Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas". A Christmas pageant features the same biblical quote spoken by Linus in that special; additionally, the music featured in the pageant is very similar to the "Peanuts" special's musical score by Vince Guaraldi, and the South Park kids go outside to catch falling snowflakes on their tongues in the same way as in the special. A doctor prescribes Prozac, a real life antidepressant, to Kyle for his apparent love for feces, which he describes as "fecalphilia", a condition perhaps better known by the medical term coprophilia. Composer Philip Glass composes the avant-garde musical score for
What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! is the 17th primetime animated TV special based upon the comic strip "Peanuts", created by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on Thursday, February 23, 1978, at 8:00 P.M. ET/PT on CBS. The special is unusual in that Snoopy and Charlie Brown are the only members of the "Peanuts" cast to appear in it. The plot is similar to that of Jack London's "Call of the Wild". This was the first special Bill Melendez directed since 1973's "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving". In June 2010, the special was released on