Other Peanuts projects that have been
launched by Apple TV+ include “Snoopy
in Space” and “Peanuts in Space: Secrets
of Apollo 10,” both of which were nominated
for Daytime Emmy Awards, with the
latter winning.
One of the more intriguing aspects of
“The Snoopy Show” is that it shows the
first time Charlie Brown met Snoopy, as
well as the first time the beagle ever
encountered Woodstock.
Snoopy is shown as a lonely puppy inside a
barn — the last of the litter to be adopted
— when Charlie Brown walks in and hands
him a bone, telling him they’re going to be
best friends.
But the Snoopy-Woodstock introduction is
anything but meet-cute. The original strip
showed the bird falling onto Snoopy’s lap; the
series shows a tense and competitive meeting
that eventually ends in friendship.
The rules of the show — no cellphones,
computers or adult human voices — keeps
the kids in their hermetic world and forces
them to make their own decisions.
As for the inside of Snoopy’s doghouse —
from which he drags out a pool table, a
Vincent van Gogh painting and a swimming
pool, among other massive items — leaving
it unseen keeps imaginations wild.
“It makes the writers, the directors and all
the artists have to be a little bit more
clever in terms of how they approach a
scene,” said Evestaff. “I think it makes for a
stronger show.”