You're In Love, Charlie Brown | |
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Also known as | You Love Her, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz |
Genre | Animated TV Special |
Created by | Charles M. Schulz |
Directed by | Bill Melendez |
Voices of |
Peter Robbins Sally Dryer Christopher Shea Cathy Steinberg Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter Anne Altieri |
Theme music composer | Vince Guaraldi |
Composer(s) | Vince Guaraldi |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Lee Mendelson |
Editor(s) | Robert T. Gillis |
Camera setup | Nick Vasu |
Running time | 30 min. |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
First shown in | June 12, 1967 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown |
Followed by | He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown |
You're in Love, Charlie Brown is the fourth prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on CBS on June 12, 1967. This was the second non-holiday-oriented Peanuts special, following Charlie Brown's All-Stars.
Both You're in Love, Charlie Brown and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown were nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming in 1968.
It is late spring and school is about to let out for summer vacation, but Charlie Brown is upset about everything. On the way to school, he meets Linus and tells him he is frustrated that he cannot enjoy himself like all the other kids at school. But when he notices the Little Red-Haired Girl sitting on a passing bus, Linus immediately realizes that Charlie Brown is in love.
During the next-to-last day of school, Charlie Brown agonizes over the Little Red-Haired Girl, trying to think of different ways to get her attention, only to have each attempt fail embarrassingly. First he writes her a love note, but he gets called on by the teacher to read a report in front of the class, and accidentally reads the note aloud to the raucous laughter of the class. Then he goes to the pencil sharpener and accidentally sharpens his ball point pen. Lunch hour is just as frustrating. He tries to get up the courage to go and talk to the girl, only to fail at the last moment. Then he panics when the Little Red-Haired Girl approaches, tying his peanut butter sandwich in a knot and pulling his lunch sack down over his face. On the way home, Lucy and Violet jeer at Charlie Brown for a ridiculous answer he gave in class. Linus defends him by revealing that he loves the Little Red-Haired Girl, but this only gives the girls another way to humiliate Charlie Brown.