>>> I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS.
"THE SNOOPY SHOW" PREMIERES
TODAY ON APPLE PLUS TV.
IT’S NEW ADVENTURES WITH THE
CLASSIC CHARACTERS WE LOVE.
I SAT DOWN WITH JEAN SCHULZ, THE
WIFE OF CHARLES SCHULTZ,
CREATOR, ABOUT THE SHOW AND HER
LATE HUSBAND’S BELOVED COMIC
STRIP.
>> Reporter: SNOOPY, WOOD JB
STOCK.
>> GOOD GRIEF.
>> CHARLIE BROWN AND THE GANG IS
BACK IN APPLE TV PLUS’S SERIES
"THE SNOOPY SHOW."
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS DOG?
>> Reporter: WITH THESE NEW
ADVENTURES, WHAT KIND OF
SITUATIONS ARE YOU PUTTING THE
GANG IN?
>> THEY WILL HAVE SHOWS THAT
MARK THINGS LIKE VALENTINE’S
DAY, LIKE MOTHER’S DAY.
>> HEY!
>> BUT I’M SURE THEY’LL BE THE
SAME SNOOPY HAVING FIGHTS WITH A
CAT, GOING OFF AND DREAMING HIS
WAY INTO THE STRATOSPHERE.
THOSE WILL ALL BE PARTS OF THE
SHOWS THEY’RE DOING, BECAUSE
THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE LOVED TO SEE.
>> Reporter: THE BELOVED BEAGLE
CREATED BY CARTOONIST CHARLES
SCHULTZ IN 1950 FIRST RAN IN
SEVEN NEWSPAPERS, OVER THE
YEARS, BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR COMIC STRIPS OF ALL
TIME, WITH SCHULTZ DRAWING
ALMOST 18,000 IN OVER 50 YEARS.
>> SPARKY ALWAYS SAID, DON’T
FORGET THE DRAWING.
DON’T FORGET THE ART.
THE SUBTLETY OF SPARKY’S ART
THAT YOU CAN’T FORGET WHEN YOU
TRY TO TRANSLATE IT.
IT’S THE SAME WITH ALL THE
CHARACTERS.
>> CHARLIE BROWN, I CAN’T TELL
WHO HAS A ROUNDER HEAD.
>> Reporter: IN FACT, THERE IS A
LANGUAGE, IF YOU WILL, TO THE
PEANUTS GANG.
HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT IN THIS DAY
AND AGE TO KEEP THAT LANGUAGE
THE SAME AS WE’VE ALL REMEMBERED
IT AND MADE IT SO UNIVERSAL?
>> THE HUMOR CAN BE THE SAME.
THE SUBTLETY, THE TRICKS, THE
JOKES, THE PANTOMIME, EVERYTHING
CAN BE THE SAME BECAUSE IT’S
TIMELESS, BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO
MAKE THEM PANDER TO CELL PHONES
AND ZOOM MEETINGS AND ALL OF
THAT.
YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR
WORLD THAT SPARKY CREATED.
>> THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION,
SNOOPY.
>> Reporter: KNOWN TO FAMILY AND
FRIENDS AT SPARKY, SCHULTZ DIED
IN 2000.
I GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO HIM A
YEAR BEFORE WHEN HE RETIRED.
>> THE CARTOONISTS SAY THAT YOU
ARE REALLY GOOD.
>> OKAY, ABSOLUTELY.
>> I’LL TEACH YOU TO DRAW
CHARLIE BROWN.
>> I’M QUITTING THE WEATHER AND
MOVING OUT HERE.
>> Reporter: HOW MUCH OF CHARLIE
BROWN WAS SPARKY, OR DID
DIFFERENT CHARACTERS REPRESENT
DIFFERENT FACETS OF SPARKY’S
CHARACTER?
>> WELL, HE WOULD TELL YOU YOU
CANNOT DRAW THOSE FOR 50 YEARS
IF YOU’RE NOT A LITTLE BIT OF
ALL OF THEM.
LINUS WAS HIS PHILOSOPHICAL
SIDE.
CHARLIE BROWN, HIS CAN’T EVER
QUITE DO ANYTHING RIGHT, NO
MATTER HOW HARD I TRY.
LUCY, I MEAN, HE ADMITTED THAT
LUCY WAS HIS NASTY, CRABBY SIDE.
>> Reporter: I KNOW SALLY WOULD
CALL LINUS "MY SWEET BOOABOON,"
WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU CALLED
SPARKY.
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT CAME
FROM.
SPARKY HAD A LITTLE BOY QUALITY
TO HIM.
I JUST REMEMBER USING THAT, AND
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT’S IN
THE COMIC STRIP.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE
BROWN!
>> Reporter: FROM RELIGIOUS IN
"CHARLIE BROWN’S CHRISTMAS."
>> HI, FRANKLIN.
>> Reporter: TO ADDING
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHARACTER
FRANKLIN, THE PEANUTS GANG IS
PART OF AMERICAN CULTURE.
THESE CHARACTERS ARE JUST AS
POPULAR TODAY, MORE SO, THAN
WHEN HE FIRST STARTED THE STRIP.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO QUANTIFY WHY
THEY’RE STILL SO MUCH A PART OF
OUR CONSCIOUSNESS?
>> SPARKY USED TO SAY THAT
SOMETHING CAN’T BE CONSIDERED OR
WOULDN’T BE CONSIDERED ART UNTIL
IT HAD STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
THINGS LIKE LUCY PULLING THE
FOOTBALL, LIKE LINUS’ BLANKET,
BECAUSE THEY’RE USED OVER AND
OVER AGAIN --
>> SNOOPY?
>> Reporter: NOW WITH THE NEW
SHOW, THE TIMELESS COMIC STRIP
CONTINUES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE
CHARACTERS’ LEGACY IS?
>> WELL, I THINK THEY REPRESENT
THE BEST THAT ALL OF US HAVE IN
US.
>> HOW GREAT IS THAT?
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO
INTRODUCE THESE CHARACTERS TO A
WHOLE NEW GENERATION.
>> I CAN’T WAIT TO SHOW IT TO
CALVIN TONIGHT.