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

Director:

Phil Roman

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (written and created by)

Release Date:

9 April 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | 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 | Easter Egg | Egg | Peanuts | Kitchen

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Phil Roman

Writing credits
Charles M. Schulz		(written and created by)

Produced by
Bill Melendez	....	producer
Lee Mendelson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Vince Guaraldi

Film Editing by
Roger Donley
Chuck McCann

Art Department
Evert Brown	....	designer
Bernard Gruver	....	designer
Frank Smith	....	designer
Dean Spille	....	designer

Animation Department
Carole Barnes	....	checking
Sheri Barstad	....	painter (as Sheri Lonsdale)
Patricia Capozzi	....	painter
Bob Carlson	....	animator
Sam Jaimes	....	animator
Patricia Joy	....	animator
Joanne Lansing	....	checking
Adele Lenart	....	painter
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator
Cheri Lucas	....	painter (as Cheri Weber)
Don Lusk	....	animator
Bob Matz	....	animator
Al Pabian	....	animator
Chandra Poweris	....	painter
Joe Roman	....	animator
Rod Scribner	....	animator
Brigitte Strother	....	painter
Marie White	....	painter (as Marie Ardell)

Music Department
Vince Guaraldi	....	music performer
John Scott Trotter	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Sandy Claxton Arnold	....	production assistant (as Sandy Claxton)
Carolyn Klein	....	production assistant
Lora Sackett	....	production assistant (as Lora Sacket)

Production Companies

• Lee Mendelson Film Productions
• Bill Melendez Productions
• United Feature Syndicate (UFS) (in cooperation with)
• Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (in cooperation with)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1974) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Nacional Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Paramount Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• PlayArte Filmes (Brazil) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Coast Recorders  voice recording
• Wally Heider Sound  music recording (as Wally Heider Recording)
• Producers' Sound Service  mix
• Dickson/Vasu  camera

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

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

Company:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions

Trivia:

When the Peanuts characters arrive at the mall at Easter time, the mall is decorated for the December holiday season with banners that proclaim: Only 246 shopping days until Christmas.

Goofs:

Continuity: When they go to the shopping mall and see all the Christmas decorations, Lucy tells Linus, "I told you this was the gift-getting season!" She did say that earlier, but when she was talking to Schroeder, not Linus.

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:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Moe'N'A Lisa (#18.6)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 7: First Movement

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).