PEANUTS Launches "Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" With Laughter-Filled Early Screening At The Charles M. Schulz Museum

Bravo TV Host and Executive”and Snoopy Fan Extraordinaire”Andy Cohen Leads a Lively Panel Discussion About the Making of The First Original PEANUTS Special in Five Years

Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) April 1, 2011

Ushering in a new era of PEANUTS-inspired happiness, Bravo's Andy Cohen, along with Charles Schulz's wife and son, Jeannie Schulz and Craig Schulz, welcomed the first original PEANUTS animated special in five years, "Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown," with an early screening and fundraiser at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, on Thursday, March 31. Visitors were delighted by a special visit from Snoopy, who mingled with guests and brought his unique flair to the evening.

Andy Cohen, a lifelong Snoopy fan, an Executive Vice President at Bravo and the host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens: Live," led the festivities with an "animated" panel discussion with Jeannie Schulz and some of the makers of the film, including writer and Executive Producer Craig Schulz, Director Andy Beall (an accomplished animator whose credits include "Up" and "Ratatouille"), Executive Producer Paige Braddock (Creative Director at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates), and the voice of Lucy, Grace Rolek. Craig Schulz, along with the other panel members, shared unique insights on the making of the film and how it was inspired by the original work of Charles Schulz from the 1960s.

"As Snoopy's number-one fan, it was a great privilege”and huge fun”for me to help launch a new PEANUTS special," said Cohen. "Seeing all my PEANUTS friends gathered on screen again made me feel like I was a kid watching 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' for the first time."

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