The Peanuts Film Festival : A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Peanuts 

    While our Peanuts TV specials lookbacks  are taking  nice well deserved rest , we decided to delve in to some of the Peanuts  movies , and unlike our TV specials lookbacks where we just go in any order we decided here to start at the beginning.  "A Boy Named Charlie  Brown" was the first Peanuts feature movie that came out in 1969.

       Charlie Brown is playing baseball and his team looses their first game of the season and of course ole Chuck is not happy with that result. ( Don't worry Chuck, alot of  MLB teams have the same experience) Later on,   he tells Linus that it would be nice to win one time (insert team that's not doing too well right now in some sport here)  and Linus tells him winning isn't everything,  and that we learn more from losing than winning. Linus assures him that he will win sometime then beats him at tic-tac-toe, unknowingly.

     Next Charlie Brown, found another use for that stick /copyright Peanuts 

 
     That night Snoopy has a nightmare where he is the famous World War I flying ace and he is being shot down. which gives him a terrible  awakening and he sleeps inside for the night.  It's a new day and Charlie Brown is still feeling down and he visits Lucy (that's not the best idea) . As expected , it didn't work.  The Next Next day , Lucy jokes that Charlie Brown should do the spelling bee ( ha ha ha ?)  Linus ,on the other hand, suggests yeah he should do it.  
     

    wait wait wait...Charlie Brown is an Esquire? /copyright peanuts

   So , Charlie Brown e-n-t-e-r-s  t-h-e  s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g b-e-e  (s-o-r-r-y)  and he wins the class bee , with the word insecure. Now he gets to be part of the School  championship , so he studies.  After being crowned champion , everyone does cheers for Charlie Brown and Lucy  even makes herself ,his agent.  Being champion he  gets to go to the national  in New York City.  Charlie Brown studies some more though the  big Day to go NewYork City  he feels a little down on himself so, Linus gives his blanket to Charlie Brown for good luck. (oh my )
                       

 The Bus is ready... for the 60's  to end /copyright Peanuts 

     That may have not been a good idea for Linus because he is having blanket with drawls so , he and Snoopy take a bus to New York City. (ahh the 60's)  Charlie Brown continues studying to point he looks like he hasn't slept.  Finally , when Linus makes it to Charlie Brown's hotel room when C.B tells him he doesn't know where it is. (Darn it Charlie Brown)  Linus searches New York City for it , while Snoopy goes ice-skating at Rockefeller Center. ( Good thing it was 1960 , or he would have run into the Today show)   Linus becomes distraught that he couldn't find , so he and Snoopy go back to the hotel room.  Charlie was preparing for the contest and since , Charlie Brown seems out of his mind he uses the blanket a shoe shine cloth. Linus is reunited now.
                     

   Charlie Brown used too much starch/ copyright Peanuts 

   It's the big event  and  Charlie Brown is doing pretty well and it's down to him and some kid that looks like Schroeder . then gets the word beagle , he messes up the le part as el.  Poor Charlie Brown, especially as Snoopy is a beagle. Lucy and the others at home are disappointed.

    Hey where'd our bodies go? and What's  Schroeder doing here?/copyright peanuts 

     Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Linus  make their sad ride home.  The next day, Sally tells Linus that Charlie Brown hasn't gotten out of bed all day and has the shades closed.  Linus tells him that the other kids missed him at school and they had a baseball game and their first win of the season. (Linus is not helping) Linus peps him (We think)  by telling him the world didn't end.  Charlie Brown gets out of bed , goes outside, and sees Lucy holding a football  he sneaks up and runs to kick it and then Lucy moves it out of the way and she says "welcome home, Charlie Brown"
                                             

   She Smiles now...wait til I call my lawyer.../Copyright Peanuts 

 That's the movie.

But we have more, come  jump with us (you know after the jump)

But First These Messages : America is 200

But First these Messages 

        2016 is the United States  240th birthday ,and it's also the 40th anniversary of the bicentennial  which is a weird thing to say but that's what we are doing here , celebrating 1976 and America's bicentennial.  But first we need to prepare for July 4th so we need to buy some stuff.

But first These messages:
 
   We need some food , but  let's not cook it ourselves, but what should we get ?  What's more American than Hamburgers? (Hotdogs?)

