Snoopy!!! The Musical (TV Special) - Notes

Notes

  • Having adapted the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown three years prior, Charles Schulz once again opted to adapt the other musical with the Peanuts gang. Schulz had recently utilized many comics strips for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show.
  • The song "Poor Sweet Baby" was based on the comic strip on 4/8/73 and the Broadway version song "Hurry up Face" was based on the comics strip on 9/17/72.
  • The idea of Lucy mistaking a potato chip for a butterfly was borrowed from 1969's It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown.
  • Stock animation of Sally leaving the school in You're Not Elected Charlie Brown was used for her entrance in the "Just One Person" number.
  • Stock animation of Charlie Brown kissing The Little Red-Haired Girl in It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty and Charlie Brown talking under the tree in It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown was used for the "Poor Sweet Baby" segment. Plus the "Heather" version of The Little Red-Haired Girl makes a final cameo appearance.
  • Rerun makes a brief cameo in the song "I Know Now" after Linus upsets him and is confronted by their parents.
  • The Cat Next Door appears on screen for the first time. Here, it resembles Brutus from the 1977 film Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown.

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