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Craig Schulz (interview): “I think one of our goals is really to accomplish what my dad did in the comic strip. You know, he never wrote the comic strip for children. And even though children could enjoy it, it really was multi-dimensional. And when we set out to do this series called ‘Snoopy Presents’ on Apple TV+, our goal was to do the same thing. You know, we wanted shows that kids could enjoy, but there was a deeper message there. And we were going to hope that it would, you know, invoke a conversation between the parent and the child after watching the episode.”
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Craig Schulz (interview): “We did bring an introvert expert and his name was Scott, and he did a lot of consulting on this because, number one, we want to be really true to what an introvert is. And, you know, we didn’t really understand ourselves what we were…. The inspiration for the show came from the movie ‘Hidden Figures,’ you know, about the people behind the scenes in the Apollo program. And we thought, you know, what character better represents, you know, a hidden figure and an introvert would be Marcie, because poor Marcie, she’s always living in the shadows of, you know, Peppermint Patty. Peppermint Patty gets all the glory. And you’ll even notice that Raymond (Persi) , the director of the project, you know, literally put Marcie in the shadows in a lot of scenes. So this is sort of a metaphor for what her life really has been and she didn’t want the spotlight shone on her.”
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Craig Schulz (interview): “Raymond (Persi) has done… I think he’s directed three or four of these episodes. You know, we always, as his stuff was coming through with storyboards and reels, we kept saying, ‘No, you’ve got to slow it down here. This is ‘Peanuts’ content. Let it breathe, let people enjoy it. Stop and hold on a scene for a little bit and let us feel the emotion.’ My son is also co-writer on this show. You know, his whole thing was all about emotion. If it wasn’t emotion… if he couldn’t make them cry or laugh, then we weren’t doing our job.”
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Craig Schulz (interview): “My goal is really to preserve my dad’s legacy. And I pass that on to my son, who also takes it very seriously. So we consider ourselves our, you know, the gate holders of the property. And then, you know, from there, we obviously have discussions on what can be done and what shouldn’t be done. But we also took the stand that we wanted to kind of expand the envelope. We want to go right to the edge of the envelope of what can be done in the ‘Peanuts’ universe. In all these specials, you know, we touched upon the environment, we touched upon the love of teachers. We touched upon, you know, the different take on Mother’s Day. So that was something that my my dad never really explored.”
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This script was provided by The Associated Press.