I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown is the 43rd prime-time animated television special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. The special first aired on ABC on December 9, 2003.[1] The special is about Linus and Lucy's younger brother, Rerun, wanting a pet dog.[2]

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
GenreAnimated TV special
Created byCharles M. Schulz
Directed byBill Melendez
Larry Leichliter
Voices ofJimmy Bennett
Adam Taylor Gordon
Ashley Rose Orr
Corey Padnos
Hannah Leigh Dworkin
Nick Price
Jake Miner
Kailtyn Maggio
Bill Melendez
Opening theme"Linus and Lucy"
Ending theme"Re-Run's Theme"
ComposerDavid Benoit
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerLee Mendelson
ProducerBill Melendez
Running time41 minutes
Production companyUnited Feature Syndicate
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseDecember 9, 2003 (2003-12-09)
Chronology
Preceded byLucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown (2003)
Followed byHe's a Bully, Charlie Brown (2006)

It was released to DVD and VHS by Paramount on October 26, 2004, and Warner Home Video released it as a remastered deluxe edition on DVD on October 6, 2009. This special was re-released as part of the box set Snoopy's Holiday Collection on October 1, 2013. The special continued to air on ABC until 2019. As of 2020, the special is not aired on Television.

Plot

After unfair treatment by his older siblings Linus and Lucy and getting in trouble at school, Rerun thinks that having a pet dog will cheer him up. He writes a letter to Santa Claus asking for a dog, but is later discouraged by the expensive costs of owning a pet and his mother's objections. Watching Snoopy dance to Schroeder's music, Rerun asks Charlie Brown if Snoopy has any siblings, and Charlie Brown shows him pictures of Snoopy's brothers and sisters. Rerun asks Charlie Brown if he can play with Snoopy sometime.

Rerun has fun playing with Snoopy, but in the following days, Snoopy is busy and refuses to play. Rerun again searches for a dog, and Lucy argues that Rerun would not know how to take care of a dog if he got one. Rerun learns by watching Snoopy, who gets a letter from his brother Spike, who lives in the desert. Rerun wants Spike as a pet and has Snoopy write him a letter.

After Spike visits, Rerun has fun with him, but his mother does not allow Spike to stay. Charlie Brown tries to get Spike re-adopted, but fails and has to send him back to the desert. Noticing that Rerun is upset over Spike leaving, Lucy signs him up for a Christmas play, in which he forgets his line. Rerun then asks to play with Snoopy, who wants to be pulled on a sled; Rerun comments, "Maybe a dog is too much trouble!"

Voice cast

Patty and Eudora also appear, but they are silent.[3]

Production notes

This special is the second time Snoopy's brothers Marbles, Olaf, and Andy appear in a Peanuts special, the first being 1991's Snoopy's Reunion. His sister Belle is also mentioned but not seen.

The scene in which Lucy fattens Spike up was previously used in the "Snoopy's Brother Spike" episode of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show.

Soundtrack

The music for I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown is composed by David Benoit.

  1. "Re-Run's Theme / Linus and Lucy"
  2. "Re-Run's Theme"
  3. "Linus and Lucy" (opening)
  4. "Oh, Good Grief"
  5. "Pebble Beach"
  6. "Spike's Theme" (slow)
  7. "Re-Run's Theme"
  8. "Christmas Time Is Here"
  9. "Skating"
  10. "Re-Run's Theme"
  11. "Piano Sonata No. 8"
  12. "Christmas Is Coming"
  13. "Red Baron" (alternate)
  14. "Re-Run's Theme" (slow)
  15. "Re-Run's Theme"
  16. "Charlie Brown Theme"
  17. "Re-Run's Theme" (slow)
  18. "Piano Sonata No. 23"
  19. "Christmas Time Is Here"
  20. "Re-Run's Theme" (with "Jingle Bells")
  21. "Oh, Good Grief"
  22. "Red Baron" (alternate)
  23. "Spike's Theme"
  24. "Piano Sonata No. 18"
  25. "Re-Run's Theme"
  26. "Spike's Theme"
  27. "Linus and Lucy"
  28. "Re-Run's Theme"
  29. "Blue Charlie Brown"
  30. "Spike's Theme"
  31. "Christmas Time Is Here"
  32. "Re-Run's Theme"
  33. "Re-Run's Theme" (closing)

No official soundtrack for I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown was released.

References
  1. Solomon, Charles (2012). The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials. Chronicle Books. pp. 41, 180. ISBN 978-1452110912.
  2. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 145. ISBN 9781476672939.
  3. Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 91. ISBN 9780786474448.
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