![]() ![]() ![]() Successive Peanuts TV specials remained in that pop realm for the next dozen years.Īt the same time, though - shortly after Guaraldi's death - when Charlie Brown and his friends accepted a few outside "moonlighting" assignments, Mendelson instead returned to his Main Man. That likely was a shrewd decision rather than have somebody else try to imitate Guaraldi's distinctive Peanuts sound - which clearly would have been impossible, and perhaps even unwise - Mendelson went in an entirely different direction. Perhaps after considerable soul-searching, Mendelson shifted from jazz to a more pop-oriented sound, teaming former psychedelic rocker Ed Bogas with singer/songwriter Judy Munson. Guaraldi's untimely passing in February 1976 left Lee Mendelson in an obvious bind, when it came time to score the next Peanuts TV special, It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown. Guaraldi scored 15 Peanuts TV specials (from A Charlie Brown Christmas through It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown), one big-screen film ( A Boy Named Charlie Brown) and two half-hour TV documentaries (the unsold A Boy Named Charlie Brown and Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz).įew people realize, however, that Guaraldi also had a hand in three more animated Peanuts projects. It's a frequent trivia question, and one that many otherwise reputable reference books get wrong: ![]()
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