“Peanuts” star Snoopy is famous for being a
highly imaginative dog, liable at to go off on
loony flights of fancy. But, it turns out, his world
has some strict rules.
No adults can be heard there, just trombones.
No technology past the 1970s can be used.
And under no circumstances may the inside of
Snoopy’s doghouse ever be shown.
Creators of the new animated series “The
Snoopy Show” had to learn and respect all the
rules as they crafted stories for Apple TV+ that
were true to the original strips and various
previous shows.
“I think the rules have actually made the story
so much stronger, to go, ‘How do we play in the
sandbox?’” says Stephanie Betts, an executive
vice president at media company WildBrain.