The BEST episodes of Peanuts season 1
Every episode of Peanuts season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Peanuts season 1!
Charles Schulz's classic comic strip Peanuts started in 1950. Fifteen years later, A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted. When The Little Christmas Special that Could proved to be an unexpected success, the stage was set for successive television specials. To date, over forty have been made. The Charlie Brown specials focus on one round-headed kid, his goofy but intelligent beagle, and their vast array of friends. Each has distinctive qualities: Lucy, the crabby, self-proclaimed psychiatrist; Linus, the blanket-toting theologian; Schroeder, the Beethoven worshiper whose black piano keys are only painted on; Peppermint Patty, the tomboy whose affections toward "Chuck" are only outweighed by her sports abilities; and so on. The wit, the charm, the pleasantness of these specials make them appropriate not just for children, but for the whole family.
#1 - What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1978
Having eaten too much, Snoopy dreams he's an Alaskan sled dog.
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#2 - Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 3/29/2011
Linus is pushed to his limits when he learns his Grandma is coming to visit and plans on ridding him of his childish security blanket. As Grandma's arrival looms closer the Peanuts gang tries to help Linus cope without his fuzzy crutch. Lucy is particular eager to help cure Linus' dependency using her own psychiatric techniques, and while Charlie Brown tries to help he doesn't have the heart to see Linus suffer. All the while Snoopy is constantly agitating the matter because he wants the blanket for himself.
#3 - It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 8/5/1997
Linus meets a singer and gardener named Mimi, and invites her to his birthday party. However, there is some speculation about if she'll actually show up.
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#4 - What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/30/1983
As they begin their journey home from their student exchange term in France, the Peanuts gang find themselves sidetracked and with car problems. They then pass by the memorials of some battlesites in both World Wars. Linus talks about their importance and the sacrifices required of the troops who fought them.
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#5 - It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/27/1992
A collection of stories related to Christmas, where we can see Charlie Brown trying to raise money for his girlfriend or Sally and Peppermint Patty worried about their lines on the Christmas play, among other stories.
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#6 - It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/1/1974
While Sally worries about a science project, Snoopy investigates the disappearance of Woodstock's nest.
#7 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1966
Join the Peanuts gang as they celebrate Halloween. Linus patiently waits in the pumpkin patch for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin, while Charlie is invited to a Halloween party and gets rocks in his trick-or-treat bag.
#8 - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/1965
Good Grief! In the first Peanuts special, the gang celebrates Christmas. Charlie Brown, thinking Christmas is too commercialized, directs the school Christmas play. He learns it from Linus, who tells us all the true meaning of Christmas!
#9 - It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 1/9/1996
The special follows the spring training of Charlie Brown's baseball team, which is having problems. A child named Leland joins the team. Lucy points out that they are the only team without uniforms, so Charlie Brown and his team train hard for the first game of the season. Thanks to Leland, Charlie Brown's team wins, 27 to 26, therefore getting their uniforms (A recycled plotline is that Leland is so short the other team's pitcher either constantly walks him or beans him in his batting helmet). However, the team loses their next game because Leland has to quit because their new uniforms are too big for him, with Charlie Brown saying at the end, "It's not how you look, it's how you play the game."
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#10 - It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/27/1988
A one-hour special which combines live-action with animation. Snoopy's cousin Spike falls for Jenny, a pretty blonde girl in an old red truck. They visit Los Angeles and have lots of fun, but Jenny's boyfriend and Spike being mistaken with a coyote may put their relationship in jeopardy.
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#11 - Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/20/1985
Snoopy runs into a female poodle while guarding Peppermint Patty's house and decides to marry her. The Peanuts gang gets into preparing their wedding with the usual complications and the extra help of Snoopy's cousin, Spike.
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#13 - You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/28/1975
Peppermint Patty gets "Chuck" to participate in a motocross race which has many challenges, including a mysterious Masked Marvel.
#14 - You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1972
Linus runs for election as school body president, and is on his way to victory until he makes a speech about the Great Pumpkin.
#15 - It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/1974
Easter is approaching, and the gang is getting ready. Sally wants new shoes, Peppermint Patty attempts to show Marcie how to color eggs, and Snoopy helps Woodstock with a new house. Linus, however, claims that all the work is unnecessary because the Easter Beagle will come.
#16 - Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 8/29/2003
Charlie Brown trades Lucy to Peppermint Patty's baseball team in hopes of getting a better player and winning a few baseball games.
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#17 - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1973
The "Peanuts" gather around Charlie's ping-pong table for an unusual feast, even though he's going over to his grandmother's for dinner. But with Snoopy and Linus's help, he decides to cook his own version of a Thanksgiving meal!
#18 - She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/1980
Peppermint Patty prepares for a skating competition with Snoopy as her coach.
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#19 - There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/1973
The gang's school plans a field trip to an art museum, and Charlie Brown must get an "A" on his field trip report to pass his class. Unfortunately, he, Peppermint Patty and Marcie mistake a supermarket for the art museum!
#20 - Snoopy: The Musical
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 1/29/1988
The 50 minute special adaptation of the second musical (this one from the 70's) based on the Peanuts gang, this time centered on Snoopy.
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#21 - It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/16/1976
While researching a report on Arbor Day, Sally enlists the gang to turn Charlie Brown's ball field into a garden and orchard, complete with a tree on the pitcher's mound and scarecrow in the outfield. During the first game of the season against Peppermint Patty's team, the plants turn out to be an unexpected advantage.
#22 - I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 12/9/2003
An hour-long special. It centers on ReRun, Linus and Lucy's younger brother. It's Christmas vacation and, as usual, ReRun's big sister is stressing him out, so he decides to turn to his best friend, Snoopy, for amusement and holiday cheer. However, Snoopy has plans of his own, giving ReRun reason to ask Snoopy to invite his brother Spike for a visit. When Spike shows up, it looks like ReRun will have a dog for Christmas after all... but then the real trouble begins.
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#23 - It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/16/1983
The second one-hour special, with stories adapted directly from newspaper comic strips. We can see Charlie Brown having strange visions, running from the EPA and being elected president of summer camp, Peppermint Patty and Marcie becoming golf caddies, Lucy determined to get rid from Linus' blanket and more.
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#24 - Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/30/1981
After Charlie Brown falls in love with a girl briefly shown in a broadcasted football game, he and Linus go across town door-to-door, searching for her.
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#25 - Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 1/1/1986
Charlie Brown has to read "War and Peace" over Christmas break, but is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party.
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