One nice thing, though. The special shows I looked forward to each year as a kid: the Charlie Brown specials, Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Pan with Mary Martin, The Wizard of Oz, White Christmas; I have all of them now on disc ready to play any time I want. When I was a kid, I...
I'm glad the owners are now allowing PBS a single airing of each one for those homes who don't have home video libraries, but I haven't watched a Peanuts special on network TV during this century, I don't believe, and I watch the holiday themed ones every year at times I deem appropriate for the...
I wasn't ready for Thanksgiving yet so tonight I watched Charlie Brown's All Stars. I've always loved this second-ever Peanuts special, and after not having watched it for several years, it made me laugh all over again, and the ending is as feel good as Christmas.
I long ago got used to viewing traditions from my childhood ebbing away: The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Cinderella. These were all things I eagerly awaited each year. Oz stayed around the longest, but it eventually gave up the ghost, too as it migrated to basic cable. Of course, by then I had them...
I haven't watched the network broadcasts in a long time. I relied on my disc collection: first on DVD, then Blu-ray, and now on 4K where I can choose to watch them widescreen or 4:3. True. Most of them were never ported over to high def. (I still have a bunch on videotape), but I can watch what...