guaraldi |
| Opening theme | "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown" (vocal version) |
| Ending theme | "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown" (Dixieland version) |
| Composers | Vince Guaraldi John Scott Trotter |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Bill Melendez Lee Mendelson |
| Editors | Robert T. Gillis Charles McCann Rudy Zamora, Jr. |
| Running time | 25:15 |
| Production companies | Lee Mendelson Film Productions Bill Melendez Productions United Feature Syndicate |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 29, 1972 |
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You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown is the eighth prime-time animated TV special produced based upon the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, and the 10th one to air.[1] It originally aired on CBS on October 29, 1972, nine days before the 1972 United States presidential election between incumbent Richard Nixon and Senator George McGovern. It was the first new Peanuts special to air since the spring of 1971.[2]
You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown ranked No. 9 in the Nielsen TV ratings the week it aired.[3] It received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming, which is Entertainment/Fictional at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1973.[4]
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 472–473. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 92. ISBN 9780786474448.
- ^ ""Peanuts Gang Continues to Rate High," by Rick Dubrow, UPI, Nov. 10, 1972".
- ^ "Outstanding Childrens Program Nominees / Winners 1973".