It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown is the sixth prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz. It was directed by Bill Meléndez and originally aired on CBS on 27 September 1969. This was also the first "Peanuts" special not to feature the majority of the original voice cast from the inaugural "A Charlie Brown Christmas", except for Ann Altieri, Bill Melendez, Peter Robbins, and Sally Dryer. Among the notable additions to the cast for this special was Pamelyn Ferdin, Robbins's co-star on "Blondie".
What a Cartoon! ended on June 1, 2008. In 2007, reruns of "What a Cartoon!" played briefly on Cartoon Network's retro animation sister channel, Boomerang. "What A Cartoon!" is the 1st short cartoon incubator created by Fred Seibert. Starting with WAC! and continuing throughout his cartoon career, his Frederator Studios has persisted in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters, and series with several cartoon shorts "incubators," including (as of 2016): "What A Cartoon!" (Cartoon Network, 1995), Nickelodeon/Nicktoons' own "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" (1998), "Nicktoons Film Festival" (2004), "Random! Cartoons" (2008), "The Meth Minute 39" (Channel Frederator, 2008), "The Cartoonstitute" (Cartoon Network, 2009/unfinished), "Too