I just got an email from a friend with this link to a version of the Charlie Brown Christmas as performed by the cast of HBC TV's hit Scrubs. This is no simple reading of the script, but rather a re-interpretation by the cast. It is funny, a little blue, but mostly funny.If you are If you are a fan of the show, you are aren't you, you will love this version. With all due respects to Sparky.

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Watching this cartoon as a kid, and countless times now that I am a father, I always wondered whatever happened to these puppets. A few years back I was at Kevin Smith's comic book shop in Red Bank, NJ and saw a couple of great books on the production of the cartoon, but it never really stated what happened to the puppets.

Well they were found last year. Well only a couple of puppets survived and they were in pretty bad shape. Here is a nice bit of info on their restoration and some nice pics.

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Happy Halloween! I remember watching the Charlie Brown Halloween special as a kid. It is a great holiday institution in our family and a wonderful memory of a simpler time.

These days my daughters trick-or-treat at a few friends houses and we have a special dinner together. There is not the care-free candy binge of my childhood due to the changing nature of the society we live in. But at least we still have It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

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I admit it, I am addicted to the show. It has a great story that keeps me engaged; the only thing working against it is the frequency of repeats that ABC has been throwing into the mix. I remember when I was a kid, the new TV season would start and it would run its course, interrupted only by major sporting events and/or news events. Stations now feel they can string you along for with a new episode every few weeks, thereby increasing ad revenue and maintaining viewer-ship. I am not sure that is the way to tell a story, but at least ABC seems to have something smart going on…a viral campaign for the show. Read More...

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