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How the Creator of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Got the Gospel Past CBS Execs
Newsbusters ^
| Dec 24, 2017
| Scott Whitlock
Posted on 12/26/2017 5:38:09 AM PST by smileyface
Charles Schulz insisted on one core purpose: A ...Charlie Brown Christmas had to be about something. Namely, the true meaning of Christmas. Otherwise, Schulz said, “Why bother doing it?”
To Coca-Cola’s credit, Mendelson says, the corporate sponsor never balked at the idea of including New Testament passages. The result — Linus’s reading from the Book of Luke about the meaning of the season — became “the most magical two minutes in all of TV animation,” the producer says....
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: bible; bookofluke; charlesschulz; christians; christmas; cocacola; hollywood; peanuts; schultz; television
Gee, even back in 1965...
To: smileyface
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12/26/2017 5:40:50 AM PST
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: smileyface
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12/26/2017 5:50:50 AM PST
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Repeal The 17th
(I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Is this Christmas card still in print?
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12/26/2017 6:13:56 AM PST
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golas1964
To: Diana in Wisconsin
“According to a recounting on MentalFloss.com, CBS executives told Schulz: “You can’t read from the Bible on network television.” “
Why exactly?
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Linus nailed it. Thanks smileyface.
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12/26/2017 6:56:27 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: smileyface
Best Christmas special ever.
From the mouths of babes
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12/26/2017 7:25:32 AM PST
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mylife
( The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: SunkenCiv
kinda wish that Calvin and Hobbes had been animated.
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12/26/2017 7:29:23 AM PST
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mylife
( The roar of the masses could be farts)
Of course John Calvin was a bit of a pill and Thomas Hobbes... :)
Merry Christmas to you ALL
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12/26/2017 7:34:19 AM PST
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mylife
( The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: All
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12/26/2017 7:37:24 AM PST
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mylife
( The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: smileyface
This year’s holiday season’s Cocoa Cola commerical (fa la la la ahhhh) shows Kwanzaa colored coke bottles at the end.
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12/26/2017 8:32:09 AM PST
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bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: wattojawa
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12/26/2017 8:39:43 AM PST
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lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: smileyface
Wife and I watched it yesterday. Linus read the same Gospel that was read in our Church yesterday.
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