Play It Again, Charlie Brown is the seventh prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on CBS on March 28, 1971. This was the first Peanuts TV special of the 1970s, airing nearly a year-and-a-half after It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, and was the first special to focus on a character other than Charlie Brown or Snoopy. (The feature film A Boy Named Charlie Brown had been released in between the two specials.) It also marked the first time someone other than Peter Robbins voiced Charlie Brown, which in this case was Chris Inglis as the character, since Robbins' voice deepened after the previous special. Also, all the other remaining original actors from the first special, except for Bill Melendez, were replaced by someone else. This left Bill Melendez as the only original actor remaining, until his death on September 2, 2008. However, recordings of his voice were used in later Peanuts animated media. In the special, Lucy talks Schroeder into playing his piano for a PTA meeting, but there are unforeseen details that he will not tolerate. Voice cast Danny Hjelm as Schroeder Peter Robbins as Schroeder screaming (archived) Pamelyn Ferdin as Lucy van Pelt Stephen Shea as Linus van Pelt Lynda Mendelson as Frieda Hilary Momberger as Sally Brown Chris Inglis as Charlie Brown/Pig-Pen Christopher DeFaria as Peppermint Patty (credited as Kip DeFaria) Bill Melendez as Snoopy Unnamed female voice as PTA meetings spray cans Music score The majority of music cues for Play It Again, Charlie Brown consist of works composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Eight different piano sonatas and one symphony appear in the television special. Remaining cues were divided between Vince Guaraldi, John Scott Trotter and Harry Bluestone and are noted as such. Trotter also conducted and arranged the score, and received an Emmy nomination for his work on the special. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Opus 2: I. Allegro Con Brio (three separate cues) "Stupid Beagle" (John Scott Trotter) Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Opus 2: I. Allegro Con Brio (three separate cues) Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67: I. Allegro Con Brio Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Major, Opus 7: III. Allegro, ; "Trio" in E minor "Play It Again, Charlie Brown" (aka "Charlie's Blues" and "Charlie Brown Blues") (electric version) (Vince Guaraldi) Piano