Charlie Brown's All-Stars is one of many prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was the second such TV special (and the first non-holiday Peanuts special) to be produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Meléndez (who also directed), and originally aired on the CBS network on June 8, 1966. It ceased to be aired annually by 1972, and was last shown on CBS in April 1982 (although the Disney Chan...
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Charlie Brown's All-Stars is one of many prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was the second such TV special (and the first non-holiday Peanuts special) to be produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Meléndez (who also directed), and originally aired on the CBS network on June 8, 1966. It ceased to be aired annually by 1972, and was last shown on CBS in April 1982 (although the Disney Channel did re-air the special in the 1990s). ABC returned the special to television on April 7, 2009, as a companion to It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown.
On March 2, 2004, it was released to DVD as a bonus special, along with It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown! and Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown. On July 7, 2009, it was released in remastered form as part of the DVD box set, "Peanuts 1960's Collection."
After Charlie Brown's team loses their first game of the season (123-0), his team throws down their caps in disgust and quits....
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