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| Peter Robbins | ... | Charlie Brown (voice) | |
| Christopher Shea | ... | Linus Van Pelt (voice) (as Chris Shea) | |
| Sally Dryer | ... | Lucy van Pelt (voice) | |
| Kathy Steinberg | ... | Sally Brown (voice) (as Cathy Steinberg) | |
| Gail DeFaria | ... | Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt (voice) (as Gai DeFaria) | |
| Ann Altieri | ... | Violet (voice) (as Anne Altieri) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bill Melendez | ... | Snoopy (voice) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Bill Melendez | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Charles M. Schulz | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Bill Melendez | .... | producer | |
| Lee Mendelson | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Vince Guaraldi | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Robert T. Gillis | |||
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Nick Vasu | .... | camera operator | |
Animation Department | |||
| Frank Braxton | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Bob Carlson | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Gwenn Dotzler | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Bernard Gruver | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Flora Hastings | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Ruth Kissane | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Faith Kovaleski | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Ed Levitt | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Beverly Robbins | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Frank Smith | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Dean Spille | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Russ von Neida | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| John Walker | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Eleanor Warren | .... | graphic blandishment | |
| Rudy Zamora | .... | graphic blandishment | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez | .... | assistant editor (as Steven Melendez) | |
Music Department | |||
| Al Clover | .... | director: West Hillsborough School Choir | |
| Vince Guaraldi | .... | music performer | |
| John Scott Trotter | .... | conductor | |
| John Scott Trotter | .... | music arranger | |
Other crew | |||
| Dick Beals | .... | voice director | |
| Full cast and crew | Company credits | External reviews |
| IMDb Animation section | IMDb USA section |
It's springtime, and love is in the air, as Charlie Brown tries to muster up the courage to talk to the Little Red-Haired Girl. This video is a laugh riot, due to physical humor and several good scenes. Lucy, told by Charlie Brown how the Little Red-Haired Girl's pretty face makes him nervous, goes on a tirade: "Why doesn't MY face make you nervous? I have a pretty face! Wasn't I the Christmas queen? You haven't answered me!" Also funny is an odd "tryst" between Lucy and Charlie Brown: Peppermint Patty, hearing Charlie Brown's frustrations over love, arranges a meeting between the two, mistakenly thinking she's Charlie Brown's object of affection. Upon seeing each other, the two, shocked, in unison, yell "YOU?! BLECCCH!!" (It actually seems as if this subplot was made just to write Peppermint Patty into the special, in her animated debut).
Though some (unintended) humor comes from odd animation: in one scene with children boarding a school bus, several characters can be seen boarding twice. More bizarre is a scene of Linus walking, as if he were a ghost, through 3 girls swinging in their schoolyard. I guess the animator though no one would notice.
At times the story takes strange turns, like with the previously mentioned Charlie Brown-Lucy tryst. Were it not for some sloppy animation, this would probably rank as a classic. Overall, though, this 1967 special, well scored by Vince Guaraldi, is cute, watchable, and often uproarious. I can't remember the last time a Peanuts cartoon made me laugh out loud!