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By Charles M. Schulz Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} It's a New World Charlie Brown! by Charles M. Schulz Who are you, Charlie Brown is going to make me cry, isn't it? I have a feeling that I might tear up once or twice while watching Who Are You, Charlie Brown? This new Peanuts documentary, launching June 25 on Apple TV Plus, will take a look at the enduring legacy of the Peanuts and its creator, Charles Schulz. Announced today (June 4) with a trailer, the documentary is narrated by Lupita Nyong'o and features interviews with Jean Schulz (Charles Schulz' widow), Drew Barrymore, Billie Jean King, Al Roker, Ira Glass, Kevin Smith, Paul Feig, and others. The latest news about Outlander season 6 Is Mare of Easttown season 2 happening? Plus: The Flash director teases Michael Keaton's return as Batman. The roughly 2-minute trailer for Who Are You, Charlie Brown? also contains clips from older interviews with Schulz, who passed away 21 years ago. Based on what's in the trailer, the documentary looks to explore the impact that Peanuts had on society, from having girls playing sports, to addressing racism with the introduction of Franklin, a Black character, in 1968. The larger themes of Peanuts — also part of its legacy — will also be examined, such as Charlie Brown's relentless faith that things will turn his way, no matter how many times Lucy swipes the football away. "Keep on trying, Charlie Brown," says Schulz in the trailer. "And if anyone should give up, he should." I have a real soft spot in my heart for the Peanuts, and couldn't help but get more than a little excited when I heard the familiar strains of Linus & Lucy playing in the background. So, as sure as the Great Pumpkin rises every Halloween, you can be sure that I'll be watching Who Are You, Charlie Brown? when it comes out on June 25. And I might just get a bit misty-eyed, too. 'Who Are You, Charlie Brown?' debuts on Apple TV+ June 25. Apple has announced that a new documentary, Who Are You, Charlie Brown , will air on the platform later this month. In a press release the company stated: Apple TV+ today revealed the trailer and premiere date for its upcoming documentary special, "Who Are You, Charlie Brown?," set to make its global debut on Friday, June 25 on Apple TV+. Narrated by Lupita Nyong'o and hailing from Imagine Documentaries, the special is executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and features interviews with friends, family, cartoonists and famous fans of the comic strip, to create a heartwarming portrait of the late "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz. Apple says the show "celebrates the significance and global multi-generational popularity of the comic strip and its timeless artistry and design to profile the man whose simple characters would touch the lives of millions through the decades and become beloved cultural icons." The show will feature interviews with Schulz's widow Jean Schulz, Drew Barrymore, Billie Jean King, and more. A new trailer for the show is also available on YouTube: Today, a new Apple TV+ thriller Lisey's Story from Stephen King and J.J. Abrams debuted on the platform. In an interview this week Abrams said that he loved working with Apple and that the company had been an incredible partner. He also confirmed that he was working on more projects with Apple in the future. Exclusive content. Apple TV+ 100% exclusive content for the price of a cup of coffee. With TV+, you can watch well-produced, big-budget TV shows from famed directors, and starring award-winning actors and actresses across all your Apple devices and with up to six members of your Family Sharing group. We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more. AppleCare+ just got cheaper for the M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Apple has reduced the amount of money customers have to pay to sign up for AppleCare+ for M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro machines. Satechi's new Slim X2 Bluetooth Backlit Keyboard is stunning. Satechi has announced a new Bluetooth keyboard with multi-device support, a number pad, and more. Podcasts are the next thing Facebook is going to ruin, starting next week. Facebook is getting ready to enter the world of podcasts with emails having gone out to podcasters in an attempt to build a catalog. Keep the screen of your 11-inch iPad Pro safe with these protectors. The 11-inch iPad Pro is even better when paired with a screen protector. Here are our favorites, no matter which year your iPad Pro is from. The Untold Truth Of Peanuts. We've been talking about the generation gap