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Tag Archives: Peanuts
Special Anniversary Lookback: The Best of the Obscure
I admit it. I write about many famous stories on this blog. But one of my favorite things about it is drawing attention to works of art or entertainment about which many people haven’t heard. It gives me joy to … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 Dalmatians, 18th century novels, 19th century novels, As You Like It, Caging Skies, Charles Dickens, Coriolanus, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, fairy tales, Fantasia, Freaky Friday, Hand-Drawn Dreamworks, Jane Austen, Little Dorrit, Little Women, Love and Friendship, Mary Poppins, musicals, Nicholas Nickleby, Peanuts, Peter Pan, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Storyteller, William Shakespeare
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You’re On the Big Screen, Charlie Brown! Part 3
Show the World What You Can Do: The Peanuts Movie (2015) When the news that Blue Sky Studios would be making a computer animated movie based on the Peanuts characters was announced, it was met with some skepticism. Blue Sky’s … Continue reading
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You’re on the Big Screen, Charlie Brown! Part 2
Free as Running Water, Fresh as Morning Dew: Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) The first line of this movie’s opening song is “it’s a new day,” and that’s appropriate since the third Peanuts film represents a lot of … Continue reading
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You’re On the Big Screen, Charlie Brown! Part 1
In the past, I’ve lamented on this blog that of all the Peanuts specials, only A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown are beloved when there are so many others just as great or greater to … Continue reading
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The Adaptation Station’s Two-Year Anniversary Top Ten List (in Alphabetical Order)
Technically, it’s no longer this blog’s two-year anniversary, but I still felt like doing this list of the top ten movies/shows/plays about which I’ve blogged. Here are some disclaimers. If you’ve been following my blog and remember the other “list” … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century novels, 19th century novels, As You Like It, Cinderella, Defending Disney Nostalgia Bait, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, Emma, fairy tales, Fantasia, Hand-Drawn Dreamworks, Jane Austen, Les Misérables, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, Peanuts, The Storyteller, William Shakespeare
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These Specials Are Underrated, Charlie Brown
Peanuts is awesome. Not only does it have a unique and extremely funny sense of humor, but its characters and images are like mythic archetypes that sum up aspects of the human experience. Do Sisyphus and his boulder represent the … Continue reading