"Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown is a ""Peanuts"" television special that was released in 2011. The special is the 45th ""Peanuts"" special and the first produced without Bill Melendez on the production team. It is also the first special without the direct involvement of ""Peanuts"" creator Charles M. Schulz, Lee Mendelson Productions or Bill Melendez Productions (it is unknown, though, if Lee Mendelson also worked on this special). In addition, it is the first ""Peanuts"" special produced in part under Warner Bros. Television, which holds the home media distribution rights to"
"and began (in the comics) coaching a baseball team that played against Charlie Brown and since has had other adventures with him. Uniquely, she refers to Charlie Brown and Lucy as ""Chuck"" and ""Lucille"", respectively. In most of her appearances, she has a crush on Charlie Brown, based on her reactions. Charles M. Schulz modeled Peppermint Patty after a favorite cousin, Patricia Swanson, who served as a regular inspiration for ""Peanuts"". Schulz had also named his earlier character Patty after Swanson, and he coined his well-known phrase ""Happiness is a Warm Puppy"" during a conversation with her in 1959. Swanson's"
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun ""Happiness Is a Warm Gun"" is a song by the Beatles, featured on the double album ""The Beatles"" (also known as The White Album), which was released on 22 November 1968. Although credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was written by John Lennon. According to Lennon, the title came from a magazine cover that producer George Martin showed him: ""I think he showed me a cover of a magazine that said 'Happiness Is a Warm Gun.' It was a gun magazine. I just thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say. A warm gun means you"
"The title recalls the 1960s ""Peanuts"" phrase ""Happiness Is a Warm Puppy,"" which became a cultural reference. This special is, so far, the only ""Peanuts"" special to be made in the 2010s, and the only special to be in high definition. The film was announced by one of the hosts at the 2010 84th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when a Snoopy balloon (in his flying ace outfit) passed by, saying ""Snoopy fans will be happy to know that next year, a new ""Peanuts"" animation will be flying your way."" The last ""Peanuts"" special had been in 2006. Craig Schulz,"
"Warm Kitty ""Warm Kitty"" is a children's song, popularized by the characters Sheldon and Penny in the American sitcom ""The Big Bang Theory"" where it is rendered as ""Soft Kitty"". According to claims in a copyright lawsuit, the words to ""Warm Kitty"" were written by Edith Newlin. The original version is a very popular Polish traditional lullaby """", a folk tune from the 18th century. In ""The Big Bang Theory"", the song is described by Sheldon as a song sung by his mother when he is ill. The lyrics on ""The Big Bang Theory"" are: ""soft kitty, warm kitty, little"
"Happy Hammond Harry Montague Hammond (7 May 1916 – 1 April 1998), professionally known as Happy Hammond, was an Australian comedian, radio host and children's television show host, and television producer. Happy Hammond was born in Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia. Happy was the youngest of 3 children. His parents were both deaf and mute. He was famous for his bright personality and wearing a tartan suit and hat, sometimes referred to as his ""test pattern"" outfit, that clashed awfully in real life but worked well on black-and-white TV. His catchphrase was ""Is everybody happy?"" along with the theme song for"
"and I was very sexually oriented then."" American and British censors were unhappy with the song, and it was banned by the BBC. Happiness Is a Warm Gun ""Happiness Is a Warm Gun"" is a song by the Beatles, featured on the double album ""The Beatles"" (also known as The White Album), which was released on 22 November 1968. Although credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was written by John Lennon. According to Lennon, the title came from a magazine cover that producer George Martin showed him: ""I think he showed me a cover of a magazine that said 'Happiness Is a"
"Blue Puppy Blue Puppy (, translit. ""Goluboy shchenok"", alternative translations - Pale Blue Puppy/Slate puppy) is a 1976 Soviet animated film. The lyrics and screenplay were written by Yuri Entin, loosely based on the tale by Gyula Urban. Several quotes from the film's lyrics became common colloquial sayings, for example, ""What trouble can we stir up?"" and ""Ah, how I'm angry, ooh, how I'm angry!"" voiced by Mikhail Boyarsky, and the phrase ""One ought to live skilfully."" The film was unique in utilizing a non-traditional animation technique where spots of colorful India ink were used to form the characters. This"
"Warm Love ""Warm Love"" is a hit song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The song was included on his 1973 album ""Hard Nose the Highway"". It was a Top Forty single hit when released in April 1973. Jackie De Shannon sang back-up vocals. ZigZag's review called it ""a second cousin to 'Crazy Love' and almost as good."" It was a popular concert performance tune for Morrison during the seventies. Stephen Holden in his ""Rolling Stone"" review of the ""Hard Nose the Highway"" songs said, ""Next is the ingratiatingly melodic 'Warm Love', which embodies in all its details a"
"Happiness (Robert Palmer song) ""Happiness"" is a song by the English vocalist Robert Palmer, released in 1991 as the fifth and final single from his tenth studio album ""Don't Explain"". The song was written by Palmer, and produced by Teo Macero and Palmer. Released as the final single from the 1990 ""Don't Explain"" album, the song saw limited commercial success, reaching No. 62 in Germany. The song's lyrics speak the message of taking chances in life and taking a chance on happiness. The single was released on 7"" vinyl, 12"" vinyl and CD in various European counties, including the UK."
