Jazz guitarist Ron Escheté played a version of "Christmas Time Is Here" - a composition by Vince Guaraldi for the animation of which famous cartoon strip?
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Ron Escheté Ronald Patrick Escheté (August 19, 1948) is an American seven-string jazz guitarist. He is the first person to record a cover version of "Christmas Time Is Here", which Vince Guaraldi wrote for the Charlie Brown television program.
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Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976), born Vincent Anthony Dellaglio, was an American jazz pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated television adaptations of the "Peanuts" comic strip, as well as his performances on piano as a member of Cal Tjader's late 50s ensemble and his own solo career which included the radio hit "Cast Your Fate to the Wind".
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The Christmas Song "The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé.
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Dave Breger Irving David Breger (April 15, 1908 – January 16, 1970) was an American cartoonist who created the syndicated "Mister Breger" (1945–1970), a gag panel series and Sunday comic strip known earlier as "Private Breger" and "G.I. Joe". The series led to widespread usage of the term "G.I. Joe" during World War II and later. Dave Breger was his signature and the byline on his books. During World War II, his cartoons were signed Sgt. Dave Breger.
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Ed Arno Ed Arno (July 17, 1916 – May 27, 2008) was a cartoonist, contributing to "The New Yorker" from 1969 to 2001. His work appeared in "The New York Times", "Saturday Review", "Cosmopolitan" and "Harvard Business Review". His books The Magic Fish and The Gingerbread Man were set to music by Arthur Rubinstein. In 1998, he published a collection of his work, Ed Arno’s Most Wanted.
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Steve Canyon Steve Canyon was a long-running American adventure comic strip by writer-artist Milton Caniff. Launched shortly after Caniff retired from his previous strip, "Terry and the Pirates", "Steve Canyon" ran from January 13, 1947, until June 4, 1988, shortly after Caniff's death. Caniff won the Reuben Award for the strip in 1971.
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Charlie Brown's All Stars! Charlie Brown's All Stars! is the second prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It was the second such TV special (following "A Charlie Brown Christmas") to be produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez (who also directed), and originally aired on CBS on June 8, 1966. It ceased to be aired annually by 1971, and was last shown on CBS on April 3, 1982 (although Disney Channel and Nickelodeon aired reruns of the special in the 1990s). ABC returned the special to television on April 7, 2009, as a companion to "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown".
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Globi Globi is a Swiss cartoon character often referred to as Switzerland's Mickey Mouse. He is pictured as an anthropomorphic blue parrot with a yellow beak wearing a black beret and a pair of red and black checkered trousers. He was created by the Swiss cartoonist Robert Lips, as an advertising character for the Swiss department store Globus in 1932 for the company's 25th anniversary. He was originally planned to be called “Kimbukku”, but later renamed Globi after the local Basel German "(Baseldytsch)" dialect word for the department store that created him.
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Winter Carols Winter Carols is the sixth studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released in the United Kingdom on October, 2006, and in the United States on November 7, 2006. It is a Christmas themed album. The cover artwork for this album, painted by Karsten Topelmann, is an adaptation of a street in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, in line with the band's heavy Renaissance influence. The same street is portrayed in the cover of Blackmore's Night's second studio album, "Under a Violet Moon". In the cover of "Winter Carols" the street is painted as winter time, whereas "Under a Violet Moon"'s cover takes place on apparently a summer night. While the selections "Winter (Basse Dance)" is credited to Ritchie Blackmore as composer, it is an adaptation of the second section of Joaquin Rodrigo's "Fantasía para un gentilhombre," which Rodrigo composed for classical guitar virtuoso Andres Segovia in 1954.
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Merrily We Roll Along (song) "Merrily We Roll Along" is a song written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor in 1935, and used in the "Merrie Melodies" cartoon "Billboard Frolics" that same year. It is best known as the theme of Warner Bros.' "Merrie Melodies" cartoon series.
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Joe Raposo Joseph Guilherme Raposo, (February 8, 1937 – February 5, 1989) was a Portuguese-American composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist, best known for his work on the children's television series "Sesame Street", for which he wrote the theme song, as well as classic songs such as "Bein' Green" and "C is for Cookie". He also wrote music for television shows such as "The Electric Company", "Shining Time Station" and the sitcoms "Three's Company" and "The Ropers", including their theme songs. In addition to these works, Raposo also composed extensively for the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises such as "Halloween Is Grinch Night", "Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?" and "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat".
