9 Quotes by Lee Mendelson

Growing up in Minnesota, Schulz jumped ahead a couple of grades. When you're the youngest and the skinniest in your class, you're picked on. Like Charlie Brown, he learned to get beyond that.

We thought we had destroyed Peanuts . It just didn't work. And the network didn't like it. It was too slow; we had used kids' voices and that jazz music.

There are so many segments that are appropriate today.

We thought that we had ruined Charlie Brown.

We felt the show was too slow and wouldn't resonate with any segment of the audience. Even our choice of music was questionable at the time.

I've always said that the reason 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' is a classic is because it reflects the Midwest values that Charles Schulz grew up with.

So now it's a standard. Who knew? I tell people that I'm old and I'm lucky.

It was a hit because of the morals and humor of a great Midwestern guy.

Charlie Brown's message, decrying the commercialization of Christmas, is even more relevant today than it was in 1965.