This special has got to be the most 80's Peanuts special ever, I mean this ,as most Peanuts specials and comics did stay timeless to a fault and not really showing off a time period. Though the characters did update to times in subtle ways : like with Lucy and Sally wearing pants in later strips. This special goes off the timelessness of Peanuts specials and goes straight for the time it was made, that is "It's Flashbeagle ,Charlie Brown".
The special doesn't have a plot ,per say, so we won't be doing our normal piece by piece look at the episode. (loudly cheers) We will take a look at things by segment.
The First segment is a few minutes of Peppermint Patty and Marcie in class and of course the things that Peppermint Patty does in class. Peppermint Patty going to gym class this gives us our first song called "Get in shape".
Apparently this song inspired by Charles Schulz' daughter Jill , who was 12 at the time the sequence and the images are based on her as well. Also somebody who wrote this song liked "Hey Nikki". (Just be glad this wasn't made in 1997 some one would have been inspired by the Macerana)
In segment 2 (guess we will call it that ) Snoopy hair dries his ears , while Charlie Brown and Sally are talking about a party. The Party starts and the kids are playing Simon says (Simon says we are going to take over the world tonight , Pinky) and in true Lucy style takes over the game and next song starts. It's called "Lucy Says"
This song is inspired by Lucy being the boss. ( Lucy later started a cult where everyone has to dress like her and have wigs like her hair) After, the song , the party continues and a Sally wanting Linus to dance with her but Linus refuses scene. Also Snoopy and Woodstock make punch and Charlie Brown sees how they do it and it grosses him out (Woodstock drinks from the straws and swims in the punch to mix it) and Lucy drinks it not knowing this secret.
The next song is started by Charlie Brown called the Pig Pen Hoedown (finally the most 80's thing ever , country music!).
We are danced out ! More after the jump.
In scene 3 : Charlie Brown is scolding Snoopy for not being like the other dogs (which by now should be a lost cause Chuck) that drifts into a scene of Snoopy blow drying, again with music playing and he's getting for some short of shindig (yeah we used that word ). He's dressed in a "Flashdance" inspired outfit and meets up with Franklin at the front of some disco night club thing. (what the heck I am watching?) and Franklin does a little break dance in front of the club.
Somebody liked "Flashdance" ,acutually the special was inspired because Schulz liked the movie. (I would hate to see if he enjoyed Xanadu what would have happened)
In segment 3: Sally takes Snoopy to school (I'm not sure , but it feels like this segment takes place right after the end of the last one) and he's very sleep (probably because he was clubbing) 5 takes out a boombox (because 80's) and this wakes up Snoopy . He and the class start dancing. (The teacher lost control of the class years ago) But it seems the teacher was impressed by his moves because Sally got an A in show-and-tell. (they gave grades away for show and tell)
Because 80's .. also the girl in the dress seems confused by this machine and the girl in the back seems impressed. Copyright Peanuts.
This special has came with a soundtrack that included the songs used in the special and some extras. One of extra songs was used as the second theme to "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show"
The Heart melting song "Someday Charlie Brown" is another one included.
For the special being more time piece than the others , it still has a nice mixture of Peanuts fun and the songs aren't bad , so yeah it might be a fun watch to re-live the 80's or show off the 80's and of course to watch the Peanuts.
Come back next time when Charlie Brown confronts Snoopy about his hard partying and holds an intervention.
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