Keep on Trying, Charlie Brown

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

Sorry, people, but it seems to me that most of you have been ignoring what you may call "the elephant in the room" too long fer my taste. How can you convey a message and call it good if something about the means is dead-wrong?

In conclusion, this is one of the worst MVs I've ever seen in my life.

[SyntaxMagenta]

@U1986NuclearGrounds Your comment got me thinking. This song would do better as Ceefax Muzak rather than an actual music video. In this context, I think the Flashbeagle version (the full track) is better, always preferred Peanuts muzak in C-sharp.

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

It certainly is.

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

Don't you idiot producers fool with ME. I know the song's longer and even includes an excerpt with Sally actually encouraging her brother on, same as everyone else. Or was a full version released after? Or...where's the REAL ending?! "Come on now, Charlie Brown!" Yeah, just let us walk all over you! It's not like our encouragement MEANS anything!

[tomakalinus]

@U1986NuclearGrounds Calm down, for crying out loud. That's all of the song that happened to be on that particular special. No one's out to get you personally.

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

But my review still stands.

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

What kind of lesson is THIS? "That's the spirit!" That's the spirit? THAT'S the spirit? To lie flat on a baseball pitcher's mound having had most of yer clothes knocked off by the ball while everyone else stands around smiling as if everything's okay? You gotta be fooling me! Is that seriously the kind of image that I'm supposed to remember when I hear this song? Charlie doesn't look encouraged, he looks cheated! Where's the vid's REAL ending?

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

Thought I'd do a featurette review this time around.

So lemme see: We have a song about the other kids encouraging Charlie to never give up when things seem hopeless, which isn't a bad song in itself. But unless the music video imagery matches the topic, the song's original meaning and intent will only end up distorted and therefore give people the wrong message. And when a lesson is conveyed, you expect the receiver to feel a little better about themselves.

[strudel89]

what a magnificent song,He never hit the ball,but at least he tried

[ErinLovegood]

Lucy- cuz if you gave up we whold not have a series

Schroeder- who teached you about breaking the 4th wall

Lucy- mah i learned it from chowder

[imallshoppe]

I Like this one.. keep trying Charlie Brown.. I twitter this one to my customers & followers Blessings to all

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

I hate ta say it, but you've all pretty much been had.

[siffil8]

Yes. It's just an odd little segment put in the Peanuts documentary

[Pretztailfan95]

For once Linus helps Charlie Brown! O_o

Keep trying, Charlie Brown! We're all behind you! Or at least I am...

OMGz Linus sings just as beautiful as he does in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"! Or at least in the animated one!

[doctorkazoo]

What a perfect example of how extreme commercialism can destroy the sanctity and depth of a great comic. This is how art is murdered...with saccharine music, puerile lyrics, dreadful voice acting and cheesy animation! BLECH!

[georgemiser]

well, your on your own. (thank goodness) and i think you'll find alot of people like my who enjoy these peanuts cartoon.

schultz had a hand in both the comics and the cartoons.

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

No, it's murdered with a moral rendered void. But not to worry. Check out my latest vid for a resolution or something close.

[doctorkazoo]

@U1986NuclearGrounds Yup! You said it exactly! I just watched your video and it's good to know I'm NOT alone like georgemiser stated. If Schulz WAS involved in this creatively I'm sure his contribution was peripheral at best. By the way...why do people always put a "t" in Schulz?

[U1986NuclearGrounds]

I'm just as guilty. We always forget there's no "T".

[doctorkazoo]

@U1986NuclearGrounds Well, I do it all the time too! I just don't know why!! :)

[SyntaxMagenta]

@doctorkazoo Ohh that is so true! The UK should take account on your comment, considering what is happening in London next year; I just think it's being way too over-commercialised here. And they say Christmas is being over-commercialised...

[doctorkazoo]

@SyntaxMagenta London next year? OK..I think I'm missing something here. I have no idea what's happening in London? Something with Peanuts? Doctor Who??

[SyntaxMagenta]

@doctorkazoo What? You have no idea what is happening in London next year? You want to know how much they are overcommercialising those Olympic games here? And talking with Peanuts, that idea is laughable; that stuff practically never play in the UK...

[madison4264]

mom is a fart bomb

[RockMusicLover73]

Thanks! This really captures the morality of "PEANUTS".

[Lilyellowbirdlover08]

Charles Shultz once said that he was surprised that people called Charlie brown a loser. He said that a true loser would give up, and Charlie brown never did!!

[Pretztailfan95]

WHAT?! Charlie Brown is not a loser! I agree! Some people say that he's really delusional or a depressing guy, but I don't think that's true at all!

Hear hear! Charlie Brown never gave up!

Sorry if I sound a bit obsessed(as I have posted other comments about Charlie Brown before...), I just don't think Charlie Brown gets enough love...he's really a great guy.

[Heegoop]

He did win a game of marbles in Hes a Bully Charlie Brown.

[SnowbirdFlock]

@Heegoop And he also won the motocross race in You're a Good Sport, CB! But I think it was mostly because everyone else messed up more than he did

[Heegoop]

@SnowbirdFlock Yeah I remember that.

[TherealRNO]

@Pretztailfan95: Well, those who call him a loser see him as one, because he rarely wins at anything and the label of "loveable loser" does apply, since--for some--being a loser doesn't mean the negative connotation it once did. Or rather, when applied to an icon like Charlie Brown, it has a nice qualification to it. ^-^

[uruseiranma]

This song was included on the soundtrack to 'It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown.' I knew I had heard it somewhere before.

Though in the soundtrack, there's a second chorus of singing.

[BlackJ303]

Good grief, Charlie Brown!

[MrFlix1983]

I was hoping you managed to make this portion of the doc available! Thanks!