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How the Creator of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Got the Gospel Past CBS Execs
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:04 am
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:04 am
Media executives usually get it wrong because they neither know nor understand the people.
I still get teary-eyed watching A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Schultz made a stand on solid bedrock and refused to budge. The world could do with a lot more people using his example.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Newsbuster.org
I still get teary-eyed watching A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Schultz made a stand on solid bedrock and refused to budge. The world could do with a lot more people using his example.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Newsbuster.org
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Explaining the true meaning of Christmas in a network television special broadcast to millions was a controversial move, even 55 years ago.
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Executive producer Lee Mendelson and animator Bill Melendez fretted about the insistence by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz that his first-ever TV spinoff end with a reading of the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke...
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Charles Schulz insisted on one core purpose: A Charlie Brown Christmas had to be about something. Namely, the true meaning of Christmas. Otherwise, Schulz said, “Why bother doing it?”
To Coca-Cola’s credit, Mendelson says, the corporate sponsor never balked at the idea of including New Testament passages.
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But CBS had made a commitment to their sponsor, so they aired the special as scheduled on December 9, 1965. And, as often happens in the world of entertainment, the original gut reaction of the suits was completely wrong. A Charlie Brown Christmas drew in 15.4 million viewers, placing it second in the ratings that week after Bonanza. A few months later, Charles Schulz and Lee Mendelson found themselves onstage accepting an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program
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The result — Linus’s reading from the Book of Luke about the meaning of the season — became “the most magical two minutes in all of TV animation,” the producer says.
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Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:06 am to Perfect Circle
Too bad they can’t air it prime time anymore.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:10 am to Perfect Circle
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And, as often happens in the world of entertainment, the original gut reaction of the suits was completely wrong.
There is still a lot of demand for good Christian content. We most likely will never see it on TV, unfortunately.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:10 am to loogaroo
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Too bad they can’t air it prime time anymore.
This
This post was edited on 12/26/23 at 8:19 am
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:10 am to Perfect Circle
I saw a thing a while back where some TV writers rated the best-and-worst Christmas TV shows. Of course "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was rated as "worse" by the heretics who did the list. These "experts" said it was "too preachy" and "unfunny." 
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:11 am to loogaroo
I tried to find it yesterday to watch with my daughters and couldn't find it anywhere on YouTubeTV. I couldn't find Scrooged either.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:13 am to DBama1
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I tried to find it yesterday to watch with my daughters and couldn't find it anywhere on YouTubeTV.
Apple TV+ has the exclusive rights to the Charlie Brown holiday specials. Think they bought them around 2020...
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:14 am to Perfect Circle
Don't worry, this too will be banned forever at some point.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:37 am to EZE Tiger Fan
One way to defeat the cancel culture is to buy, or record, the program. Watch it when so inclined, and pass it down.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 8:45 am to jimmy the leg
Yes and during that speech is one of the only times Linus drops his security blanket.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:06 am to Deplorableinohio
Linus "gets it."
Posted on 12/26/23 at 10:06 am to jimmy the leg
“Lights please.”
Posted on 12/26/23 at 10:10 am to Godfather1
A testament to how far we've fallen as a society is the fact the ACLU and other groups would have successfully gotten a federal judge to bar that program in a public school auditorium.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 10:18 am to Perfect Circle
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Posted on 12/26/23 at 10:19 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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preachy" and "unfunny.
did they explain what was to be funny about Christmas?
Posted on 12/26/23 at 10:21 am to Perfect Circle
The best thing that happens during the Charlie Brown Christmas show is when Linus drops his security blanket as he says fear not
Posted on 12/26/23 at 10:30 am to Perfect Circle
Whoever controls TV didn't want the gospel on the air. Hmm. Surprising, of course.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 11:29 am to Deplorableinohio
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Yes and during that speech is one of the only times Linus drops his security blanket.
Was going to write this. I never noticed until someone pointed it out this year.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 11:35 am to TerryDawg03
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I never noticed until someone pointed it out this year.
Ditto. Very powerful statement.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 12:47 pm to Perfect Circle
I watched The Santa Clauses with Tim Allen on Disney+ with my daughter yesterday. I was shocked they brought in actual St Nicolas and his story and talked about Jesus in a few episodes.
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