The Peanuts special was developed in the early '60s, and even though Charles Schulz's comic strip was popular at the time, networks weren't particularly interested in the 30-minute Christmas special.
“They hated it,” producer Lee Mendelson recalled in a 2003 interview with the Archive of American Television. “The two top ...
(Gray News) – “A Charlie Brown Christmas” turns 60 years old on Tuesday. The classic 25-minute animated special debuted on television Dec. 9, 1965. It first appeared on CBS and is based on the comic ...
OPINION: Vince Guaraldi's introspective jazz soundtrack to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" helped make the show a holiday classic ...
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.