jmc's classics
As I had mentioned, February third is the birthday of Mendelssohn. he wrote "Hark the Herald" The Christmas carol which is used in A Charlie Brown Christmas. It also featured "Christmas Time is Here" by Vince Guaraldi.
Among the other characters in this comic strip were Schroeder who had a toy piano and liked Beethoven and who Lucy was in love with. In one episode Schroeder had a bust of Beethoven and Lucy destroyed it. The next thing is that Schroeder goes to a closet and gets another bust of Beethoven out. He had a closet full of Beethoven statues. I remember this iconic cartoon. It was probably the most famous of the comic strips from the late 20th century. It ceased publication in 2000 after the death of its creator Charles Schultz. The most famous characters in this strip were the dog Snoopy and his bird friend Woodstock. Charles Schultz said in an interview ( I don't remember when) that he had complaints tat Snoopy and Woodstock were taking over the cartoon. I remember that cartoon from when I was a child. Both in the newspapers and on the TV specials which apereded on holidays. I liked the Great Pumpkin Halloween episode. My favorite cartoon is Blondie. I remember there was a short lived sitcom from 1968 based on Blondie. It stared Pamelyn Ferdin as Cookie and Peter Robbins as Alexander. Ferdin and Robbins both played the voices of Lucy and Charlie on some of the Peanuts specials. I have seen some reruns on You Tube of this sitcom. I have also connected with Ferdin on Facebook. She is an animal rights activist. Classical music is also seen in the cartoons. I do like Hark the Herald and Christmas Time is here. I like some of Vince Guaraldi's music and have some of his CDs. Guaraldi (1928-1976) ws a jazz pianist. he is also famous for his song "Cast Your Pate to the Wind". this piece is influenced by bosso nova which is a Brazilian type of Jazz music.
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