Peanuts specials. This came after Coca-Cola asked Mendelson if he had a Christmas special. He said "yes." The next day he called Schulz up and said they were making "A Charlie Brown Christmas". The animated version of "Peanuts" differs in some aspects from the strip. In the strip, adult voices are heard, though conversations are usually only depicted from the children's end. To translate this aspect to the animated medium, the sound of a trombone with a solotone mute (created by Vince Guaraldi played by Dean Hubbard) was used to simulate adult "voices." A more significant deviation from the strip was
The Lorax (TV special) 1994 as part of a CBS Video four-tape package called "Dr. Seuss Sing-Along Classics". To tie-in with the 40th anniversary of the special and the release of film "The Lorax", Warner Home Video released the special on a deluxe edition DVD and Blu-ray on February 14, 2012. "The Lorax" received the Critics Award from the International Animated Cartoon Festival (Zagreb, 1972) and the Silver Media from the International Film and Television Festival (New York, 1972). The Lorax (TV special) The Lorax is a musical animated short produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises which first aired as a television special on CBS on