"It's Happy Bunny Happy Bunny is the name of a character in a series of stickers, buttons, greeting cards, posters, and other merchandise sold at novelty shops across North America. Designed by artist and writer Jim Benton, ""who ""People Magazine"" called ""the most visible cartoonist in America"", Happy Bunny is a small, smiling bunny, often varying in color, with an insulting slogan printed at its feet. Happy Bunny products are sold in many forms such as key chains, computer mouse pads, energy drinks, school supplies, clothing lines and many more. ""Mr. Benton's intellectual properties ... have made him stand out"
"of such an association in 1976, when the film was made. In the original work of the Hungarian writer, Gyula Urban, the Puppy was black, but in the Soviet tale, Entin wanted the Puppy to be a non-traditional color. Blue Puppy Blue Puppy (, translit. ""Goluboy shchenok"", alternative translations - Pale Blue Puppy/Slate puppy) is a 1976 Soviet animated film. The lyrics and screenplay were written by Yuri Entin, loosely based on the tale by Gyula Urban. Several quotes from the film's lyrics became common colloquial sayings, for example, ""What trouble can we stir up?"" and ""Ah, how I'm angry,"
"Happiness Is (cartoon) ""Happiness Is..."" is a book and merchandise series based on the cartoon created by New York Times Bestselling authors. Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar, which features a collection of single frame images of ""What makes you happy?"" It was launched on Facebook while the couple were living in Sayulita, Mexico, in July 2013. As of September 2018, there were over 10,000 images in the collection, and the Facebook page had over 3.4 million followers. Chronicle Books of San Francisco holds global book publishing rights to the first 8 titles published from 2014 to 2018. BOOK 1: HAPPINESS"
"granddaughter a dog as a present. The color yellow and Marshmello's logo feature throughout the video, but neither he nor Bastille appear in the video. Credits adapted from Tidal. Happier (Marshmello and Bastille song) ""Happier"" is a song by American music producer Marshmello and British band Bastille. Written and produced by Marshmello, with lyrics from Dan Smith and Steve Mac, it was released by Astralwerks on August 17, 2018. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and number three on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and is the highest charting single for Marshmello in both the UK and the"
"Happy Human The Happy Human is an icon that has been adopted as an international symbol of secular humanism. Created by Dennis Barrington, the figure was the winning design in a competition arranged by Humanists UK (formerly the British Humanist Association) in 1965. Various forms of it are now used across the world by humanist organisations of all sizes including Humanists UK, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and The American Humanist Association (AHA). The trademark is still held by Humanists UK, which freely licenses use of the symbol by bona fide Humanist organisations worldwide. The Happy Human was created"
"and Sound Archive, despite the heavy Wiping of that era. Happy Hammond Harry Montague Hammond (7 May 1916 – 1 April 1998), professionally known as Happy Hammond, was an Australian comedian, radio host and children's television show host, and television producer. Happy Hammond was born in Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia. Happy was the youngest of 3 children. His parents were both deaf and mute. He was famous for his bright personality and wearing a tartan suit and hat, sometimes referred to as his ""test pattern"" outfit, that clashed awfully in real life but worked well on black-and-white TV. His catchphrase"
"happiness “as loud as they want”. The Society was founded in August 1998 in Irving, Texas, by Pamela Gail Johnson. In December 1998, it gained international reception, when it challenged advice columnist Ann Landers for discouraging people from writing happy holiday newsletters enclosed with their holiday cards. In a letter to Landers, Johnson demanded an apology “to the millions of people you made feel bad for wanting to share their happy news.” The Society’s campaign persuaded Landers to change her advice on holiday letters, one of the rare occasions the columnist had a change of heart. Within the next few"
"Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include ""Blue Moon,"" ""Mountain Greenery,"" ""The Lady Is a Tramp,"" ""Manhattan,"" ""Where or When,"" ""Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered,"" ""Falling in Love with Love,"" ""Have You Met Miss Jones?,"" ""My Funny Valentine,"" ""I Could Write a Book"", ""This Can't Be Love"", ""With a Song in My Heart"", ""It Never Entered My Mind"", and ""Isn't It Romantic?"". Hart was born in Harlem, the elder of two sons, to Jewish immigrant parents, Max"
