Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown

Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown is the 22nd prime-time animated television special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz.[1] It was originally aired on the CBS network on October 30, 1981.[2] It was released to DVD on January 6, 2004 as a bonus feature with the special A Charlie Brown Valentine, and re-released by Warner Home Video on December 28, 2010. Before that, it was released on VHS by Media Home Entertainment on February 14, 1985, Hi-Tops Video in 1989, and Paramount Home Media Distribution on January 11, 1995 along with There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown. In this special, Charlie Brown looks for a girl he saw at a football game, with Linus's help.

Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown
GenreAnimated television special
Created byCharles M. Schulz
Directed byPhil Roman
Voices ofGrant Wehr
Earl Reilly
Nicole Eggert
Jennifer Gaffin
Melissa Strawmeyer
Bill Meléndez
ComposersEd Bogas
Judy Munsen
Country of originU.S.
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerLee Mendelson
ProducerBill Meléndez
Running time27 minutes
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseOctober 30, 1981 (1981-10-30)
Chronology
Preceded byIt's Magic, Charlie Brown (1981)
Followed byA Charlie Brown Celebration (1982)

Synopsis

Charlie Brown is watching a football game on television when he spots a girl in the stands that just made his heart melt. He is then crushed when the game ends and he feels he may never see her again. Not determined to lose what he feels is his true love, he enlists Linus to help him find her.

They go to the football stadium to try to locate where she was sitting. Charlie remembers she was sitting next to tunnel #13 "because that's [his] lucky number." Then he has Linus sit where he determined she was sitting to recreate the shot in his head. Charlie and Linus try asking someone in the ticket booth who she was, but no one knows, and someone there suggests they check the season ticket records downtown, and that is where they go. They encounter several girls during the search, but none are the girl they seek.

Finally, they make their way to a property called the Happy Valley Farm (after Charlie himself almost abandons the whole thing because getting there was so far out of town) where the third girl lives. Snoopy and Woodstock are already there, and after Snoopy has some major problems getting across the cattle guard at the intersection of the main driveway, he and Woodstock encounter a rather mean bobcat (Similar to the cat that was in Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown) who chases them back across those rollers (where Snoopy has problems again), where they finally meet up with Charlie and Linus. Charlie dismisses Snoopy's attempts to warn him of the bobcat, and he and Linus walk in past the cat petting him as they go...then they both learn for themselves.

Linus learns on the phone of another entrance, and is warned that the bobcat is actually very sweet but does not like strangers much. They finally get to the house, where Linus encounters the correct girl, but completely forgets about Charlie and has fallen for her when he realizes she also carries a security blanket, and realizes she feels the same for him. He goes in, leaving Charlie behind. Charlie, after being chased out of the yard by the bobcat, just decides to wait, completely clueless of the situation. Charlie realizes it was never meant to be.

Voice cast
  • Grant Wehr as Charlie Brown
  • Earl Reilly as Linus Van Pelt
  • Bill Melendez as Snoopy and Woodstock
  • Nicole Eggert as First girl
  • Jennifer Gaffin as Mary Jo
  • Melissa Strawmeyer as Teenager

References
  1. Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 386–387. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 92. ISBN 9780786474448.
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