It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown

TV Short
1977
24m

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It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown (1977)

Charlie Brown tries to impress his red-headed dream girl at a football game, but Lucy won't cooperate.Charlie Brown tries to impress his red-headed dream girl at a football game, but Lucy won't cooperate.Charlie Brown tries to impress his red-headed dream girl at a football game, but Lucy won't cooperate.

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7.0/10

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Arrin Skelley

Charlie Brown
(voice)
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Laura Planting

Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt
(voice)

Daniel Anderson

Linus
(voice)
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Michelle Muller

Lucy
(voice)
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Ronald Hendrix

Franklin
(voice)
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Hilary Powers

Sally Brown

Bill Melendez

Snoopy
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Director
- Phil Roman
Writer
- Charles M. Schulz
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6/10

A bit boring

Since I am not American, I have no idea what a homecoming queen is and I am not familiar with their football rules. This Peanuts TV special is mainly about both so I was a little bit lost for most of it.

The story has Charlie Brown struggle (and unfairly lose) a football match and then finally get to meet his wannabe girlfriend (the little red-headed girl who finally see and is called Heather) at the Homecoming Ball (whatever that is). The build of dread as he approaches her is quite amusing and when he finally kisses her the reaction is brilliant. Too bad the rest of it is below par. Though the scenes with Woodstock pretending to be a TV cameraman and flying around on Snoopy (who's ear act as chopper blades) are typically surreal and undoubtedly the best moments.

Trivia
In this cartoon Charlie Brown is playing a football game, and he must kick a football held by Lucy. Just as he is about to kick it, Lucy, naturally, pulls it away several times without anyone noticing. He is then scolded by his teammates for missing the ball. Viewers wrote letters to the producers complaining about this, as Charlie Brown was clearly not at fault. In response, the teammates' harsh reactions were back-masked in subsequent airings and home video releases of the special.

Goofs
Charlie Brown was being blamed for the loss in the football game, but it's not his fault. Lucy was the one who pulled the football away from him before he had a chance to kick it. The other characters should have realized this and directed the blame toward Lucy rather than Charlie.

Quotes
Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: [In the locker room at halftime] Hey Franklin, remember how you were asking me what the Xs and zeros meant?
Franklin: Yeah.
Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: [Glaring at Charlie Brown] I know of at least one zero I can tell you about!

Alternate versions
Viewers wrote in complaining that they disapproved of Charlie Brown being blamed screwing up place kicking attempts that were in fact entirely Lucy's fault and not Charlie Brown's. In response, a repeat broadcast was shown with the lines of other character blaming Charlie Brown were removed, mainly the lines originally said by Peppermint Patty ("Okay, Chuck, you really goofed up on that play!" and "Chuck, you can't do ANYTHING right!")