Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975) (TV)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Phil Roman

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (writer)

Release Date:

28 January 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short

Tagline:

Fall in love with Peanuts! (2008 DVD re-release)

Plot:

The gang celebrate Valentine's Day while Charlie Brown hopes for at least one valentine for a change.

Plot Keywords:

Peanuts | Holiday | Based On Comic | Dog | Dog Cartoon

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Duncan Watson	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Stephen Shea	...	Linus van Pelt (voice)
Melanie Kohn	...	Lucy van Pelt (voice)
Greg Felton	...	Schroeder (voice)
Lynn Mortensen	...	Sally Brown (voice)
Linda Ercoli	...	Violet / Frieda (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Phil Roman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles M. Schulz		writer

Produced by
Bill Melendez	....	producer
Lee Mendelson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Vince Guaraldi

Film Editing by
Roger Donley
Chuck McCann

Production Design by
Evert Brown
Bernard Gruver
Dean Spille

Production Management
Carole Barnes	....	production manager

Sound Department
Don Minkler	....	dubbing
Howard S. Wollman	....	dubbing (as Howard Wollman)

Animation Department
Bob Bachman	....	animator
Sheri Barstad	....	painter (as Sheri Lonsdale)
Patricia Capozzi	....	painter
Bob Carlson	....	animator
Sam Jaimes	....	animator
Patricia Joy	....	animator
Joanne Lansing	....	painting supervisor
Adele Lenart	....	painter
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator
Cheri Lucas	....	painter
Don Lusk	....	animator
Bob Matz	....	animator
Al Pabian	....	animator
Chandra Poweris	....	painter
Joe Roman	....	animator
Brigitte Strother	....	painter
Marie White	....	painter (as Marie Ardell)

Music Department
John Scott Trotter	....	music supervisor

Production Companies

• Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Production
• United Feature Syndicate (UFS) (in cooperation with)
• Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (in cooperation with)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Coast Recorders  recording
• Radio Recorders  recording
• Producers' Sound Services  dubbing (as Producers' Sound Service)
• Dickson/Vasu  camera

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Production

Trivia:

As Schroder passes out the valentines, one of the names he calls out is Joanne Lansing. Joanne Lansing is the ink and paint supervisor for this and many of the other Peanuts specials.

Quotes:

[First lines]
Lucy van Pelt: What are you doing, Charlie Brown?
Charlie Brown: I'm waiting for valentines.
Lucy van Pelt: Oh, well. Good luck.
Charlie Brown: Thank you.
Lucy van Pelt: You'll need it.
Charlie Brown: You didn't have to say that!

Depressing Valentine's Day Special

I saw "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown" for the first time in years and I thought it was a very depressing Valentine's Day special. Poor Charlie Brown, he never gets any valentines and he sits by the mailbox hoping to finally receive one but unfortunately it remains empty. Linus buys a heart-shaped box of candy for his teacher, Miss Othmar, but she leaves with her boyfriend and never gets the box although Sally, who has a huge crush on Linus thinks the candy is hers. Then there's Lucy, who tries to get Schroeder to notice her, a repetitive theme throughout the comic strip but ends up destroying his piano in frustration.

Even worse, in school where Charlie Brown's class has a valentine box and all the valentines are distributed with our hero not receiving a single one. How sad and thoughtless until the next day, Violet and some of the girls, finally give him a valentine.

if you enjoy Valentine's Day with someone special, watch a romantic movie instead. This cartoon will give you a broken heart.