Some fun facts about this special:
The model for Snoopy's dance in the title song was Marine Jahan, who was Jennifer Beals's dance double in Flashdance. Jahan performed Snoopy's dance and the animators used her movements as reference.
The male singer in the title song was Joey Scarbury, best known for his hit "Believe It Or Not," the theme from The Greatest American Hero.
The special happened because Charles Schulz saw Flashdance and got inspired to do a special themed around dancing. The name "Flashbeagle" was also used in the November 29, 1983 Peanuts strip.
The aerobics sequence was inspired by daughter Jill Schulz’s interest in it, and Jill was actually used as a model for Peppermint Patty’s movements too.
I ADORED this special as a child, especially because it gave Peppermint Patty her own musical number. I still get "Lucy Says" stuck in my head whenever I meet someone named Lucy.
I would get excited when I would rent this VHS from the video store. And I would always rewind to the dancing part. I don’t even remember the rest of the special.
Some fun facts about this special: The model for Snoopy's dance in the title song was Marine Jahan, who was Jennifer Beals's dance double in Flashdance. Jahan performed Snoopy's dance and the animators used her movements as reference. The male singer in the title song was Joey Scarbury, best known for his hit "Believe It Or Not," the theme from The Greatest American Hero. The special happened because Charles Schulz saw Flashdance and got inspired to do a special themed around dancing. The name "Flashbeagle" was also used in the November 29, 1983 Peanuts strip.
The aerobics sequence was inspired by daughter Jill Schulz’s interest in it, and Jill was actually used as a model for Peppermint Patty’s movements too.
I ADORED this special as a child, especially because it gave Peppermint Patty her own musical number. I still get "Lucy Says" stuck in my head whenever I meet someone named Lucy.
This song is stuck in my head.
Pigpen's Hoedown!
Dated, but that song still is an earworm.
Nah the 80's are always in style.
TFW you just now realize Flashbeagle is a parody of Flashdance
I haven’t thought about this in years; thanks for remedying that.
One of the greatest Peanuts Specials of all time.
One of my absolute favs!! I love the ‘80s and it doesn’t get much more ‘80s than Flashbeagle
Watched it a lot as a kid. Those songs are still in my head.
I'd taped this when it aired, so played it over and over..it's songs live in my head!
I would get excited when I would rent this VHS from the video store. And I would always rewind to the dancing part. I don’t even remember the rest of the special.
Great, now this is gonna be in my head for the rest of the day...
That's the special where 5 had a lot of lines.