''It's Magic, Charlie Brown'' is the 21st

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based upon the

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,'' by

Charles M. Schulz Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (; November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip ''Peanuts'', featuring what are probably his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He is wi ...

. It originally aired on April 28, 1981.

Plot

Charlie Brown decides that Snoopy needs to educate himself, and gives him his

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to check out a few books. Snoopy takes out a book about magic and performs a magic show as "The Great Houndini." He ends the show by making Charlie Brown disappear. A sudden

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ends the show early, and Charlie Brown is left

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. Snoopy tries several ideas to make him visible again, including draping a sheet over him, which only scares Charlie Brown when he looks in the mirror and sees what he thinks is a ghost. Charlie Brown realizes he has a golden opportunity to kick Lucy's football without her knowing. Charlie Brown finally succeeds in kicking the football and taunts her about it. Furious, Lucy threatens Snoopy into bringing back Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown is happy that he finally kicked the football, although Lucy says no one will believe him. Charlie Brown says that Snoopy will believe him. When Lucy scoffs at Snoopy, the insulted beagle magically levitates Lucy into the sky, and leaves her stuck there as payback.

Cast

* Michael Mandy as

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** Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown screaming (archived) *

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as Lucy van Pelt * Cindi Reilly as Sally Brown * Earl Reilly as Linus van Pelt, Franklin * Brent Hauer as Peppermint Patty * Shannon Cohn/Casey Carlson as Marcie * Christopher Donohone as

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Bill Melendez José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was an American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer. Melendez is known for working on the ''Peanuts'' animated specials. Before ''Peanuts'', he p ...

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Home media

''It's Magic, Charlie Brown'' was released on DVD on September 2, 2008 as a bonus feature on

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's remaster of ''

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'' is a 1966 American prime time animated television special based on the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. A Halloween special, it was the third ''Peanuts'' special (and second holiday-themed ...

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References

External links

* {{Peanuts television specials Peanuts television specials Television shows directed by Phil Roman 1980s American television specials 1980s animated television specials 1981 television specials 1981 in American television CBS television specials Films about invisibility Films about magic and magicians