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gave mixed opinions, who wrote that the special "feels like a hodgepodge of four-frame strips strung together in an unsuccessful attempt to create a unified story," understanding that Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson had made a committent to create new specials working from material only from the
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After Spike visits, Rerun has fun with him, but his mother does not allow Spike to stay. Charlie Brown tries to get Spike re-adopted, but fails and has to send him back to the desert. Noticing that Rerun is upset over Spike leaving, Lucy signs him up for a Christmas play, in which he forgets his
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Rerun has fun playing with Snoopy, but in the following days, Snoopy is busy and refuses to play. Rerun again searches for a dog, and Lucy argues that Rerun would not know how to take care of a dog if he got one. Rerun learns by watching Snoopy, who gets a letter from his brother
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strip. She wrote that the "one-two-three-punch-line" structure of the strips poorly translated into animation, but otherwise felt the special kept "the bittersweet charm" of Charles Schulz's work.
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After unfair treatment by his older siblings Linus and Lucy and getting in trouble at school, Rerun thinks that having a pet dog will cheer him up. He writes a letter to
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on October 1, 2013. The special continued to air on ABC until 2019. As of 2020, the special will be among the collection of Peanuts productions available only to
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if Snoopy has any siblings, and Charlie Brown shows him pictures of Snoopy's brothers and sisters. Rerun asks Charlie Brown if he can play with Snoopy sometime.
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line. Rerun then asks to play with Snoopy, who wants to be pulled on a sled; Rerun comments, "Maybe a dog is too much trouble."
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asking for a dog, but is later discouraged by the expensive costs of owning a pet and his mother's objections. Watching
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The scene in which Lucy fattens Spike up was previously used in the "Snoopy's Brother Spike" episode of
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was released. However, a version of "Re-Run's Theme" was commercially released by Benoit on
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This special is the second time Snoopy's brothers Marbles, Olaf, and Andy appear in a
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Jazz For Peanuts: A Retrospective Of The Charlie Brown Television Themes
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as a bonus feature. This special was re-released as part of the box set
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subscribers; it was released on that platform on December 2, 2022.
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on December 9, 2003 (A Veteran’s Day Salute). The special is about
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Charles M. Schulz
Bill Melendez
Larry Leichliter
Jimmy Bennett
Ashley Rose Orr
Vince Guaraldi
Linus and Lucy
David Benoit
Lee Mendelson
United Feature Syndicate
Mendelson
Melendez
ABC
Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown
He's a Bully, Charlie Brown
prime-time
animated
television special
comic strip
Peanuts
Charles M. Schulz
ABC
Linus
Lucy's
Rerun
DVD
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Paramount
Warner Home Video

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