To celebrate the premiere of the Peanuts movie, let’s take a look at some of the lesser known facts of this fantastic piece of Americana. Charlie Brown Is Not Bald All the color productions of Peanuts comic depict Charlie Brown with no hair. The top of his head is the same color as his face. All he’s got is that weird squiggle on his forehead that becomes a fishhook if he turns to his side. But in actuality, Charlie Brown is “tow-headed” which means he has very light, very fine, short-cropped hair. (His dad is a barber after all.) There’s a strip somewhere where Charlie Brown wins something (for, like,…
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The Most Tragic Peanuts Special
Charlie Brown has been through some shit in his day. There’s no denying it. The poor guy’s a loser in every sense of the word, and the worst of it is that his own dog upstages him. He’s the tragic everyman. But there’s no episode more tragic than that of “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown.” “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown” premiered in 1986. The story was original, although most of the gags came from the strips, like most of the specials. IMDB users have given it 7.3/10 — one of the moderately successful specials, nowhere near as notorious as “Great Pumpkin” or “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. This might be because, if you watch…
