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 It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown :: 1419813528
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| The thirteenth installment in the evergreen Charlie Brown animated series,It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, is a delightful romp through the rites of spring. The running gag that holds this string of episodic misadventures together is Peppermint Patty's futile attempts at explaining how to make Easter eggs to Marcy. Highlights of this rather surreal Peanuts outing include Snoopy's dancing with little bunny rabbits inside a kaleidoscope, Sally heading to the mall to purchase a pair of platform shoes (this video was made in 1974), and Woodstock's lavishly equipped bachelor-pad birdhouse. As with the best of the Peanuts cartoons, this will entertain children and adults alike, and is one of the last of the series to feature a music score by Vince Guaraldi. --Kristian St. Clair Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
The peanuts gang are up to their usual mischief in preparation for Easter Sunday, but no one seems to be listening to Linus. He swears that the Easter Beagle will come and make the celebrations complete. Typically no one listens to him, he is little bit 'Ralph Wiggum' remember.
Though Snoopy ends up being that very Beagle, he's far too busy trying to help out Woodstock. The poor little bird is freezing in his cruddy little nest full of cold water. So Snoopy goes off to the mall (already advertising Xmas goodies!) to buy him a bird house. With hilarious results.
After much hijinks and endless trips to the mall for eggs (Marcie keeps smashing them as she doesn't know how to do egg-painting) Snoopy saves the day and proves Linus right after all. Sigh! They don't make 'em like this anymore. I'll tale Snoopy over Spongebob any day.
I have not seen It's Arbor Fay, Charlie Brown so I cannot review it yet.
The DVD is in 1.33:1 full frame, as drawn, with Dolby Mono sound.
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Author: Guest
The 1970s were the artistic prime for the Peanuts specials, and "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" is no exception. The voices, animation, and music are all superb. It has some quite funny moments, such as the store having their Christmas decorations up and Marcie's antics with the eggs. I wish some of the music was released on CD (I don't know why it wasn't on Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits). It's a classic perrenial show. Some have disliked the lack of religion, but I think Schroeder's quote, "It's a time of renewal, a start of spring" is sufficient.
"It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown" is a foreshadowing of the poor quality that would come in the 1980s. It was made in 1976, one year after "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown", but the voices aren't as good. The voices are the main problem here (although they're still better than the '80s), but they're not the only one. The backgrounds aren't as good, and the baseball field is more brown than usual, even with all the plants. Even Vince Guaraldi's music isn't quite as lively as usual. Still, this is a good show with some quite funny moments. It is fun to have a special for an obscure holiday, even though I don't know when it is.
I don't understand the relevance of the Charlotte's Web 2 game, other than just commercialism. I think it only works for the three to five age group. A regular advertisement would have been more useful.
This is a fun DVD.
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Author: Guest
Does this one still even pop up on TV? If not it should because after the classic Christmas and Halloween Peanuts specials this one is the next based. Made in 1974 it has every bit of the charm and laughs as those other specials and it's too bad that it doesn't get more notoriety. They really do not make them like this anymore.
This special is much like "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" in that we again have the ever hopeful Linus, trying to convince the rest of the gang that the Easter Beagle will arrive on Easter Morning to give eggs the kids. None of the gang are buying it however and they are all off having their own problems. Peppermint Patty is trying to teach Marcie to color eggs, much to Patty's frustration, Sally has to get some new shoes at the mall, Snoopy wants to get a new bird cage for Woodstock, and Charlie Brown is discouraged to see the stores already advertising for Christmas at Easter time.
This DVD comes with a bonus Peanuts special, "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown". I guess they were pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel when they made this one in 1976. It's not bad mind you, but who celebrates Arbor Day? While researching a report on Arbor Day, Sally enlists the gang to turn Charlie Brown's ball field into a garden and orchard, complete with a tree on the pitcher's mound and scarecrow in the outfield.
Good Peanuts fun!
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Author: Guest
One of the unusual aspects of this Holiday Special is that it rarely focuses on Charlie Brown. Rather, Pepperment Patty is the central figure, as she takes on the challenge of teaching her friend, Marcy, how to color eggs. The other aspect of this program is that it relies on visual gags and surreal humor to welcome Spring rather than delivering a message as most Peanuts programs do. It seems appropriate, though, given the feelings evoked by Easter. As with all Peanuts specials, the color pallette and score of the cartoon beautifully represent the time of year. Trivia Question-what day of the year is it? Hint-Look at the sign that tells you how many days are left to Christmas!!
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Author: Guest
Even cynical Lucy van Pelt can't help liking this...especially since she's got the starring role! Just kidding. Oops! Don't slug me, Lucy!
The scene in which the mall already has Christmas decorations fits perfectly with the over-commercialization of Christmas addressed in "A Charlie Brown Christmas." And this was 1974 before department stores refused to say Merry Christmas.
There isn't much mention of Jesus Christ that I recall considering Linus' recitation during the Christmas special. Easter is the celebration of the Resurrection. That said, this is still a classic.
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