"She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown" is an animated short film from over 35 years ago and as always with the Peanuts, it runs for over 20 and under 30 minutes. Also as many other times, this one here was nominated for an Emmy. The win, however, went to a fairly unknown film called "Carlton Your Doorman" by Lorenzo Music, the voice of Garfield. Back to this one here, Roman directed and Schulz wrote it like so many other times. I have to say that i not only do not like peppermint, but also that this film confirms my theory that Peppermint Patty is among the least memorable Peantuts regulars and not interesting enough for her own film. Usually, they have one character of the gang in the spotlight with the others being supporting players and usually they used references from other films to create a movie around this character like with Linus and his blanket for example, but it seems like they did not really have a clue what to do with Patty, so they turned her into an ice-skater. The story is uninteresting, yep predictable. Not a good watch. Sorry Pats, you will never be my favorite. Not recommended.
She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown
(1980 TV Short)
Patty's moment in the limelight
11 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers