Charlie Brown’s All Stars!

Charlie Brown’s All Stars! (CBAS) originally aired on June 8, 1966. I’m not sure if it ever made it to VHS, but the first DVD release I’m aware of was from 2009. While watching “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown” over the weekend on Apple TV+ I dug around a little and found CBAS was available too. It looks like they remasters it for Apple TV, above and beyond the DVD release. It’s very clean, but there is an odd bit in a scene with Sally and Linus setting up a yard pool. Compared to other versions I’ve seen, the pair look like the attempt to make them look like they have a tan was a little overcooked. I can’t show you what it looks like because screen caps for DRM protected content are disabled on Apple TV. Snoopy does some great surfing before they segue to the sidewalk surfing for an extended segment around the 10 minute mark that includes the world’s first documented footage ollie! No sky hooks here.

To watch on Apple TV look for Episode 1 of The Peanuts Classics in TV Shows. Someone uploaded a low res capture of the show on the Internet Archive that you can view for free, as long as the link lasts.

Charlie Brown tries to get his team interested in baseball but all they want to do is skateboard. This is quite a full fledged skateboard segment, with freestyle, high-jumps, 180’s, hand stands, slalom, wheelies (excuse me, manuals) and even Ollies! The only thing missing is a little bit of pool skating. Sally appears on roller skates, and it has been postulated that this was borrowed from this 1965 Peanuts comic.

Here’s a gratuitous shot of Snoopy surfing. All good-hearted people love Snoopy, especially when he’s surfing.