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The dedicated folks at Lee Mendelson Film Productions are back with their second new Vince Guaraldi album of 2026 - the complete score for the 1974 Peanuts special It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown.

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Streaming service Apple TV - exclusive home to both classic animated Peanuts television specials and newer ones commissioned by Apple - is bringing fans a lot of goodies this summer, announcing a new season of an existing series, a new special, and the st…

If you haven't checked out our informative Peanuts FAQ for awhile, now would be an excellent time.

In April 1951, Vince Guaraldi gave his first known professional performance, which means 2026 marks 75 years of Vince Guaraldi's music.

It's the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, which first aired back in December 9, 1965 on CBS.

Christmas is coming, and so is FiveCentsPlease.org's tradition of counting down to the Big Day with the Peanuts gang.

A reminder that the free streaming window for A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on Apple TV is this weekend only, Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16, 2025.

The Beagle Scout Snoopy balloon will return for a third year in the 99th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, which will air live on NBC-TV from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.

Today marks 75 years since Charles M.

Subscription service Apple TV+, the only place where you can stream the classic Peanuts television specials, has announced the weekends when you can stream the three best known Peanuts holiday shows for free, without a subscription.

1968 was an election year, and Charles Schulz acknowledged this with a series of newspaper strips that featured Snoopy and a flock of “proto-Woodstocks” carrying campaign banners promoting candidates identified solely as “!!

Producer Phil Gernhard rushed The Royal Guardsmen back into Fuller Studios in January 1967, to record “The Return of the Red Baron,” which he co-wrote with brothers John Yates and James Lee McCullough.

This has been the summer for long-gestating projects: first a thorough study of British artist/cartoonist Derek Chittock’s Peanuts-inspired newspaper strip, Benny, and now an even deeper dive into the meteoric rise of a garage band out of Ocala, Florida,…

As part of this year's celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, on October 7, 2025, Warner Bros.

Apple TV+ has announced another new Peanuts special, Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, is coming to the subscription streaming service on Friday, August 15, 2025.

Not too long ago, a UK correspondent brought our attention to an obscure British newspaper strip titled Benny, because he felt it resembled Peanuts more than a little.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Emmy-award winning show You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, Lee Mendelson Film Productions have announced that the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to the 1975 Peanuts animated special will be released on July 11,

All sorts of things and events will help mark this year's 75th anniversary of Charles M.

Following the Record Store Day LP announcement from a few weeks ago, Craft Recordings has announced a new, expanded edition of Vince Guaraldi's first album of Peanuts music, Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown, will be coming to CD and digital as

Three news items for your ears!

It's the depths of winter now, but an exciting sign of the forthcoming spring has arrived - the complete original Vince Guaraldi soundtrack for the 1974 television special It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown will be hatching on March 21, 2025.

The very first countdown panel: December 2, 1963 [Authors’ note: 5CP posts generally are informal, like newspaper press releases.

Memorize your pageant lines - A Charlie Brown Christmas streams for free on Apple TV+ this weekend only, Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15, 2024.

Ho ho ho!