''Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown'' is the 28th

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based on the comic strip ''

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'' by

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. It was originally aired on the

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network on March 20, 1985.

Plot

Snoopy Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ''Peanuts'' films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recog ...

is performing guard duty for Peppermint Patty, but gets sidetracked when he meets a beautiful

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named Fifi (called Genevieve in this special). Soon after, Snoopy decides to get married, and wants his brother

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to be the Best Beagle at his wedding, resulting in Spike traveling a long way from Needles, California and trying to earn money by competing in a dog race, only to be disqualified for being a beagle and not a greyhound. Snoopy is at first excited, but soon grows nervous at the prospect of marriage, acting miserable at his own bachelor party, and even breaking down into tears hours before the wedding. At the ceremony, everything is in order, until it seems Genevieve is late. Lucy soon arrives with news that Genevieve fell in love with a

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and ran off with him, meaning that the wedding is off. Snoopy is heartbroken at first, but soon lightens up at the prospect of remaining a bachelor, and enjoys salad with Woodstock. Spike returns home to his residence, a gigantic hollowed-out

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with electricity and modern amenities, and the show ends by Spike enjoying part of the

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by himself.

Production

''Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown'' was based on a comic strip story in 1977 (later published as ''The Beagle Has Landed''). In the original strip, Snoopy's bride-to-be is never seen, and it is Spike that the bride falls for.

Voice actors

* Brett Johnson as

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* Jeremy Schoenberg as Linus van Pelt * Stacy Ferguson as

Sally Brown Sally Brown is a fictional character in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles Schulz. She is the younger sister of main character Charlie Brown. She was first mentioned in May 1959 and throughout a long series of strips before her first appeara ...

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* Heather Stoneman as Lucy van Pelt * Gini Holtzman as

Peppermint Patty Peppermint Patty is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ''Peanuts''. Her full name is Patricia Reichardt, which is very rarely used in the strip. She is one of a small group in the strip who live across town from C ...

* Keri Houlihan as

Marcie Marcie is a fictional character featured in the long-running syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. Marcie is a studious girl who is sometimes depicted as being terrible at sports. She is friends with the ...

* Danny Colby as

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* Dawnn D. Leary as Sally Brown (singing voice) *

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

Kartes Video Communications released the special on VHS in 1987. In 1989, the special was released on a double feature VHS with ''

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'' from the same company. On January 9, 1996,

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released the special on a double feature VHS with ''

Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown ''Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown'' is the 20th prime-time animated television special based upon the popular comic strip '' Peanuts,'' by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on October 24, 1980. The special won an Emmy ...

''. On June 14, 2011,

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released the special on

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for the first time as part of the compilation ''Happiness is... Peanuts: Snoopy's Adventures''. Warner Home Video would release the special again on September 15, 2015 as part of the ''Peanuts: Emmy Honored Collection'' DVD.

References

External links

* {{Peanuts television specials 1980s American television specials 1980s animated television specials 1980s American animated films 1985 television specials 1985 in American television 1985 films CBS television specials CBS original programming Television shows directed by Bill Melendez Peanuts television specials Television shows written by Charles M. Schulz