Product Details

• Actors: Erin Chase, Erica Gayle, Frank Welker, Brandon Stewart, Jason Mendelson
• Directors: Bill Melendez, Sam Jaimes
• Writers: Lee Mendelson, Charles M. Schulz
• Producers: Bill Melendez, Lee Mendelson
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: June 25, 1996
• Run Time: 24 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303014860
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,593 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Sally's school report spotlights people who turned ideas into reality: inventors Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strike Up the Band, Charlie Brown!, April 13, 2002

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W. Langan "take403" (the end of the world to your town!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This is America, Charlie Brown - The Music and Heroes of America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Volume 8 (The Music and Heroes of America) is another one of my favorite volumes to This Is America, Charlie Brown.

As it begins, Schroeder is reluctant to let Snoopy participate for his report on music in America. So Charlie Brown proposes that if Snoopy behave himself, he be allowed. Both agree and the band features Snoopy on banjo, Franklin on drums, Pig Pen on bass, Charlie Brown on harmonica and trumpet, Linus on guitar and trombone and Schroeder on piano (what else?). The gang plays "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Yankee Doodle", and "Oh When the Saints Go Marching In",pays homage to John Phillips Sousa with "Stars and Stripes Forever", Irving Berlin, George Cohan with "Yankee Doodle Dandy", and Scott Joplin with "Maple Leaf Rag".

Then Lucy announces that she'd like to combine her report on heroes of America with Schroeder's (naturally, he's furious but the teacher agrees!). She pays homage to Susan B Anthony, Clara Barton, and Helen Keller (even dares to put a Susan B Anthony bust atop Schroeder's piano!). Other heroes mentioned include Eissenhower, Martin Luther King, and Jonas Salk. Peppermint Patty talks about immigration and pay homage to Irving Berlin. There's even mention of Vietnam ("Where Have All the Flowers Gone"). Snoopy dresses up as Franklin D Roosevelt and Elvis.

Franklin gives a report on African American History (paying homage to George Washington Carver and Booker T Washington) and talks about spirituals ("Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"), and the formation of gospel, ragtime, blues and jazz.

As this episode ends, Charlie Brown is asked what his favorite song is (watch for yourself to find out!). Ed Bogas, Desiree Goyette, and Lou Rawls all contribute to the musical score of this final volume of This Is America, Charlie Brown.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Snoopy For Head Beagle!, April 7, 2002

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W. Langan "take403" (the end of the world to your town!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This is America, Charlie Brown - The Smithsonian and The Presidency [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The 1st part of this 7th volume of This Is America, Charlie Brown features the Peanuts gang at the many museums of the Smithsonian Institution. Snoopy gets upset when he see the Red Baron's airplane, Charlie Brown is flattered to see a lunar space module named after himself and Snoopy, Sally wonders if the paintings displayed were "paint by numbers" paintings, Lucy spots a cartoon of herself pulling that football away from you-know-who ("How did we wind up there?", she wonders), and Linus witnesses a big mouth and dares to tell Lucy "We finally found something with a mouth bigger than yours!"

The 2nd part of this video talks about the Presidents. Charlie Brown and Linus go back to 1865 and visit Abraham Lincoln as he's on his way to Gettysburg, PA. Linclon discusses the Civil War and a speech he's currently getting ready to give (known as the Gettysburg Address, of course!). Then the gang goes to 1901 in Yosemite National Park to hear Theodore Roosevelt talk about his plans to conserve wildlife. Finally, they go to the 1930's and witness the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated and promises aid to those out of work. Dave Grusin provides this video's soundtrack, and selections of it are featured on the CD Happy Anniverdsary, Charlie Brown.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cartoon! (And educational, too.), April 2, 2004

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Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Birth of The Constitution:This is America Charlie Brown [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Is America, Charlie Brown cartoons were very innovative specials that featured the Peanuts characters in important moments in history, and gave kids (as well as parents) a fun insight on how certain historical characters (and their influences) came to be. This episode is about the how the Constitution was created, as well as how the legislative, executive and judicial branches affected the delegates. The special mainly revolved around Linus and Peppermint Patty, but the other usual characters were there as well (although Schroeder was only in one scene, but he didn't have any lines).

I knocked off a star because the idea of Charlie Brown inventing all those sports, like basketball and baseball ("I bet hitting a ball with a stick would make a GREAT game!"), was a little too surreal. But it's all right because the special is still great. These This Is America specials rarely come on television any more, so if you want to see them, click the ADD TO CART button.

Anthony Rupert