                   
             
    It is hard to get things your way... I mean you could fire the painter if he's not doing it your way but fine I guess. Back to burgers .. mmm Burger King that'll work we bring some for our bicentennial dinner bash.  Ah 1976 when food in commercials look like the food you will be buying. (It's like food without the make up)

 mmmmmmm 100% pure beef  what you mean burgers aren't.. never mind/burgerking eyeh8cbs/youtube

      Good we got the hamburgers and we fired the painter.  We need something to wash down the 100% pure beef (paint?) .  How about Coke?  (well I am leaving, I am an RC Cola lover) 

  

                           
   Let me tell you my children , the ride of Paul Revere with his trusty Coke, he ran  to tell of it's deliciousness  and the British are trying to take it. (NOOOOOOO!!!!)   Also we should paint more fire hydrants red, white ,and blue.
     Coca-Cola went all out for the bicentennial theme.  

  For some people Coke might not be what they want (finally, we get some nice tasty Dr.Pepper here) so , we got 7UP (uuuuugh).


                                
      MMM  Bicentennial Bottles  , though these bottles do limit me from passing off any old 7up as new ,but hey Washington  crossed the Delaware for 7UP so might as well some.

Darn 100% pure beef ..

            
   Johnny, please spell relief ... R-E-L-I-E-F , relief ...wrong it's R-O-L-A-I-D-S , relief.  

   Ah 1976 , your  antacid commercials were more direct and I remember what the product is so good job.  Yes it may not have a bicentennial favor , but you know what? America likes relief!

  Much better , but we gotta get some plates and tacky red,white , and blue decorations for our Bicentennial where ever shall we go?  (Amazon?)


                     
    These are the happiest people to ever shop ,and they also sing their loyalty to  Kmart.  Infact these people are invited to our 4th of July 1976 party come on over guys we need your energy.

  All these people , are going to need to follow us for our party, but how do we make this easy?  Convoy time!  You know what else was popular in 1976?

uhhhh Not  Richard Nixon ? 

    Yep, that's right .. CB Radios (well I was close) 

     
   We stopped by our Local Radio Shack getting some CB Radios  now we can have convoy  that's 10-4   on our way to the big D.

  Welp to time to buy a car...


            
  Nothing says  America like  a big car ... actually that would be a nice to have, looks comfy maybe too comfy like you will fall a sleep in the comfort and verve off the road, good thing we have  a CB Radio.

Sure, Oldsmobile ,build me one  everything on it , and wrap it up. /GM/ OsbornTramain.youtube 

     

                    
     I want this cereal , take all my money Kellog's your commercial has convinced me .  At least this one is patriotic.  If you love America give it some love and buy some Kellog's cereal , go ! We'll wait. because Yes, we Can!

   That's our messages ...now back to our program "Abe Lincoln vs Godzilla"...

ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates

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     ABC has announced their fall schedule any they are heading  to it early , at least for "Dancing With the Stars" which will start it's new season on September 12th. There's also the prime time Emmys  which happens on  September 18th.

Here's the dates and times

 Monday , September 12

8PMET  Dancing With the Stars 

Sunday, September 18

7PMET  68th Emmy Awards Arrival Pre-Show 

8PMET   68th  Emmy Awards  

Tuesday, September 20

8PMET  Dancing with the Stars :Results Show 

10PMET  Marvel's  Agents of  S.H.I.E.L.D  

Wednesday, September 21 

8PMET  The Goldbergs  

8:30PM  Speechless 

9PMET    Modern Family 

9:30PM   Black-ish  

10PMET  Designated Surivor 

Thursday, September 22 

8PMET   Grey's Anatomy 

9PMET    Notorious  

10PMET   How to Get Away with Murder 

Friday, September 23 

8PMET   Last Man Standing 

8:30PMET  Dr. Ken 

9PMET    Shark Tank 

Sunday, September 25

8PMET   Once Upon a Time 

9PMET  Secrets and Lies  

10PMET   Quantico 

Sunday, October 2 

7PMET  America's Funniest Home Videos 

Monday, October 3 

10PMET  Conviction (new series) 

Tuesday, October 11 

8PMET The Middle 

8:30PMET  American Housewife (new series) 

9PMET   Fresh off the Boat 

9:30PM  The Real O'Neals 

press release after the Jump

CBS Announces Fall Premiere Dates

CBS  TVLOOKFALL2016 

    CBS has announced their fall premiere dates , as has been the case for the past couple years "The Big Bang Theory" will start the season on Mondays then moving back to Thursdays after CBS has finished airing their simulcasts of Thursday Night Football.  October 27th will be the date for "The Big Bang Theory" to move, season premieres  of "Mom" and "Life in Pieces". New comedy,"The Great Indoors" and New Drama "Pure Genius" also start that night.

