It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown! (1996)

To get new uniforms, Charlie Brown's baseball team has to win the first game of the season.

Director:

Sam Jaimes

Writers:

Charles M. Schulz (creator), Charles M. Schulz

Stars:

Justin Shenkarow, Marnette Patterson, John Christian Graas

Cast

Cast overview:
Justin Shenkarow	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Marnette Patterson	...	Lucy Van Pelt (voice)
John Christian Graas	...	Linus Van Pelt (voice)
Gregory Grudt	...	Leland (voice)
Travis Boles	...	Schroeder (voice)
Elisabeth Moss	...	Girl Player (voice) (as Elissabeth Moss)
Michael Sandler	...	Kid - on opposing team (voice) (as Michael J. Sandler)
Noley Thornton	...	Ruby (voice)
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy (voice)
Jessica Nwafor	...	Franklin (voice)

Storyline

As springtime rolls around, Charlie Brown's team is performing the usual hopeless task of getting in shape for the new season. To improve the team's morale, Charlie Brown manages to find a potential team sponsor who agrees to provide uniforms, provided that the team wins the first game of the season. However, considering the usual competence of the team, including new members like Leland who is too young to even tie his shoes, the challenge seems impossible.

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Plot Keywords:

baseball | cartoon dog | school | based on comic | peanuts | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Sport

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1996 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, United Media Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Produced in 1992, and originally slated to be broadcast by CBS during the spring. However, the network canceled the airing, and the special was not seen until Paramount released it on video in 1996.

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Goofs

When Linus gets a hit, the gang - including Linus himself - cheers him on from the bench.

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Connections

Follows A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

User Reviews

By far, the worst of the series...(very miniscule spoiler)

This was a decent installment to the classic Peanuts series, and i was enjoying it thoroughly, that is until 10 minutes into it, when one of the children broke into a rap and they all began break-dancing. I don't know about anyone else, but Peanuts doesn't exactly scream "rap music". It revived itself after the sequence, but there was bad hip-hop/funk music during the entire program. Again, I didn't experience that classic peanuts feeling. However, this is only one of the many specials, and it's still not that bad. There are just the listed item to look past, and you should enjoy yourself, but compared to the others in the series, this is the worst one.