It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Phil Roman

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (writer)

Release Date:

9 April 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Tagline:

The Easter Beagle is coming! (2008 DVD re-release)

Plot:

The Peanuts gang prepare for Easter in their own clumsy ways.

Plot Keywords:

Easter | Peanuts | Egg | Easter Egg | Shopping Mall

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Todd Barbee	...	Charlie Brown / Schroeder (voice)
Melanie Kohn	...	Lucy van Pelt (voice)
Stephen Shea	...	Linus van Pelt (voice)
Linda Ercoli	...	Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt (voice)
Lynn Mortensen	...	Sally Brown / Violet / Frieda (voice)
Jimmy Ahrens	...	Marcie (voice) (as James Ahrens)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Production

Trivia:

The jig playing in the background when Snoopy arrives as the Easter Beagle is the first movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A Major. The second movement (funeral march) from this same symphony is heard when Sally turns impatient about the Easter Beagle's appearance.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Snoopy's mouth does not move when he shouts, "Hey!" to the dancing bunnies.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Marcie: I got the eggs, sir, just like you asked.
Peppermint Patty: Great. Come on in, Marcie.
[Marcie enters]
Peppermint Patty: But *please* quit calling me 'sir'.

Movie Connections:

Featured in It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1985) (TV)

Snoopy steals the picture.

Let's see, error prone Marcie, crabby Lucy, wise Linus, helping Snoopy, and good old Charlie Brown. I like the part where the Easterbeagle (i.e. Snoopy) approaches and gives the eggs to the kids. I also like the part where Snoopy is at the store, and dances with Marcie and Peppermint Patty. Woodstock is funny. The music is cool. And Marcie keeps messing up on boiling eggs. Which makes Peppermint Patty say "AAAUGGHH!" This happens for about 4 or 5 times. Why not just kick her out of here or something and let her do it herself. Or better yet, explain that eggs should not be broken, toasted or roasted in the beginning. That way she would not go through all this mess. I bet a lot of you people went up into similar problems as Peppermint Patty went into. You had similar problems with your friends or family members (like your siblings or parents no offense). Some scenes got edited into, THE CHARLIE BROWN AND SNOOPY SHOW (1983-1985). If you like this one, you'll like IT'S ARBOR DAY CHARLIE BROWN (1976).