"Don't Worry, Be Happy ""Don't Worry, Be Happy"" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first ""a cappella"" song to reach number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression ""Don't worry, be happy"" when cabling his followers in the West. In the 1960s, the expression was printed up on inspirational cards and posters of the era. In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of the jazz duo Tuck"
"Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald dismissed the suit, holding that the plaintiffs had not shown that they held a copyright on their mother's lyrics. Applying section 24 of the Copyright Act of 1909, a provision that Buchwald characterized as ""hardly a model of clarity"", the court found that Willis Music's renewal in 1964 of its registration for ""Songs for the Nursery School"" did not also renew Newlin's copyright for ""Warm Kitty"". Warm Kitty ""Warm Kitty"" is a children's song, popularized by the characters Sheldon and Penny in the American sitcom ""The Big Bang Theory"" where it is rendered as ""Soft Kitty""."
"(including letters from Christopher Isherwood and John Gielgud). Pongo, the canine protagonist of ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"", was named after Smith's own pet Dalmatian, the first of nine. Smith got the idea for her novel when a friend remarked of her own dalmatians: ""Those dogs would make a lovely fur coat!"" The story was adapted by Disney as a 1961 animated film, ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". Smith wrote a sequel published in 1967, ""The Starlight Barking"". Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys ""Dodie"" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English children's novelist and playwright, known best"
"Happiness (Goldfrapp song) ""Happiness"" is a song by the English duo Goldfrapp from their fourth studio album, ""Seventh Tree"" (2008). Written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, the song was released as the album's second single on 14 April 2008. It was featured in advertisements for the newly rebranded SyFy network. It reached No.25 on the UK singles chart and as of 2017, remains their last top 40 hit. The music video for ""Happiness"" was directed by Dougal Wilson. The video features a young man, dressed in a white suit, jumping joyfully around Addington Square in Camberwell, South"
"Warm and Beautiful ""Warm and Beautiful"" is a love ballad credited to Paul and Linda McCartney that was first released by Wings on their 1976 album ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"". It is a love ballad sung by Paul directed to Linda. Critical opinion of the song has varied widely, ranging from a comment that it is ""one of the most beautiful songs that Paul ever wrote for Linda,"" to a suggestion that it may be ""one of the worst songs Paul McCartney has ever written."" In 1998, after Linda's death, Paul rearranged the song for string quartet to"
"That same year, Taylor provided uncredited contributions to the lyrics of two songs issued on the band's double album, ""The Beatles"": ""Happiness Is a Warm Gun"" and ""Savoy Truffle"". Between 1968 and 1970, Taylor had a major role in the company's activities, leading the publicity campaigns for the band's projects and for those of the other artists signed to Apple Records. Among these, he helped stage Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 campaign for world peace. He is named in the lyrics of Lennon's song ""Give Peace a Chance"", along with Tommy Smothers, Timothy Leary and Norman Mailer, who like Taylor"
"Eric Hill Eric Gordon Hill (7 September 1927 – 6 June 2014) was an English author and illustrator of children's picture books, best known for his puppy character named Spot. His works have been widely praised for their contributions to child literacy. He was born in Holloway, London, and left school at 14. He first worked as an errand boy in an illustration studio where he was encouraged to draw cartoons and comic strips in his spare time. Following National Service, he produced sketches for magazines, and later worked as a freelance designer and illustrator in advertising. He moved with"
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm ""I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"" is a popular song written in 1937 by Irving Berlin. It was introduced in the musical film ""On the Avenue"" (1937) by Dick Powell and Alice Faye. <br> Successful recordings in 1937 were by Ray Noble (vocal by Howard Phillips), Billie Holiday, Red Norvo, and Glen Gray (vocal by Kenny Sargent). Les Brown's instrumental version, arranged by Skip Martin and recorded in 1946 as Columbia #38324, became a million-seller and ""Billboard"" top ten song in 1949. That same year vocal group The Mills Brothers"
