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Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. The strip is the most popular and influential in the history of the comic strip, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being", according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University. At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. Reprints of the strip are still syndicated and run in almost every U.S. newspaper.
Peanuts achieved considerable success with its television specials, several of which, including A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, won or were nominated for Emmy Awards. The holiday specials remain popular and are currently broadcast on ABC in the United States during the corresponding seasons. The Peanuts franchise met acclaim in theatre with the stage musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown being a successful and often-performed production.
Actors: Matt Cornwell (producer), Matt Cornwell (actor), Matt Cornwell (editor), Matt Cornwell (director), Matt Cornwell (writer), Stephen Caudill (actor), Jay D. Zimmerman (editor), Jay D. Zimmerman (producer), Jay D. Zimmerman (actor), Jay D. Zimmerman (writer), Jay D. Zimmerman (director), Pat Clark (editor), Pat Clark (producer), Ashley Ledbetter (actress), Jeff Pack (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: John McKee (actor), Barry Bostwick (actor), Charles Lane (actor), Chuck Hicks (actor), Red Buttons (actor), Art Carney (actor), Charles Lane (actor), Art Carney (actor), George Burns (actor), Barry Bostwick (actor), George Fisher (actor), Harry Hamlin (actor), Red Buttons (actor), Wally Rose (actor), Harvey Parry (actor),
Plot: Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. In "Dynamite Hands" a delivery boy turns prizefighter in order to raise enough money for his kid sister's eye operation. Later, however, he turns his back on his father-figure manager and librarian girlfriend when he is distracted by a flashy gangster and sexy night club diva. Intermission has a coming-attractions trailer for "Zero Hour," a World War I aviation drama. In the second feature, "Baxter's Beauties of 1933" a Broadway impresario hears he has only a month to live and is determined to mount one more hit on the boards. When his drunken diva of a star cannot go on opening night, he finds that the ingénue he chooses to replace her is his long-estranged daughter, whom he has not seen since she was a girl. All three stories feature the same cast in repertoire.
Keywords: backstage, boxing, california, chanteuse, choreographer, chorus-girl, chorus-line, doctor, dormitory, double-featureActors: David Foster (producer), Peter J. Silbermann (miscellaneous crew), Harrison Ford (actor), Stuart Margolin (actor), Sally Field (actress), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Henry Winkler (actor), James W. Gavin (actor), John Cassavetes (actor), Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Dennis Burkley (actor), Val Avery (actor), Tony Burton (actor), Lawrence Turman (producer), Doris Grau (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: It's 4 years since Jack is back from Vietnam, but he still has nightmares. In a bus on his way to California he meets Carol, who just left her fiancée - only 4 days before their wedding, allegedly just for a few days of vacation. Jack happily tells her about his plans to set up a worm farm for fishing baits together with four of his Vietnam ex-comrades. Although he gets on her nerves at the beginning, she starts to care. When one after the other of his friends steps out and Jack looses his optimism, Carol remains as the last support that keeps him from despair.
Keywords: bar-fight, hitchhiking, post-war, psychological-drama, race-car, road-trip, robbery, vietnam, vietnam-veteran, worm-farmActors: Charles Fleischer (actor), Robby Benson (actor), Michael Jaffe (producer), Fred Karlin (composer), John McGreevey (writer), Paul Wendkos (director), John Zaremba (actor), Ben Gazzara (actor), Fred Lerner (actor), Eileen Brennan (actress), Clint Howard (actor), Michael Economou (editor), Richard Stahl (actor), Charles B. Fitzsimons (producer), Shirley O'Hara (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Beverly Garland (actress), Bill Erwin (actor), Roddy McDowall (actor), Leslie Nielsen (actor), Bob Summers (composer), Christopher Cain (producer), Christopher Cain (director), Christopher Cain (writer), Edwin Mills (actor), Leo Penn (actor), Ancel Cook (actor), Sharon Thomas Cain (actress), Vera Lockwood (actress), Joe Maross (actor), Lisa Todd (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Sam Ingraffia (actor), Jamaa Fanaka (editor), Jamaa Fanaka (producer), Jamaa Fanaka (director), Jamaa Fanaka (writer), Reatha Grey (actress), Stan Kamber (actor), Jack Gregory (actor), Teri Hayden (actress), Carmen Sanford (costume designer), Carmen Sanford (actress), Charles D. Brooks III (actor), Ben Bigelow (actor), Robert L. Gordon Sr. (producer), Mordo Dana (actor),
Plot: A proud black man does time in jail where he is subjected to heinous experiments. Once released, he goes about extracting vengeance on those who put him in prison. This includes both seducing their women and murdering them by a mysterious means. Then the hook is revealed - his murder weapon is his own genitals which are now enormous and super powered as a result of the experiments he endured in prison. You heard me right; he kills with his penis and you see it all!
