Bill Melendez Movies

A documentary short detailing the making of the classic cartoon "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," and the particular pressure the creative...

Now, years later, fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Christmas favorite. Hosted by comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, this program...

When Woodstock's fancy new nest disappears one afternoon, he turns to Snoopy for help. Adopting the guise of Sherlock Holmes (complete with cloak,...

Daffy Duck drives to Mexico for a vacation, and after a harrowing experience with the local cuisine that literally sets his mouth afire, Daffy goes...

To celebrate Arbor Day, the gang decide to do a great gardening project for Charlie Brown. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown learns that they did it in...

The patriarch of a family of farming hill billies is fattening a turkey to slaughter for Thanksgiving Day dinner, and he is fattening the fowl by...

Animated propaganda advocating for the importance of unregulated capitalism to the American way of life.

Documentary on the making of the Peanuts Thanksgiving special.

A motorcross, a race of motorbikes through a series of obstacles, provides the occasion for Charlie Brown's latest attempt to win at something. He...

This short from the UPA studio was nominated for the 1952 Oscars. Based on the Madeline series of children's books.

Dance teacher Miss Placement is dismayed to learn that the head of the School of Ballet where she teaches has entered her beginners class in a...

A documentary on the Looney Tunes. Including interviews from people who worked on it, and their family.

Lucy van Pelt instructs Charlie Brown and Snoopy in the finer points of proper flossing technique for healthy teeth and gums.

The Dragon Slayer is an animated cartoon in Technicolor., and is the first film of Peanuts director Bill Melendez. It was commissione by Du Pont to...

A documentary about Frank Tashlin's cartoons.

Another baseball season is ruined for Charlie Brown and his gang - but this time by pollution!

Charlie Brown leaves his appointment with his dentist armed with an instructional pamphlet on proper tooth brushing technique. He endeavors to...

A sweet and wholly psychedelic children's animation by Bill Melendez, of "Peanuts" fame. Soundtrack by legendary Ghanaian Afro Rock band Osibisa.

A short sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.