Thu. 12/08 - The Christmas Classic That Almost Never Aired
As we go the first Christmas in over half a century without a network TV airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas, an extended reflection on its staying power, unexpected success, and how CBS originally wished they could get out of having to air it at all because they thought it was so bad.
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Links:
Charlie Brown Christmas Special: An Inside Job (The Atlantic)
Peanuts "Economy Twins" (Ford TV Spot 1960) (Internet Archive)
Ford Falcon - Peanuts (1961) (YouTube)
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