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It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984)
Blast from the past!
Being an 80s kid, I LOVED this musical special. My parents even recorded it on VHS (!) and my cousins and I watched this all. The. Time. We even followed along with the dancing / moves in all of the songs (Snoopy's dance was a bit complicated though, lol). Sure, it looks cheesy now, but to an 80s kid this was a heckuva lot of fun (there's even a breakdancing Franklin!).
A couple of fun facts - Charles Shulz was inspired by the Flashdance movie to create this, and Snoopy's dance was rotoscoped from the actual Flashdance stunt dancer Marine Jahan.
So while I feel this lacks the charm of the older specials from the 60s and 70s (not to mention the incredible jazz music by the Vince Guilardi Trio), it's still a fun time capsule and trip down memory lane.
Anne of Avonlea (1975)
Wonderful, faithful adaptation
I've watched this mini-series twice now and appreciate it even more the second time around. The actors and actresses are excellent, and, while there are a *few* liberties taken, this series is very faithful to the book, much more so than the Sullivan Productions. All the wonderful characters that are missing from the Sullivan version - Dora and Davy, J. A. Harrison, Miss Lavender Lewis, Paul Irving - are all here and played wonderfully by the actors / actresses. Anne of Avonlea has always been my favorite of the series, and I really enjoyed this adaptation. Such a shame the Anne of Green Gables from 1972 mini-series is lost. If the BBC's adaptation Anne of Avonlea is this good, then their Green Gables must have been amazing. Highly recommend to any Anne fan!