Well, actually what I've embedded below is an audio link. It's the audio of a 46-minute lecture that Charles Schulz gave on the U.C.L.A. campus on May 24, 1971. I was present for this and I thought it was a good insight into the man and his work. Here, 43 years later, it stands up…though without video, you won't get to see the drawings Mr. Schulz did. As I recall, they were pretty good…
So now here's a Peanuts-related video to watch. This is a 16-minute video on the making of A Charlie Brown Christmas. I'm in it — and you'll notice my hair going through its Larry Fine stage. It would later go all Joe Besser on me and now it's getting rather Shempish.
But forget about me. I call your attention to a man named Lee Mendelson, with whom I have worked for close to thirty years. Look closely because it's not often you get to see a breed of animal that is on the verge of extinction. In this case, the breed is "A smart, honest TV producer."
