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…