Animation Cel from "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
date: label: Date made
content: 1966
name: label: visual artist
content: Schulz, Charles M.
label: maker
content: Schulz, Charles M.
label: maker
content: Melendez, Bill
notes: label: Description
content: Animation cel from the 1966 television special <i>It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.</i>The cel features the character of Charlie Brown after recieving a rock in his trick-or-treat bag. The special, produced and directed by Bill Melendez, remains a Halloween favorite.
label: Description
content: Charles Schulz’s <i>Peanuts</i> was a syndicated newspaper comic that ran from 1950-2000. Originating from Schultz’s original cartoon <i>Lil Folks </i>, <i>Peanuts</i> became one of the most popular comic strips ever, running in over 2,6000 newspapers, developing into a massive multi-media franchise and marketing juggernaut. The strip, whose 17,897 cartoons were all written and drawn by Schulz, was noted its psychological depth and a philosophical bent, as well as for providing a humorous yet honest window into interpersonal relationships and life’s myriad challenges. Featuring only children and animals as characters, including the depressed yet perseverant Charlie Brown his joyful, imaginative pet dog Snoopy, the security blanket wielding Linus and his “crabby” older sister Lucy, <i>Peanuts</i> established reoccurring stories and motifs that have become part of the world’s shared popular culture.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Holidays and Celebrations, general
label: Subject
content: Halloween
label: Subject
content: Animation
label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bill Melendez
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0480.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0480.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0480
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cel, animation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellophane (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 31.75 cm