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Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray
Review: 40 Specials in HD
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Everyone loves Peanuts, right? Snoopy and Charlie Brown are cartoon
icons and have endured many decades with some classic television
specials and the original comic strip. To celebrate its 75th
anniversary, Warner Bros. has put out the Peanuts: 75th Anniversary
Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray, which packages together 40
specials that were released between 1965 and 2011 (with just five
being omitted).

"Since Charles Schulz first introduced the kid with the zigzag
shirt, fans of all ages have loved the Peanuts gang. This
75th-anniversary compilation features 40 TV specials that celebrate
the charm and humor that have established Charlie Brown, Lucy,
Linus, Snoopy and their friends as cultural treasures. Watch your
most beloved specials - and discover new favorites - in this
comprehensive collection," says the official description.

Like nearly everyone, the first thing I did was check out some of my
favorites, such as Why, Charlie Brown, Why? and the Christmas
specials. Some of the later specials, mainly the ones made after
Charles Schulz's death, aren't as good and won't be ones you revisit
often. However, there's a lot of quality specials among the 40
included, including some really fun ones I wasn't familiar with,
such as It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown, and A Charlie Brown
Valentine. You're sure to find some new favorites, which is a lot of
the enjoy of this comprehensive offering.

Most of the Peanuts specials look good to great in this Blu-ray set,
especially the more iconic ones, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas
and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. However, some of the
later specials look particularly rough. It's Spring Training,
Charlie Brown, for example, has a poor framerate, while I Want a Dog
for Christmas, Charlie Brown, has vertical stretching. Likewise, the
audio is a mixed bag as well, as they're all the remastered mixes
(no option for the originals), and some sound pretty bad (like It's
an Adventure, Charlie Brown). It's great to have some of these more
obscure specials on Blu-ray for the first time, but I wish more care
had been taken.

Here's the bad news about the Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV
Specials Collection Blu-ray: there are no special features included
across the five discs. There is a really nice 28-page booklet that
includes character bios and brief overviews of the different specials
included within the set, though. But that's the only deluxe-feeling
part of this package, which could've really used a nice documentary
on the franchise's impact to flesh things out.


Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray
Review: Final Verdict
The Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray
is an easy recommendation for any Charlie Brown fans. All of the
iconic specials are included, and there's sure to be quite a few you
haven't seen that will become new favorites. It's a shame there
aren't any bonus features and that the transfers are uneven, but
having nearly all (five are sadly missing due to rights issues) the
specials in one place makes this worth picking up.



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