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       Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray   
       Review: 40 Specials in HD   
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       Everyone loves Peanuts, right? Snoopy and Charlie Brown are cartoon   
       icons and have endured many decades with some classic television   
       specials and the original comic strip. To celebrate its 75th   
       anniversary, Warner Bros. has put out the Peanuts: 75th Anniversary   
       Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray, which packages together 40   
       specials that were released between 1965 and 2011 (with just five   
       being omitted).   
      
       "Since Charles Schulz first introduced the kid with the zigzag   
       shirt, fans of all ages have loved the Peanuts gang. This   
       75th-anniversary compilation features 40 TV specials that celebrate   
       the charm and humor that have established Charlie Brown, Lucy,   
       Linus, Snoopy and their friends as cultural treasures. Watch your   
       most beloved specials - and discover new favorites - in this   
       comprehensive collection," says the official description.   
      
       Like nearly everyone, the first thing I did was check out some of my   
       favorites, such as Why, Charlie Brown, Why? and the Christmas   
       specials. Some of the later specials, mainly the ones made after   
       Charles Schulz's death, aren't as good and won't be ones you revisit   
       often. However, there's a lot of quality specials among the 40   
       included, including some really fun ones I wasn't familiar with,   
       such as It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown, and A Charlie Brown   
       Valentine. You're sure to find some new favorites, which is a lot of   
       the enjoy of this comprehensive offering.   
      
       Most of the Peanuts specials look good to great in this Blu-ray set,   
       especially the more iconic ones, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas   
       and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. However, some of the   
       later specials look particularly rough. It's Spring Training,   
       Charlie Brown, for example, has a poor framerate, while I Want a Dog   
       for Christmas, Charlie Brown, has vertical stretching. Likewise, the   
       audio is a mixed bag as well, as they're all the remastered mixes   
       (no option for the originals), and some sound pretty bad (like It's   
       an Adventure, Charlie Brown). It's great to have some of these more   
       obscure specials on Blu-ray for the first time, but I wish more care   
       had been taken.   
      
       Here's the bad news about the Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV   
       Specials Collection Blu-ray: there are no special features included   
       across the five discs. There is a really nice 28-page booklet that   
       includes character bios and brief overviews of the different specials   
       included within the set, though. But that's the only deluxe-feeling   
       part of this package, which could've really used a nice documentary   
       on the franchise's impact to flesh things out.   
      
      
       Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray   
       Review: Final Verdict   
       The Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV Specials Collection Blu-ray   
       is an easy recommendation for any Charlie Brown fans. All of the   
       iconic specials are included, and there's sure to be quite a few you   
       haven't seen that will become new favorites. It's a shame there   
       aren't any bonus features and that the transfers are uneven, but   
       having nearly all (five are sadly missing due to rights issues) the   
       specials in one place makes this worth picking up.   
      
      
      
      
      
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