Sunday, December 18, 2005
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Here is something I just ran across about "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
A HOLIDAY CLASSIC THAT WAS ALMOST NOT TO BE
What remains extraordinary about this project is that when the original rough cut was screened to CBS executives in 1965, they deemed this show a Disaster! They said it was awkward, depressing and completely inappropriate for a Christmas special.Devastated, the creative team exited that meeting thinking that their instincts had utterly failed them. All that would change on December 9, 1965. when the show aired, America was SPELLBOUND and no one (including the suits who possessed not a SPECK of insight) could have imagined that this masterpiece would become an icon that announced the arrival of the Holiday season with a legacy spanning 40 years!Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack is critical to this enigmatic and one-of-a-kind success story. Bravo to all!-Comment at the iTunes Music Store
Thank you Charlie Brown
A HOLIDAY CLASSIC THAT WAS ALMOST NOT TO BE
What remains extraordinary about this project is that when the original rough cut was screened to CBS executives in 1965, they deemed this show a Disaster! They said it was awkward, depressing and completely inappropriate for a Christmas special.Devastated, the creative team exited that meeting thinking that their instincts had utterly failed them. All that would change on December 9, 1965. when the show aired, America was SPELLBOUND and no one (including the suits who possessed not a SPECK of insight) could have imagined that this masterpiece would become an icon that announced the arrival of the Holiday season with a legacy spanning 40 years!Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack is critical to this enigmatic and one-of-a-kind success story. Bravo to all!-Comment at the iTunes Music Store
Thank you Charlie Brown
# posted by Robert @ 8:07 PM 