Keywords: 1970s, blaxploitation, character-name-in-title, drug-dealer, extramarital-affair, false-accusation, feature-film-directorial-debut, independent-film, large-penis, los-angeles-californiaActors: Virginia Grey (actress), Neyle Morrow (actor), Jerome Thoms (editor), Paul Dunlap (composer), Samuel Fuller (director), Patsy Kelly (actress), Samuel Fuller (writer), Jean-Michel Michenaud (actor), Samuel Fuller (producer), Edy Williams (actress), Leon Fromkess (producer), Betty Bronson (actress), Barbara Perry (actress), Anthony Eisley (actor), Michael Dante (actor),
Plot: Kelly, a prostitute, finds redemption in the town of Grantville, where she arrives working as a medium-time seller. There, she meets Griff, the police captain of the town, with whom she spends a romantic afternoon. The woman, traumatized by an experience in the past called "The Naked Kiss" by psychiatrists, finally, finds a job as a nurser in a Hospital for handicapped children, experience that allows her to find a sensitive side in caring and patiently love each one of her little patients. Apparently, Kelly will find happiness in Grant, her fiancé and Griff's partner, but she will be the witness of a shocking event that will threaten this happiness and even her mental health.
Keywords: 1960s, abortion, acid, acid-thrown-in-face, african-american, angel, assault, baby, baby-bottle, bald-womanActors: Jack Kelly (actor), Robert Kent (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Myron Healey (actor), Phil Harris (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), John Hart (actor), James Brown (actor), Harry Carey Jr. (actor), Wally Cassell (actor), Reed Hadley (actor), Hal Baylor (actor), Wendell Corey (actor), Paul McGuire (actor), Richard Erdman (actor),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: Emmett Vogan (actor), Wally Rose (actor), Joe Palma (actor), Eddie Parker (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Victor Potel (actor), Fred F. Sears (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Frank Dae (actor), Teddy Infuhr (actor), Gene Collins (actor), Robert Kellard (actor), Pat O'Malley (actor), John Litel (actor), Rose Plumer (actress),
Plot: A young Czechoslovakian orphan, Loddy Bicek, befriended by an American army sergeant, is brought into the United States as a stowaway by the soldier. He is apprehended, but escapes and makes his way to the sergeant's home town. There, he is befriended by young Danny Mitchell and his dog, Rusty, a K-9 veteran of World War II. A third boy reports Loddy to the authorities, and when Loddy tries to run away, he falls into a deep ravine.
Keywords: 1940s, american, american-soldier, archive-footage, army-officer, army-veteran, b-movie, car-trailer, character-name-in-title, czechoslovakiaActors: Arthur Loft (actor), William J. O'Brien (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Warren Jackson (actor), Richard Bartell (actor), Frank Jenks (actor), Robert Anderson (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Lew Davis (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor),
Plot: Assorted citizens of Summerfield, including Gildersleeve of radio fame, sit on a jury in the trial of bank robber Louie Barton. Through coincidence, Gildersleeve is wrongly suspected of bribe-taking. His efforts to get out of trouble only get him deeper into slapstick...
Keywords: aunt-nephew-relationship, aunt-niece-relationship, automobile-accident, bailiff, based-on-radio-show, blackmail, bloodhound, bribery, courthouse, danceWorsd by Sting, music by Stewart Copeland
It's all a game
You're not the same
Your famous name
The price of fame
Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero
Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
You sang your song
For much too long
The songs they're wrong
The bread has gone
Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero
Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
It's all a game
You're not the same
Your famous name
The price of fame
Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero
[Oh, you're just a fallen hero]
Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
Don't wanna find out what you've been taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
Don't wanna find out what you've been taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
Peanuts, peanuts
Peanuts
(Ad lib) [This is what it really is]
Oh, no, no
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