Clip from "A Boy Named Charlie Brown," 1963

[lttlbrdCHANNEL]

He says in another interview that he's not Charlie Brown, there's really a little bit of every character coming from him. Every character is another side of him. Any aspiring writer can admire that as a truly sincere way to shape and create characters.

[owlie14]

Dang, how many kids fit in that car?

[smoothjazzweolfe]

I was born in 1965, Charlie Brown was my imaginary friend and I read everything; not to mention saw all the specials and movies(in the theater no less). Charles Shulz will always have a special place in my heart.

[kelvinpyaeko]

@MrBigYum lol at yo comment marked as spams, bitch, lmao you aint making no sense

[entertainmentguy1984]

is this documentary also on the dvd for "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"???

[gabby1675]

why did charles have to die:(

[fromthesidelines]

...and he'd lie awake in bed (like Charlie Brown) and ponder things like, "Sometimes I lie in bed at night, and I ask myself, 'Why?'...then a voice comes to me that says, 'Why, what?'" [3/15/91].

[fromthesidelines]

Schulz once said, "if you read the strip often enough, you get to know me". And he was right- virtually everything he wrote into it was a reflection of his own life; he didn't like coconut candy; he said he'd "never be another Andrew Wyeth"; his favorite movie was "Citizen Kane", his favorite book- "The Great Gatsby"; his second wife Jeannie often said, "Poor, sweet baby" to him [that line often turned up in the '70s and '80s].....

[fromthesidelines]

Actually, Lee Mendelson updated this documentary in 1969, with Coca-Cola as the primary sponsor, and it finally aired on CBS.

[ReiOn8]

I love and respect Charles Schulz...he's a creative genius among the greats like Beethoven...Mozart...Picasso..­.all have their melancholy passes and yet became great men we come to love and respect. ^^

[rstdot]

ah...the days before seat belts

[thevisitation]

@rstdot LOL!

[jasobres]

You were a good man, Charles Schulz!

[outofmylaboratory]

the way he talks sounds so much like Linus and Charlie Brown talk. Awesome!

[Wildcock23]

MY HERO

[iceballerina88]

Ha, it's a pity that Joyce (his wife by then) didn't appear in the video... she was a beautiful lady... she reminded me somewhat of Marilyn Monroe. His children were cute too! It's strange to think they're all grown ups nowadays...

I love Peanuts with all my heart... and Schulz seemed a very good person to me. I wish I had lived in that time, 60s were way much better than nowadays.

Ah...

[1RichardHunt]

This documentary looks really interesting, I'll bet it was the first time Charles Schulz appeared live and in person. It's too bad this documentary was never aired, it should've been.

[ricadus]

Great little excerpt. Also the book "Peanuts Jubilee" from 1975 (you can probably find it on ebay) has a lot of Schulz writing about himself, which I prefer to the various biographies written others.

[HIDEKIIZUMI]

i think u can get this documentary from the charles schulz museum on dvd just thought id let you know

[RogerKaputnik]

It doesn't get better than that. It really doesn't. Schulz was a Genius!

[HCShannon]

I think I saw some of the clips of him drawing on Muppet Babies!

[quizzlefits]

Wow, I wish this clip had gone on and on. Such a fascinating look into someone who we did not know... we knew his characters and his humor but not the person.

Seeing him at the desk, drawing, that is almost like being in the presence of something so awesome.

And the comic strip is so big when he draws it!

Such a gentle soul. I think he was not a very happy person in life; I mean, he was funny, but I think there was a great deal of Charlie Brown in him: many failures, loss, and melancholy.

[snupjeve]

The documentary apparently didn't air on television at the time, but the Schulz museum in Santa Rosa carries it in DVD format at the gift copy.

Schulz did essentially say that, if you read the strip, you would know him and who he was. While that's probably true, there really is something to be said for watching how he brings it to life :)

[quizzlefits]

I agree: to read the comic strip is to get an idea of what he was all about. It's like millions of people knew what sort of person he was (reserved, shy, gentle, etc) from the things he said and showed in "Peanuts"... but I always assumed he was a fairly content guy drawing funny pictures until I began reading about him and his life. He was Charlie Brown.

[snupjeve]

at the gift SHOP, I meant. Not the "gift copy." What a silly typo.

[Akira625]

Good grief! I had no idea this documentary even existed, from way back in '63, in full-color to boot.

[iceballerina88]

Good grief, this man was so attractive, so handsome in the 50s and 60s... *.*

[iceballerina88]

In this video Sparky reminded me of my dad... calmingly driving while the kids are messing up in the behind sit... lol...

I miss both my dad and Sparky :(

[rosevea1]

Just read his biography....interesting read

[lalala1234123]

i think u can get this documentary from the charles schulz museum on dvd just thought id let you know

[siffil8]

good post

[siffil8]

Odd thing... that this documentary, the 1969 animated Peanuts movie, and the Vince Guaraldi album that's still in print are all named "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" but each has nothing do with the other

[socoolbob]

Starting with that stretch of road ... such a young Charles Schulz. 1963 ô¿~ That's the year I graduated from high school.

SoCô¿ôL Joe Cool !!