Happy New Year, Charlie Brown

TV Short
1985
G
24m

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Charlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel "War and Peace".Charlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel "War and Peace".Charlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel "War and Peace".

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7.2/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Chad Allen

Charlie Brown
(voice)
(as Chad Allan)

Kristie Baker

Peppermint Patty
(voice)
(as Kristi Baker)

Melissa Guzzi

Lucy van Pelt
(voice)

Aron Mandelbaum

Schroeder
(voice)

Jeremy Miller

Linus van Pelt
(voice)

Jason Mendelson

Marcie
(voice)

Elizabeth Lyn Fraser

Sally Brown
(voice)

Desirée Goyette

Singer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Bill Melendez

Snoopy
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Trivia
This special is one of many that Violet and Patty are reduced to silent cameos. These two characters (among others like Shermy, Pig Pen, and Frieda) were prominent in the earlier specials, such as C'est la grosse citrouille, Charlie Brown (1966) and Joyeux Noël, Charlie Brown! (1965), but were phased out with the introduction of Peppermint Patty and Marcie.

Goofs
Charlie Brown is seen reading "War and Peace" on the porch outside the New Year's Eve party. Although we can hear him reading it normally, he is turning the pages in the wrong direction (going backwards).

Quotes
Lucy van Pelt: [as Schroeder plays his piano] Well, are you taking me to the party or not?
[Schroeder stops playing]
Schroeder: Musicians don't dance. And anyway, I'll be playing the piano at the party.
[continues playing]
Lucy van Pelt: I don't mind the rejection; it's the smile that bugs me.

Connections
Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Memorable New Year's Eve Kiss Scenes (2021)

Soundtracks
Slow, Slow, Quick! Quick! (Doin' The Foxtrot)
(uncredited)
Written by Desirée Goyette and Ed Bogas
Performed by Desirée Goyette

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Featured review

Dust jacket

"No book report has ever been finished by just reading the dust jacket."

The history of Charlie Brown is a timeline of things that happened while he was looking the other way. Everyone has that story of how they left the ballgame early and missed the greatest play in sports history. Poor Charlie Brown lives every day like that. You can keep your Willie Loma and John Procter. The greatest tragic hero in American literature is a boy named Charlie Brown.

This is a very good special, and it includes the famous "Pig-Pen" Hoedown scene.