Peanuts surges into the 1970s with Schulz at the peak of his powers
and influence: a few jokes about Bob Dylan, Women's Liberation and
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" (!) aside, these two
years are as timeless as Peanuts ever was.
Sally Brown--school phobia, malapropisms, unrequited love for Linus and
all--elbows her way to center stage, at least among the humans, and is
thus the logical choice for cover girl... and in her honor, the
introduction is provided by none other than Broadway, television and
film star Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, Pushing Daisies), who first rose
to Tony-winning fame with her scene-stealing performance as Sally in
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Two long Summer-camp sequences
involve Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty, who has decided that Charlie
Brown is madly in love with her, much to his clueless confusion. Snoopy
shows up at camp as well, as does Peppermint Patty's new permanent
sidekick, the one and only Marcie. The eternally mutable Snoopy mostly
shakes off his World War I Flying Ace identity and turns into Joe Cool,
college hipster extraordinaire. And in three long sequences he writes a
fan letter to his favorite author, Miss Helen Sweetstory, then goes on a
journey to meet her, and finally enlists Charlie Brown's help when her
latest opus, The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out, falls afoul of censors.
Also, Woodstock attends worm school, falls in love with a worm (perhaps
the most doomed unrequited Peanuts love story ever!), and is nearly
eaten by the neighbors' cat... Peppermint Patty is put on trial for
another dress code violation and makes a very ill-advised choice in
terms of lawyers... Snoopy turns Linus's blanket into not one but two
sportcoats... Lucy hits a home run...and the birth of one Rerun Van
Pelt!
