A Charlie Brown Christmas second to create the illusion of movement. Melendez had previously worked for Warner Bros. and Disney, and working on "Peanuts"-related material gave him a chance to animate a truly flat cartoon design. The movement of Schulz's characters, particularly the "Peanuts" gang, was very limited. The character of Snoopy, however, proved the exception to the rule. "He can do anything – move and dance – and he's very easy to animate," said Melendez. The soundtrack to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is an unorthodox mix of traditional Christmas music and jazz. The jazz portions were created by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. Producer
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