at least since the '60s, and it's only gotten trickier to navigate since then, with new technology and social media changing the landscape so fast it can be hard to relate to people who were born just a couple years after you. But no matter what, every generation born since the middle of the last century still has one thing in common. We all grew up on Peanuts . Ever since good old Charlie Brown first walked down the street on October 2nd, 1950, he and his many friends — Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, Peppermint Patty and the rest — have been inescapable in the newspaper, on TV, at the movies, and on every product imaginable. Creator Charles M. Schulz did what Snoopy never could — he created the Great American Novel four panels at a time, blowing past sentimental portrayals of childhood with a vision that was full of equal extremes of joy and pain, one that reflects all our lives, no matter how long it's been since we were kids ourselves. And now there's a new version of these classic characters for a new generation of kids to grow up on, with The Snoopy Show debuting on Apple TV+. But it's been a long journey to get there, and like any long journey, it's full of stories. Here's just a few of them. Peanuts' name came from a forgotten TV pioneer -- and Charles Schulz hated it. When Charlie Brown's creator Charles M. "Sparky" Schulz pitched a comic strip called Li'l Folks, Universal Press Syndicate liked the comic, but they didn't like the name. So they called it Peanuts instead. The name may seem nonsensical to modern readers, but in 1950, readers would have recognized it from a kids' media franchise that its namesake eclipsed long ago. The Howdy Doody Show was one of the most popular shows on TV, starring puppeteer Buffalo Bob Smith, his marionette Howdy Doody, and a live audience of real kids, called the "Peanut Gallery." That expression was already old when Howdy Doody premiered, as slang for the rowdy audiences in the cheap seats. But somehow Schulz's editor got it in his head that kids were called "peanuts," so that's the name they went with. Schulz told Dick Cavett that he went along with the new name because "I was so obsessed with drawing a comic strip all of my life that I was willing to take anything anyone gave me. And who was I to argue with United Features Syndicate?" David Michaelis' excellent biography Schulz and Peanuts says, "Sparky was reported to have challenged [editor Larry] Rutman: 'What does it mean?' to which Rutman is said to have replied, 'Little things.' Sparky stubbornly insisted, 'Yes, but little insignificant things — things of little value.'" Throughout his life, Schulz valued his fictional children above all else — no wonder he took the title so personally. Many characters came from life. Schulz has said that all his characters are partly him, but he did look to others for inspiration. As Schulz explained to Cavett, even Charlie Brown is named after a friend Schulz had taught alongside at Art Instruction Inc. in Minneapolis (as are Linus and Frieda). Schulz asked Brown's permission before using the name, and he says, "I can still remember the first day that I drew Charlie Brown, he came walking over, looked down at it, and said, 'Oh, I'm so disappointed. I was hoping I was going to look like Steve Canyon,'" the square-jawed action hero of Milton Caniff's comics. Schulz's cousin Patty Swanson became Peppermint Patty, whose sidekick Marcie was modeled on Swanson's roommate. Snoopy's cousin Spike got his name from Schulz's childhood dog, who appeared in Schulz's first published cartoon, which appeared in Ripley's Believe It or Not when he was only fifteen. Piano prodigy Schroeder came from a boy Schulz worked with at a St. Paul golf course, and Linus and Lucy got their last name as a tribute to his friends Fritz and Louanne Van Pelt. Even Pig Pen has real-world origins — Schulz told Cavett, "Pig Pen came from a friend of mine. his little boy was running around the living room, and he says, 'Go to bed, Pig Pen!'" Michaelis also suggests Pig Pen's messy habits could have come from Schulz's own son Craig. Schroeder grew up fast. One of the most mature characters in the Peanuts world is Schroeder, a child prodigy who can play Beethoven's most complicated symphonies on his toy piano, much like Schulz himself was able to capture truth and beauty in four little boxes of simple little drawings. Schroeder was even more of a prodigy when he first appeared, as a newborn baby. For the next few weeks, Schroeder was just an ordinary infant, until Schulz gave him his first piano and Schroeder began his pursuit of Beethoven.
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