It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown (1977) (TV)

Director:

Phil Roman

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (written and created by)

Release Date:

24 October 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Romance

Plot:

Charlie Brown tries to impress his red-headed dream girl at a football game, but Lucy won't cooperate.

Plot Keywords:

Homecoming Queen | Cartoon Dog | Party | First Kiss | Dream Sequence

Cast

Arrin Skelley	...	Charlie Brown / Roy / Kid (voice)
Laura Planting	...	Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt (voice)
Daniel Anderson	...	Linus / Schroeder (voice)
Michelle Muller	...	Lucy / Heather - The Cute Little Red-Haired Girl (voice)
Ronald Hendrix	...	Franklin / Shermy / Pigpen (voice)
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
Ed Bogas
Judy Munsen

Film Editing by
Roger Donley
Chuck McCann

Production Design by
Evert Brown
Bernard Gruver
Dean Spille

Production Management
Carole Barnes	....	production manager

Animation Department
Don Albrecht	....	animator
Carole Barnes	....	checking
Patricia Capozzi	....	ink and paint artist (as Pat Capozzi)
Bob Carlson	....	animator
Eve Fletcher	....	checking
Valerie Green	....	ink and paint artist (as Valerie Pabian)
Lee Guttman	....	ink and paint artist
Jeff Hall	....	animator
Lee Hoffman	....	ink and paint artist
Sam Jaimes	....	animator
Roubina Janian	....	ink and paint artist (as Roubina Babajanian)
Patricia Joy	....	animator
Mickey Kreyman	....	ink and paint artist
Joanne Lansing	....	ink and paint supervisor
Larry Leichliter	....	animator
Adele Lenart	....	ink and paint artist
Terry Lennon	....	animator
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator
Don Lusk	....	animator
Julie Maryon	....	ink and paint artist
Al Pabian	....	animator
Chandra Poweris	....	ink and paint artist
Charlotte Richardson	....	background artist
Sue Rowan	....	ink and paint artist
Emalene Seutter	....	ink and paint artist
Hank Smith	....	animator
Karin Stover	....	ink and paint artist (as Karen Stover)

Other crew
Sandy Claxton Arnold	....	production assistant (as Sandy Claxton)

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) (1977) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dickson/Vasu  camera
• Producers' Sound Service  dubbing
• Coast Recorders  sound recording
• McDonald's Corporation  sponsoring
• Peter Paul Cadbury  sponsoring

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:24 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions

Trivia:

Character design for The Little Red-Haired Girl was done by the animators without input from Charles Schulz.

Goofs:

Continuity: Charlie Brown was being blamed for the loss in the football game, but it's not his fault. Lucy was the one who pulled the football away from him before he had a chance to kick it.

Quotes:

Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt:[In the locker room at halftime] Hey Franklin, remember how you were asking me what the Xs and zeros meant?
Franklin:Yeah.
Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt:[Glaring at Charlie Brown] I know of at least one zero I can tell you about!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)

Another Predictable Peanuts Cartoon

I remember seeing "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown" when it first aired in the 70s and to me it was interesting to see the little red haired girl, who is named Heather but never, ever seen in the comic strip.

But unfortunately like many of the Peanuts cartoons, it suffers from predictability, especially in the football game scenes when Charlie Brown is the kicker and Lucy is the holder who pulls the ball away. The gag was funny in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving but becomes repetitive. And Charlie Brown, not Lucy takes the blame for losing the game. It just shows that I never liked Lucy in the cartoons. She's mean, bossy and a bully. It gets worse when she ridicules Charlie Brown at the homecoming dance.

However, the best scene is when Charlie Brown finally kisses the little red haired girl but unfortunately the next day, he doesn't remember anything that happened. It's a result of years of being bullied by Lucy and suffering from low self-esteem. It was something that he accomplished in his own life and he still felt depressed.

Of all the Peanuts cartoons that have aired, I would give it a major "Good grief!"