"from analysis of the late-19th-century speeches of Joseph Chamberlain, probably erroneously transmitted and revised through his son Austen Chamberlain. Despite being widely attributed as a Chinese curse, there is no known equivalent expression in Chinese. The nearest related Chinese expression is """" (""nìng wéi tàipíng quǎn, mò zuò luàn lí rén""), which is usually translated as ""Better to be a dog in a peaceful time, than to be a human in a chaotic (warring) period."" The expression originates from Volume 3 of the 1627 short story collection by Feng Menglong, ""Stories to Awaken the World"". The basic premise of the"
"Jennifer Diane Reitz Jennifer Diane Reitz (born December 30, 1959) is an American writer, webcomic author, and game designer. She is known for the website Happy Puppy, which she opened with her partners, Stephen P. Lepisto and Sandra Woodruff, and with whom she created the video game ""Boppin'"". Reitz has also done game work for Interplay. On February 14, 1995 Reitz and her partners launched the game website Happy Puppy, where they posted game demos. For a period of time the website was the most visited game website on the Internet and had about 2.5 million downloads per month during"
"also inspired a whole industry of comics based on funny animal characters like ""Felix the Cat"", ""Mickey Mouse"", ""Donald Duck"", ""Daffy Duck"", ""Bugs Bunny"", ""Tom & Jerry"", ""Woody Woodpecker""... The 1945 novel ""Animal Farm"" by George Orwell notably features several talking animal characters who transition to bipedal, clothes-wearing funny animals by the end of the story. In the 1940s, Fawcett Comics published a comic book entitled ""Funny Animals"", featuring such characters as Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, an anthropomorphic rabbit version of Captain Marvel. Charles M. Schulz's dog character Snoopy from ""Peanuts"" and the title cat character of Jim Davis's comic"
"then jumps in a circle with young children and a dancing dog. In the final scene, two elderly people—Goldfrapp and Gregory—arrive to join the revelry. The following people contributed to ""Happiness"": Happiness (Goldfrapp song) ""Happiness"" is a song by the English duo Goldfrapp from their fourth studio album, ""Seventh Tree"" (2008). Written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, the song was released as the album's second single on 14 April 2008. It was featured in advertisements for the newly rebranded SyFy network. It reached No.25 on the UK singles chart and as of 2017, remains their last top"
"years. Some represented chronological reprints of the newspaper strip, while others were thematic collections such as ""Snoopy's Tennis Book"", or collections of inspirational adages such as ""Happiness Is a Warm Puppy"". Some single-story books were produced, such as ""Snoopy and the Red Baron."" In addition, many of the animated television specials and feature films were adapted into book form. The primary series of reprints was published by Rinehart & Company (later Holt, Rinehart and Winston) beginning in 1952, with the release of a collection simply titled ""Peanuts"". This series, which presented the strips in rough chronological order (albeit with many"
"John Hager (cartoonist) John Ross ""Dok"" Hager (June 29, 1858 – June 14, 1932) was an American cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times, creator of a daily comic accompanying the weather report, and the comic strip ""Dok's Dippy Duck"". Hager's nickname stems from his time as a dentist in Terre Haute, Indiana before he moved to Seattle, Washington in 1889 and began working for the ""Seattle Times"". Hager retired in 1925 due to blindness. In Seattle he was known as a weatherman and for his commentaries (using a cartoon of the Umbrella Man and of a talking duck). He was"
"""the dirty old man...the junkie...and the gunman."" ""Happiness Is a Warm Gun"" reportedly is Paul McCartney's and was George Harrison's favourite song on the White Album. Although tensions were high among the band during the album's recording sessions, they reportedly collaborated as a close unit to work out the song's challenging rhythmic and metre issues. Recording of the song began at 7 pm in Studio Two at EMI Studios in London on 23 September 1968, continued over the following two nights, with daytime breaks, and was completed at 5 am on 26 September. Piano, electronic organ and tuba parts in"