Snoopy's Reunion (1991) (TV)

Director:

Sam Jaimes

Writers:

Charles M. Schulz (creator)
Charles M. Schulz (written by)

Release Date:

1 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Music

Tagline:

Together at last! Join Charlie Brown and Snoopy for a beagle family reunion!

Plot:

To cheer up Snoopy, Charlie Brown helps him organise a family reunion of his litter siblings.

Plot Keywords:

Family Reunion | Dog | Band | Banjo | Peanuts

Cast

Philip Shafran	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Josh Keaton	...	Linus van Pelt (voice)
Kaitlyn Walker	...	Sally Brown
Laurel Page	...	Mother (voice)
Steve Stoliar	...	Farmer / Bus Driver (voice)
Megan Parlen	...	Lila (voice)
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy / Snoopy's Brothers and Sisters (voice)

Also Known As:

Those Were the Days, Charlie Brown (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:24 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates

Trivia:

The origin of Snoopy depicted in this special contradicts the canonical version of how the beagle came to be, whereas Snoopy Come Home (1972) followed the comic-strip's mythos more closely. The main differences: - In this special, Charlie Brown, at his current age, wanted a dog to greet him when coming home from school, thus going to buy Snoopy on his own. Originally, when Charlie Brown was 3 years old, his parents bought Snoopy for him after a bad day at a playground, when a big kid poured sand on him and made him cry. - Here, Sally is her current age when Snoopy was bought. Originally, Snoopy was bought before she was born. - Here, when Charlie Brown and Linus go to buy Snoopy at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, Linus looks at the farm's records and finds that Snoopy was a used dog. Originally, Linus found this out by calling the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm when Snoopy ran away to visit Lila in the hospital. -Originally, Lila and her family were forced to return Snoopy, because they moved into a new apartment where no dogs were allowed. Here, they lived in the same apartment, which had a new rule in which no dogs were allowed.

The origins of Snoopy.

This TV special shows us just where Snoopy came from. As it turns out, the Snoopster is a hunting dog which was bred for profit at a puppy mill. Even more surprising, everyone in his doggie family is musically inclined. (Snoopy's instrument of choice is a guitar.)

Well, nobody is at all surprised that these canines can belt out a mean tune. Instead, prospective buyers just grab whatever dog they want and drive away with them. Snoopy is first purchased by a girl who lives in an apartment. Soon enough, the landlord develops a "no dog" policy and the girl has to return Snoopy. That's good news for Charlie Brown. Chuck is feeling a little down in the dumps and realizes that every boy needs a dog. He goes to the puppy mill and buys Snoopy for the paltry sum of five bucks.

What about the reunion that is mentioned in the title? It comes into play when four years(!!) after the puppies are split up, Charlie Brown sends out invitations to all of Snoopy's siblings for a family get-together. I really don't know why the Mendelson-Melendez creative team kept bringing the Peanuts gang back together throughout the '90s if they weren't going to bother coming up with anything worthwhile. Maybe they were in it simply for the money. I hold up their Super Bowl fiasco as Exhibit A to back up that theory. 2/10