Product Description

The story finds Charlie Brown, the famous sports failure, competing against Peppermint Patty and the Masked Marvel (alias Snoopy) in a charity motocross race.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2121 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2009-01-27
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Thai
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 25 minutes

Features

• The story finds Charlie Brown, the famous sports failure, competing against Peppermint Patty and the Masked Marvel (alias Snoopy) in a charity motocross race. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN Rating: NR Age: 883929043927 UPC: 883929043927 Manufacturer No: 1000044212

Amazon.com
A 1975 Emmy award-winning children's special about sportsmanship and trying one's best, You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown showcases Charlie Brown's introduction to the sport of Motocross and his surprising success in the sport. Charlie Brown and the gang have always been sports enthusiasts, but generally the baseball field is their field of choice. When Peppermint Patty invites "Chuck" to participate in a Motocross race for charity, Charlie Brown and Linus, as well as the mysterious Masked Marvel (Snoopy), become intrigued with dirt biking and enter the race. Slow and steady perseverance is the key to success for Charlie Brown, who at last finds a sport in which he can excel. This remastered edition looks and sounds great and also includes the 1979 television special You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown in which Charlie Brown's commitment to the gang and willingness to try something new shines when he enters the decathlon event at the Junior Olympics. The 11-minute bonus featurette "Dust Yourself Off and Pick Yourself Up, Charlie Brown" features Charles Schulz's son Craig describing his love of Motocross racing and recounting how a few days spent in the stands inspired his father to write about the sport in his weekly cartoon strip. This lesser-known Charlie Brown special is definitely a winner worth adding to your Peanuts collection. (Ages 2 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Another Peanuts classic gets DVD treatment!
"You're A Good Sport, Charlie Brown" is the seventh in the Peanuts series, to get the Remastered Special Edition treatment, since Warner Brothers began with "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown" in 2008. In this release, both the picture and the audio have been remastered, and look and sound like never before!

This lesser known Peanuts special, tells the story of Charlie Brown's hopes to win the motorcross race, despite being "Unlucky Number 13". It's a great story for adults and children alike, which lends virtue to not only winning, but to playing as a good sport, in the process. It's perfect for the adult who's feeling nostalgic, or as an introduction to good sportsmanship, to your little ones!

The DVD includes a bonus episode, "You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown", which centers about Charlie Brown's hopes to win a decathlon, with the help of Snoopy & the gang. It also includes the all-new featurette, "Dust Yourself Off & Pick Yourself Up, Charlie Brown", the story of Charles Schultze's son Craig, who served as the inspiration behind "You're A Good Sport, Charlie Brown".

It's another great Peanuts release, and hopefully a sign that more Charlie Brown releases are headed our way!

All Charlie Brown & Peanuts cartoons deserves a 5-star rating
Irregardless to the reproduction of the analog-to-digital technology, Charles Schulz and family have produced one of the best written cartoons in the lifespan of America. I can count on my one hand the names of cartoonists whose work is embedded in my video/dvd/tape collection.

My only gripe is not of the Schulz's library, but of the reproduction team who dispenses redigitized episodes on dvd with only two or three 24 minute shows on a disc! AND the fee for such is over the top charge.

Again, it is American. It is classic style, too.

Charlie Brown Didn't Always Lose
YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLIE BROWN was a Peanuts special that first aired on television in 1975. Charles Schulz published original "Peanuts" strips for fifty years, from 1950-2000. YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLE BROWN aired in what is now the halfway point of the original strips publication. It's not as well known as some of the other Peanuts specials that were broadcast, but is rather memorable because it features Charlie Brown winning at something instead of losing.

The main plot follows Charlie, Snoopy (as the Masked Marvel), and Peppermint Patty as they compete in a motocross race (a sport that was fairly new at the time the special first aired). Unlike Patty who has a new bike, or the Masked Marvel who has the best bike around at the time, Charlie Brown can only afford the cheapest bike the store sells. There is no shine or gloss to his bike and it doesn't rev but puts. Not only that, but Charlie Brown's bike is entered into the competition as #13, supposedly the unluckiest of all numbers. Still, Charlie Brown is a determined fellow and like the tortoise who beat the hair, sometimes slow and steady does when the race. Besides seeing what a good sport Charlie Brown, the special is also notable because of the make-shift pumpkin helmet Linus makes after Charlie is in an accident. The motocross race is preceded by a scene with Snoopy playing tennis and followed by the Peanuts gang playing baseball. YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLIE BROWN won an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Special.

Also included on this the special, YOU'RE THE GREATEST, CHARLIE BROWN. In this special Charlie is recruited to represent his school by competing in the decathlon for the Junior Olympics. Peppermint Patty trains Chuck in all ten events. Charlie Brown wins several events and has a chance to win the entire Junior Olympics for his school. I remember seeing this scene on television several times when I was a kid. It was one of several specials that I particularly enjoyed because of the ironic ending. Both of the Peanuts specials on the disc have been remastered and cleaned up. They look and sound spectacular.

This DVD also includes the featurette, "Dust Yourself Off & Pick Yourself Up, Charlie Brown" which features Craig Schulz, one of Charles Schulz' sons, explaining how his teenage hobby served as the inspiration for YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLIE BROWN.

YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLIE BROWN is a lesser known Peanuts special, but it's one that every Peanuts or Charlie Brown fan should have in their personal DVD library.