The Christmas Experiment: Hours 31+32: Charlie Brown at 50

Okay, it's not a season without watching Charlie Brown. Oh, and they have a ton of extra stuff also this year since it's an anniversary.

It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown: Kristen Bell is hosting a special about Charlie Brown. It's using some older clips from over the ages of specials while also presenting some music from mainly the original Christmas Special. Also, interviews with some of the Child Actors from the original. The original Lucy is a dear. Also, I am a little ashamed of how little effort I put into my own segment about the 50th anniversary compared to what they did here.

Interesting fact: Did you know that Sarah Macclachlan is capable of singing songs other than about sad pets? She's singing "Christmastime Is Here" and it's pretty decent. That said, every time it shows Snoopy while she sings, I wonder if he's been sent to the pound and if I don't act fast, he'll be put down. That would be a damn shame.


The weird thing: They're borrowing songs and clips heavily from the 90s, "You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown." For a clip show retrospective, they're borrowing heavily from a clip show retrospective. If that ain't meta, I don't know what is.

Kristen Chenowith ends up singing "Happiness" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. That was the first real musical I can remember seeing so that is definitely a cast of something hitting close to home. Considering my sleep deprivation level, it's definitely effecting me a bit. Also, I think I liked Pentatonix a bit more before they became famous. Sorry to be a hipster.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: I think this is my third or fourth time watching this during the Experiment. After Christmas Vacation, it might be the most covered thing. I wish I could say something other than it being my favorite Christmas special but... just click on the label and become enlightened.

Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales: They needed to fill space in the special to keep the commercials so they made these but you know that by now. Some are better than others. I like Linus's segment as well as Sally's. Both are fun and they feel very true to the characters.

Notable Commercials: I've seen the commercial for Merci chocolate like 10 times in the last day after not seeing it once. I mean, I'm sure they're great but seeing someone being nice and getting candy as a reward is getting old. I'd prefer some apple cider at this point.

Non-Viewing Thoughts: As interesting as it's been to do the 36 hours this time around, I feel like I'm going back to 24 hours. Also, for that record, I'm not sure if I'll switch back to doing Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day. It'll depend on what's playing I guess.

Late Christmas Ideas: A Boyfriend would be nice but, barring that, some self-respect would be cool.

Tally:
Mountain Dews left: 9
Amps left: All Gone
Coffee Left: All Gone
Pumpkin Pie Left: 1/4th left
Sanity Rating: (1 being Sugar Plums, 10 being Sugar Typhoid): 6