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Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a Canadian–American animated Christmas special, directed by Phil Roman. The special first aired October 31, 2000 on The WB. It has subsequently aired on The CW (the successor to The WB) and Cartoon Network during the Christmas season. Since Warner Home Video distributed this special, Time Warner owns the copyrights. The title and plot are based on the novelty song of the same name.
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You're in Love, Charlie Brown You're in Love, Charlie Brown is the fourth prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on CBS on June 12, 1967. This was the second non-holiday-oriented "Peanuts" special, following "Charlie Brown's All-Stars".
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Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen is an American stop-motion animated Christmas television special directed by David H. Brooks, that originally aired in 2006 and produced by BixPix Entertainment, Once Upon a Frog and Madison Street Entertainment. The show's plot has Rusty Reindeer (Fred Savage) the brother of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer joining a support group for depressed holiday icons, and he and the other characters search for the meaning of Christmas and help a young boy (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) to get on Santa's nice list. Rusty's cohorts include Candie, the Easter Bunny (Gladys Knight); Mr. C, the grouchy cherub (Paul Rodriguez); Albert, the Thanksgiving Turkey (Harland Williams); And Trick and Treat (Brenda Song and Emily Osment) the teenage Halloween Ghosts.
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Twisted Christmas Twisted Christmas is a humorous Christmas album recorded by Bob Rivers and his Comedy Corp. It is the first in a line of Christmas-themed parody albums from Rivers, with later entries including "I Am Santa Claus", "More Twisted Christmas", "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire", and "White Trash Christmas".
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Cybersix (TV series) Cybersix (Japanese: サイバーシックス ) is a Canadian/Japanese science fiction television series, based on the comic strip of the same name by Carlos Meglia. The series was produced by the Vancouver-based Network of Animation (NOA) and animated in Japan by TMS Entertainment. Many of the comic's darker themes had to be toned down for this show in order to make it appropriate for younger viewers. The original music score for the show was composed by Robbi Finkel. Its opening and ending songs were composed by Robbi Finkel with lyrics by Robert Olivier and sung by jazz vocalist Coral Egan. The series originally aired on Teletoon in Canada, Fox Kids in the United States, Kids Station in Japan and Telefe in Argentina.
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Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (album) Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown is a 1989 album commemorating the 40th anniversary of the comic strip "Peanuts" and released by GRP Records. The album contains versions of music and songs from the TV specials, as well as some original compositions, performed by various jazz artists, such as David Benoit, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour and Kenny G.
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Garfield Gets a Life Garfield Gets a Life is a half-hour animated television special based on the "Garfield" comic strip written by Jim Davis. It features Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield. The special was first broadcast May 8, 1991 on CBS and has been released on both VHS and DVD home video. It was the final Garfield television special, in spite of the success of "Garfield and Friends" animated series as CBS cancelled new animated specials in 1990. Odie only appears twice in this special.
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It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown is the 15th prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on March 16, 1976. It was released as a bonus feature with the DVD release of "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" on March 4, 2003, by Paramount. It was re-released on DVD under the "remastered" form on February 15, 2008, by Warner Home Video. It also appeared in remastered form in the DVD boxset "Peanuts 1970's Collection Vol. 2". It is the first special to feature the new character Rerun Van Pelt, Linus and Lucy's little brother, who had first appeared in the "Peanuts" comic strip in March 1973 .
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Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus is an album by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, released in 1962 on Fantasy Records.
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Don Figlozzi Don Figlozzi (January 17, 1909 – June 21, 1981) was an American animator and cartoonist. A veteran of Fleischer Studios and member of the National Cartoonists Society, he spent the first half of his career in animation and the second half at the New York "Daily News", where his cartoons, signed "Fig," became a fixture. Historian Harvey Deneroff of the Savannah College of Art and Design suggests that Figlozzi may have created the first animations to be used on television.
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Faith Burrows Faith Swank Burrows (November 17, 1904 – April 11, 1997) was a nationally syndicated cartoonist during the Jazz Age.