final to be animated by them. Franklin and Marcie, whose last names were never officially revealed during the course of the Peanuts comic strip, were given surnames for the first time in this special. Franklin's last name—Armstrong—was an homage to cartoonist Robb Armstrong, whose comic strip Jump Start was among the first broad-appeal comic strips to focus on a black family; Schulz called Armstrong to ask permission to use his name for the special, and Armstrong (who considered Schulz one of his biggest influences) consented without hesitation. Music score As with the preceding It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown, jazz pianist David Benoit performed and arranged the music score consisting of variations of songs originally performed by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. Guaraldi composed music scores for the first 16 Peanuts television specials and one feature film (A Boy Named Charlie Brown) before his untimely death in February 1976. All songs written by Vince Guaraldi, except where noted. "Charlie Brown Theme" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) "Pebble Beach" "Peppermint Patty" "Air Music" "Charlie Brown Theme" (reprise) (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) "Air Music" (reprise) "Charlie Brown and His All-Stars" "Air Music" (second reprise) "Charlie Brown Theme" (second reprise) (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) "Linus and Lucy" "Charlie Brown Theme" (end credits) (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) Releases Television You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown first aired on January 18, 1994, and was the only animated Peanuts special to air on NBC, which had the rights to air the Super Bowl in 1994. (All previous Peanuts specials had aired on CBS, starting with the 1965 premiere of A Charlie Brown Christmas.) The special received an 8.0 rating and was watched by about 7.5 million households. You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown was the last Peanuts special to air on television before Charles Schulz's death in 2000. (Two more specials were produced, but they were released direct-to-video.) The next new special that aired on television was A Charlie Brown Valentine, which premiered on ABC in 2002. It was also the last Peanuts special produced using traditional cel animation. Home media You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown is also the only Peanuts special that Paramount Home Entertainment or Warner Home Video, the last two holders of the Peanuts home media rights, does not have the video distribution rights to. Its lone video release, like It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (1992) before it, was available in VHS