    Here's a look at the full premiere dates:


Thursday, Sept. 15

8:25 PM ET/5:25 PT: “Thursday Night Football”

Sunday, Sept. 18
8:30 PM ET “Case Closed” part 1 (miniseries, two hours)

Monday, Sept. 19
8 PM ET“The Big Bang Theory”
8:30 PM ET “Kevin Can Wait” (New Series)
9PM ET “Case Closed” part 2 (two hours)


Tuesday, Sept. 20
8 PM ET “NCIS”
9 PM ET “Bull”  (New Series)
10PM ET “NCIS: New Orleans”


Wednesday, Sept. 21
8PMET  “Survivor” (90 minutes)
9:30PM ET “Big Brother” finale (90 minutes)


Friday, Sept. 23
8 PM ET“MacGyver” (New Series)
9 PM ET “Hawaii Five-0”
10PM ET “Blue Bloods”


Saturday, Sept. 24
10 PM ET“48 Hours”


Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30 PM ET “60 Minutes” (follows NFL doubleheader)
8:30 PM ET“Case Closed” part 3 (two hours)

Wednesday, Sept. 28
9 PM ET “Criminal Minds”
10 PM ET “Code Black”

Sunday, Oct. 2
8 PM ET“NCIS: Los Angeles”
9 PM ET“Madam Secretary”
10 PM ET“Elementary”


Monday, Oct. 3
9 PM ET “Scorpion” (two hours)

Monday, Oct. 10
9 PM ET “2 Broke Girls” (one hour)
10 PM ET “Scorpion” (time period premiere)


Monday, Oct. 17
9:30 PM ET  “The Odd Couple”


Monday, Oct. 24
8 PM ET“Kevin Can Wait” (time period premiere)
8:30 PM ET “Man with a Plan” (New Series )


Thursday, Oct. 27
8 PM ET“The Big Bang Theory” (time period premiere)
8:30 PM ET  “The Great Indoors” (New Series)
9 PM ET “Mom”
9:30 PM ET “Life in Pieces”
10 PM ET  “Pure Genius”(New Series)
press release after the Jump

The CW releases Fall Premiere dates

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    The CW continues it's tradition of starting it's fall season in October , starting it's new season October 4th, With the new season of The Flash, and the premiere of No Tomorrow .  The first week also includes their annual broadcasts of the "IHeart Radio Music Festival" on October 6th and 7th.

Here's the schedule



Tuesday, October 4th
8 PM ET “The Flash”
9  PM ET “No Tomorrow” (New Series)

Wednesday, October 5th
8 PM ET“Arrow”
9  PM ET “Frequency”

Thursday, October 6th

8 PM ET “iHeartRadio Music Festival” night one (two hours)

Friday, October 7th
8  PM ET“iHeartRadio Music Festival” night two (two hours)

Monday, October 10th
8 PM ET“Supergirl”

Thursday, October 13th
8  PM ET “Legends of Tomorrow”

9  PM ET  “Supernatural”

Monday, October 17th
9  PM ET “Jane the Virgin”

Friday, October 21st 

8  PM ET “The Vampire Diaries”

9  PM ET “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

press release after the jump

FOX releases Fall Premiere Dates

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   FOX has released its Fall premiere dates , Thursday. It will premiere it's entire fall line up on the week of September 19th.

Here's the schedule


Monday, Sept. 19
8 PM ET  “Gotham”
9 PM ET “Lucifer”

Tuesday, Sept. 20
8 PM ET “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
8 PM ET “New Girl”
9 PM ET“Scream Queens”


Wednesday, Sept. 21
8 PM ET “Lethal Weapon”  (new series)
9  PM ET  “Empire”

Thursday, Sept. 22
8 PM ET“Rosewood”
9 PM ET “Pitch”   (new series)


Friday, Sept. 23
8 PM ET “Hell’s Kitchen”
9 PM ET “The Exorcist”  (new series)

Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30 PM ET “Bob’s Burgers”
8 PM ET“The Simpsons”
8:30 PM ET “Son of Zorn”  (new series)
9 PM ET “Family Guy”
9:30  PM ET “The Last Man on Earth”

press release after the jump

The Lookback :Game Shows II in Your Lifetime

The Flashback   Game Shows 

      We've done game shows before (hence the II ) so we decided to do another lookback at  game shows that used to air on Daytime ,but don't anymore.  Let's go shall we?

1. Supermarket Sweep  
   You know what is fun ?  Supermarkets (let's make it a game show).  That is what this game show was , for note : we are talking about the U.S series  in this case.   The first version began on ABC in 1965  hosted by Lloyd Gross and run for two years.   The show was really done in a supermarket in this era.  Food Fair (which sounds like something else)  in New York they would change locations,   The concept was  there  were questions about prices of objects at the store. (Like the Price is right but with prices being right... never mind)   There was  a base start time of 1:30 , the questions would lead to see who would get 15 seconds more time if they got  the price or close enough to it.  Then the 2nd part was where the sweep comes in (they raced on brooms .. not really that would be cool though)  after gathering the time  they would go on the shopping spree  the winners were those who go the most items got to do it again the next game . (Yay!!!?)

