♥All About Charlie Brown♥

Charles (Charlie) Brown is the main character in the cartoon Peanuts. He is a innocent, gentle, polite, kind-hearted child who cares deeply for his family and his friends. Through the show he is often blamed for anything that goes wrong even when it is obvious he is not the one at fault. He is one of the best cartoon characters of all time and has become one of the great American archetypes.

Charlie is known for his great leadership skills as the manager of a baseball team. Although the team suffers from many losses, he still hopes and encourages the team for victories. He carries his high hopes and determination throughout the show but often fails because of his insecurities and bad luck. In the Peanuts cartoon, Charlie Brown and Snoopy are the only characters who appear in ever TV special and movie.

Time Line:

  • 1947– First appearance of Charlie Brown character in a comic strip called Li'l Folks
  • 1950– First Peanuts comic strip printed
  • 1959– First animated appearance by Peanuts characters in a Ford Motor commercial and for The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show by animator Bill
  • 1960's– "Golden Age" of the Peanuts comic strip. The strip became popular in numerous countries and reached a peak of 355 million viewers
  • 1965– A Charlie Brown Christmas airs on CBS
  • 1966– After the success of A Charlie Brown Christmas, more animated specials were created, including Charlie Brown's All-Stars and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
  • 1967- The musical comedy You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is created by Clark Gesner. It premiered off- Broadway at Theatre 80 in New York City.
  • 1969-The lunar module and command module of the Apollo 10 space mission are named after Charlie Brown and Snoopy
  • 1971– You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown premieres on Broadway and runs for 32 shows
  • 1980's-Fourteen more television specials are created during this decade, including an animated version of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Other Peanuts Characters
Picture Name Who It is Significance Relation to Charlie Brown
Snoopyk beagle dog book lover and book writer Charlie browns dog
Lucy van Pelt older sister to linus mean and sarcastic to Charlie on and off friends
Sally brown Friend in the group Loves Linus Charlie's sister
Marcie Peppermint Patty's best friend the bookworm, most knowledgeable Friend of Charlies
Peppermint Patty Friend in the group the "tomboy" in the group has a longtime crush on Charlie
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