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'Peanuts' pen pals find comfort in correspondence
Read full article: 'Peanuts' pen pals find comfort in correspondenceIn this Dec. 20, 2020, still image taken from video, Wesley Morgan, a 32-year-old in Denver, shows a letter from one of his Peanuts pen pals. After being furloughed from his job at the Denver International Airport, Morgan began writing to over 500 older adults living in isolation due to the pandemic. It’s from Wesley Morgan, a 32-year-old fan of the comic strip “Peanuts” who’s been sending Snoopy-themed cards and letters across the country to ease the solitude of older adults in isolation due to the coronavirus. Many of them have become regular correspondents — his “Peanuts” pen pals, as he calls them. She and Morgan began writing each other so frequently that they recently switched to email to speed the correspondence.
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‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ no longer on TV for first time in half a century
Read full article: ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ no longer on TV for first time in half a centuryThe Peanuts animated classics, including “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” will no longer air on broadcast television. It was first broadcast on television back in 1966, but for the first time in more than 50 years, it has been pulled. Apple TV+ announced that it has secured the exclusive right for all things “Peanuts.”As part of the new partnership, the classic Charlie Brown holiday specials won’t air on ABC or any other network this year. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Thanksgiving and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” will stream for free for a couple days on the streaming platform. The Halloween special will from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1.