                                
                        This is the happiest I've been at supermarket since the great soda spillage /Youtube
       In 1990, the show made a return to  Lifetime of all places  and it had a new early 90's feel and everything.   For this version instead of wasting a supermarket's time  they created a mock one at Hollywood Center Studios.  This one had 3 rounds  : The Questions,  Sweep , and Bonus sweep  (oooh) otherwise now their 3 teams of 2 and colors since it's 1990.  Blue, Red and Yellow  (Green was considered but it didn't like the contract)  The food on the show was ummm not for consumption   The questions had multiple formats instead of the old price is right style before.
                           
               I'm watching Lifetime so when is , you know Lifetime jokes are too easy/Lifetime
 The series ran from 1990-1995 on Lifetime , it beat the first one by a few years. Come in the last time when a network called PAX TV picked it up in 2000  and it first used the same set before moving in 2001. They also kept the same style as Lifetime.  PAX TV had three seasons , but sadly that was the last of the show too bad., oh well.

2. Debt 

 What? That's the name yep. and back to Lifetime (conspiracy) in 1996. It was hosted by Wink Martindale (you may know him as the host of Tic-tac-dough)  So what is this game show?   You have three contestants are a put in debt  (yay?!)  between $6000 and $10,000 .   The idea was to get out of debt. (Sounds easy)   They had to answer who am I questions  did well your debt goes down , do bad your debt goes up. (Just like real life!)  And the end the person with the most debt was eliminated (we hope figuratively)  and given  a $200 saving bond and a piggy bank. (Good I was on the just for the bank) .   Then the show continued the highest debt in 2nd round would be eliminated,  they would attempt to win more money or   if they didn't make it would get $1,500  or $1,000 saving bond.
 It aired on in the slot replacing by Shop 'Til you Drop on Lifetime.  It ran  until 1997 , it was pulled by  Lifetime after being sued by Merv Griffin because of Jeopardy. (boo!)

                 
               Hey! Who wants Debt!!!! wait ...nevermind/Lifetime

3.  Shop Til you Drop!
      Ok we  have a theme :Lifetime  , shopping , oh an a PAX bonus. In this show, forget the market it's a 90's dream ...the mall!   The series began in 1991 on Lifetime ( sigh) hosted by Jeff Goldstein.  The concept of the show was there were two teams of two to win prizes and a trip. They had something called stunt rounds were mini games played one minute length.   You had a shopper's challenge round  it had where you had quick questions in pop culture or shopping.    Anyway  , after awhile  Lifetime ended the show because it moved to Family Channel (later known as Fox Family , now known as Freeform). In 1996 when it moved it was called the New Shop 'Til you Drop. Pax picked up reruns it did so well that they made their own in 2000 and it ran for 3 seasons. (Also reunited the show with Supermarket Sweep) .
 PAX made some changes :  they made it more like a giant warehouse store instead and the stunts were made into questions instead of balloons in pants. (which sounds dirty)
                         

                      
                       Shop Till Drop..that just sounds painful

That's our lookback at game shows II , tune in next time when we found a game show where people had to shop inside a drug store or else face debt  but was canceled right in the middle because Merv Griffin sued them. (I hope that's not real)
                             

NBC announces fall premiere dates

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 NBC has  announced  their fall premiere dates, Wednesday  of course, the literal kick-off of their new season will be  Football.  Starting Thursday September 8th ,with the Superbowl ® champions  Denver Broncos vs the team they won against, the Carolina Panthers.  The Sunday Night Football officially starts September 11th with the Cardinals vs the Patriots.

Here are the other premiere dates :


Wednesday , September 14th
10PMET  Blindspot (new season)

Monday, September 19th
8-10PMET   The Voice  (new season)
10pmet   The Good Place (new series)

Tuesday, September 20th
8-10PMET   The Voice
10PMET   This Is Us  (new series)

Wednesday, September 21st
8PMET   Blindspot (time period premiere)
9PMET  Law & Order :SVU (new season)
10PMET  Chicago :PD (new season)

Thursday, September 22nd
8PMET   Superstore  (new season)
8:30PMET  The Good Place (time period premiere)
9PMET   Chicago Med  (new season)
10PMET  The Blacklist  (new season)

Friday, September 23rd
8-9pmet  Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon  (new season)
9pmet-11pm  Dateline NBC (new season)

Monday, October 3

10PMET  Timeless (new series)

Tuesday, October 11
9pmet  This is Us (time period premiere)
10pm   Chicago Fire (new season)


Press release after the Jump