This special was a wonderful way to bring the Peanuts specials back from the dead. Let's compare this special to Happy New Year, Charlie Brown:
HNYCB: Charlie Brown has to read War and Peace over a Christmas break, and gets distracted by Peppermint Patty throwing a New Year party at her place, and Linus dancing with the Little Red-Haired Girl, and in the end, Charlie Brown has to do Crime and Punishment.
FALS: Lucy's grandmother doesn't come over for Christmas and Lucy feels unloved, so to cheer herself up, she throws a New Year gala, which Charlie Brown inadvertently makes a mess of, and in the end, Linus explains why Lucy was so upset, so everyone in town makes it up to Lucy by celebrating New Year in style.
Hard to believe this special made Lucy a multi-dimensional character rather than the crabby fussbudget she's normally portrayed as, and it works. She even cut Charlie Brown some slack.
This special is a high recommendation to Peanuts fans young and old.
HNYCB: Charlie Brown has to read War and Peace over a Christmas break, and gets distracted by Peppermint Patty throwing a New Year party at her place, and Linus dancing with the Little Red-Haired Girl, and in the end, Charlie Brown has to do Crime and Punishment.
FALS: Lucy's grandmother doesn't come over for Christmas and Lucy feels unloved, so to cheer herself up, she throws a New Year gala, which Charlie Brown inadvertently makes a mess of, and in the end, Linus explains why Lucy was so upset, so everyone in town makes it up to Lucy by celebrating New Year in style.
Hard to believe this special made Lucy a multi-dimensional character rather than the crabby fussbudget she's normally portrayed as, and it works. She even cut Charlie Brown some slack.
This special is a high recommendation to Peanuts fans young and old.