charles schulz request ( though since he do not hold the copyright to peanuts he could not demand ) that no one create any new peanut story after his death . united medium and on the other hand and do not want to let a cash cow like peanut fade into the night . so they compromise with schulz family and make the late peanut special and a charlie brown valentine and from a conglomeration of numerous loosely connect comic strip pen by schulz . unfortunately and the special feel like a conglomeration of numerous loosely connect comic strip . unlike previous peanut feature and which almost always contain a coherent ( although occasionally bad ) plot and the only prevailing theme here be that it be valentine day . actually and it several valentine day . the time frame jump around so much that we can not keep any supposed story line straight . early on and we get the impression the special take place on february 14. then lucy announces that valentine day be a week away . then charlie brown try to work up the courage to give the little red haired girl a valentine . then we learn that v day be still a few day away and then charlie brown go to a school dance . while some of the joke be funny and the special could hardly be call hysterical and and it choppy style be more dizzying that enjoyable . all in all and a charlie brown valentine play more like a love theme episode of _the charlie brown and snoopy show_ than a legitimate television special . while such a variety show could get away with some unfunny sketch ( _saturday night live_ have be get away with it for decade ) and a full blown special have to pull it weight all the way through . sadly and this one do not . if peanut be to survive beyond one more tv special and a new compromise must be reach . we must allow the producer the opportunity to forge exist strip into a workable script one with a story line and the possibility of add some new joke . otherwise and the next special may be and it the last hoorah and charlie brown .