{"id":176,"date":"2007-11-27T18:33:34","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/2007\/11\/27\/a-charlie-brown-christmas-revisited\/"},"modified":"2007-11-27T18:33:34","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T18:33:34","slug":"a-charlie-brown-christmas-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/2007\/11\/27\/a-charlie-brown-christmas-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"A Charlie Brown Christmas &#8211; Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nI haven&#39;t watched &quot;A Charlie Brown Christmas&quot; in probably ten years, but caught it last night. I forgot what a masterpiece it is. Along with fantastic animation (look at the stars at the end), the famous Vince Garibaldi jazz soundtrack, there are some priceless moments penned by Charles Shultz.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you are the Charlie Browniest.&quot;<\/em> <br \/>\nYou know of all the Sean T. Conrads in the world, I am the Sean T. Conradest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;I know nobody likes me. Why do we have to have a holiday to emphasize it?&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Don&#39;t you know sarcasm when you hear it?&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Pigpen, you are the only person I know who can raise cloud of dust in a snowstorm.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;It&#39;s too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait for January.&quot; <br \/>\n&quot;They look ripe to me.&quot;<\/em>  <br \/>\nWow, Lucy was a hipster.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(On Christmas) <em>&quot;Instead of feeling happy&#8230;I just feel let down.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&quot;<em>What is it you want?&quot; &quot;Real estate.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(On cash for Christmas) <em>&quot;All I want is what I have coming to me. All I want is my fair share.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(Responding to good jazz) <em>Bobs head to left&#8230;bobs head to right. Repeats.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;I&#39;ll give you five good reasons.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Don&#39;t think it as dust. Think of it as maybe the soil of some great past civilization.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(Gazing into a mirror, expected by another to be horrified) <em>&quot;On the contrary, I didn&#39;t think I looked that good.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;How can you say someone is great who&#39;s never had his picture on bubble gum cards?&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn succession, <em>&quot;Boy are you stupid, Charlie Brown.&quot; &quot;I told you he&#39;d goof it up.&quot; &quot;He&#39;s not the kind you can count on to do anything.&quot; &quot; You&#39;re hopeles You&#39;ve been dumb before, charlie Brown, but this time you really did it.&quot;<\/em>  Today&#39;s TV coddles children compared to 1965.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd finally, <em>&quot;Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI also love <a href=\"\/node\/310\/edit\" title=\"I love The Grinch. I am The Grinch.\">The Grinch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#39;t watched &quot;A Charlie Brown Christmas&quot; in probably ten years, but caught it last night. I forgot what a masterpiece it is. Along with fantastic animation (look at the stars at the end), the famous Vince Garibaldi jazz soundtrack, there are some priceless moments penned by Charles Shultz.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you are the Charlie Browniest.&quot;<\/em> <br \/>\nYou know of all the Sean T. Conrads in the world, I am the Sean T. Conradest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;I know nobody likes me. Why do we have to have a holiday to emphasize it?&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Don&#39;t you know sarcasm when you hear it?&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Pigpen, you are the only person I know who can raise cloud of dust in a snowstorm.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;It&#39;s too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait for January.&quot; <br \/>\n&quot;They look ripe to me.&quot;<\/em>  <br \/>\nWow, Lucy was a hipster.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(On Christmas) <em>&quot;Instead of feeling happy&#8230;I just feel let down.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&quot;<em>What is it you want?&quot; &quot;Real estate.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(On cash for Christmas) <em>&quot;All I want is what I have coming to me. All I want is my fair share.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(Responding to good jazz) <em>Bobs head to left&#8230;bobs head to right. Repeats.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;I&#39;ll give you five good reasons.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;Don&#39;t think it as dust. Think of it as maybe the soil of some great past civilization.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(Gazing into a mirror, expected by another to be horrified) <em>&quot;On the contrary, I didn&#39;t think I looked that good.&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>&quot;How can you say someone is great who&#39;s never had his picture on bubble gum cards?&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn succession, <em>&quot;Boy are you stupid, Charlie Brown.&quot; &quot;I told you he&#39;d goof it up.&quot; &quot;He&#39;s not the kind you can count on to do anything.&quot; &quot; You&#39;re hopeles You&#39;ve been dumb before, charlie Brown, but this time you really did it.&quot;<\/em>  Today&#39;s TV coddles children compared to 1965.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd finally, <em>&quot;Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!&quot;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI also love <a href=\"\/node\/310\/edit\" title=\"I love The Grinch. 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