Timeline of Charlie Brown

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1947– First appearance of Charlie Brown character in a comic strip called Li’l Folks        

1950– First Peanuts comic strip printed

1959– First animated appearance by Peanuts characters in a Ford Motor commercial and for The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show by animator Bill Meléndez

1960’s– “Golden Age” of the Peanuts comic strip. The strip became popular in numerous countries and reached a peak of 355 million viewers

1965– A Charlie Brown Christmas airs on CBS

1966– After the success of A Charlie Brown Christmas, more animated specials were created, including Charlie Brown’s All-Stars and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

1967- The musical comedy You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is created by Clark Gesner. It premiered off- Broadway at Theatre 80 in New York City.

Photo by Life magazine

1969-The lunar module and command module of the Apollo 10

space mission are named after Charlie Brown and Snoopy

1971– You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown premieres on Broadway and runs for 32 shows

1980’s-Fourteen more television specials are created during this decade, including an animated version of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

1990’s-Six television specials are produced.

2000’s– The final Peanuts strip is published on February 13^th, one day after the death of creator Charles Schulz. A few more television specials are produced, including He’s a Bully, Charlie Brown and Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown.

 

 

 

Created by: Kellie Ferguson

Works Cited:

Peanuts Timeline. Peanuts Wiki. N.p., Web. 27 April 2015.