Posted by
grad_1986 on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 3:49:40 PM
Did you get a chance to watch “The Charlie Brown Christmas” special last night on ABC? My wife and I recorded it as we had to go out to do some shopping. Upon return I turned on the TV to watch it. As I was watching it I was scratching my head wondering why by the 6 minute mark in the show we are already at the scene of kids practicing the play at the school. I restarted to the show again and saw the some scenes had been removed from the show altogether. ABC had butchered the show and took out the following scenes:
1) The snowball throwing scene where Linus uses his blanket to hurl the snow ball and knock the can off the wall. It’s also the scene
where Lucy ridicules him for carrying a blanket with him.
2) Scene were Charlie Brown helps Sally write a letter to Santa.
3) Scene of Lucy telling Linus to lose “the stupid blanket” during the play and threatens him with “five good reasons” in the form of
a fist.
4) Scene of Schroeder playing “Jingle Bells” on the piano.
Here are what I believe to be ABC's reasons for removing these scenes from the show.
Lucy ridiculing Linus' blanket scene
This scene obviously does not fit with our culture of "tolerance". Lucy should not ridicule Linus for his difference and his need for security blanket. She should praise him instead for his "resourefullness" and should show solidarity with Linus by getting her own blanket.
Charlie Brown helps his sister write a letter to Santa.
Obviously this is a slam against the 99% who in the Occupy Movement only want their "fair share" and "what they have coming to them". This antiquated mindset must be stamped out at all costs. Charlie Brown should not be upset at her sisters letter writing campaign to obtain more for herself. She should be praised for her effort. Obviously she has paid close attention to her marxist teachers at school and is being proactive. Charlie Brown should join her in this effort and encourage he to demand even more. Why stop with 10's and 20's? Why not 50's and 100's ? After all Santa is the epitomy of a "fat cat" capitalist. Also note, they did chose to keep in the scene of Lucy saying that Christmas is run by an "east-coast syndicate" (she will make a really good 99-er or Huffington Post editorial writer when she grows up).
Lucy threatening Linus with "five good reasons" to not carry his blanket.
This scene is not in keeping with our cultures "anti-bullying campaign" today. Lucy should be sent to the counselors' office and ordered to go through extensive psychological evaluation as to why she feels she needs to control her little brother. She obviously has anger issues which have not been dealt with yet. (Although, her desire to inflict physical harm could prove useful if she later decides to work as a SEIU union thug)
Schroeder playing "Jingle Bells" on his piano
Of course ABC has nothing against playing Jingle Bells, but they must draw the line on Lucy's attempt to charm Schroeder. This cannot be allowed in elementary school children and is clearly an overtly sexual ploy on her part. Girl's like Lucy should not grow up with romantic ideas. Instead she should be learn to hate men and their sexist attitudes towards them.
Charles Schultz must be rolling in his grave after seeing what they have done to his beloved characters. Our children are being short-changed and executives at TV stations like ABC are hoping that eventually everyone will forget these "deleted scenes" altogether. In fact maybe in a few short years, they can remove the most "despicable" (sarcasm here) scene of all where Linus recites lines from the most hated book on the planet, the Bible. and all we will be left with is the opennig scene of kids on skating on a pond (although that does trouble the nanny-staters who see that as HIGHLY dangerous) and the scene of Charlie Brown getting psychological help from Lucy.
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