When you think of sports, certain names come to mind. When you think of baseball it’s Babe Ruth. For football, it’s Joe Namath. With basketball, let’s say Dr. J. In skateboarding it’s Tony Hawk. But when you think of motocross you don’t think of Charlie Brown. With the restored deluxe edition of You’re A Good Sport, Charlie Brown the sport of motocross is introduced to the viewers of the Charlie Brown specials mundanely as Peppermint Patty brings it to the gang. Throughout we see how Charlie’s usual run of luck plays out. But the final outcome of the special remains an old adage that I will leave for you to figure out.
In You’re A Good Sport, Charlie Brown Peppermint Patty introduces motocross to the Peanuts gang, and everyone wants a part of it, be it competing, or pit crew. Even Charlie Brown wants to join in as a racer. This leads into the case that Charlie Brown is not the luckiest kid ever, and he isn’t the fastest in most circumstances ever. When Charlie competes against the gang, we get to see just how good he does. You’ll just have to watch the special and see how it turns out.
This disc once again has a second special, You’re The Greatest, Charlie Brown. In this one Charlie Brown enters into the Junior Olympics in the Decathlon. We get to see his training leading up to the competition, and in the end watch him compete for the gold, and the respect of the school. There is also a featurette about how Craig Schulz, son of Charles, actually inspired the special through the family’s love of sports. Especially Craig Schulz’ love of motocross.
Yet again the picture on this remastered DVD is better than the original presentation. The only thing that was wrong with is it is that the picture goes blank for a second. The sound is of superb, clear quality.
I love the Charlie Brown specials, as I grew up watching them. They are a part of the collective childhoods of the past few generations. This special is not one of the absolute best; now when I say that I am in no way saying that this is bad, or not as good as most. This one is about in the middle. One of the voices is actually a little old sounding for the character, and the picture goes for a second. This is no way a reason to skip this one, especially if you are collecting the specials. This is yet another remastered Charlie Brown DVD to pick up. I’d recommend this one to parents, kids, the young at heart, basically everyone.
ComicsOnline gives You’re A Good Sport, Charlie Brown 4 free haircuts out of 5.
