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In an attempt to offset his classmates' taunting, perennial failure Charlie Brown volunteers for the spelling bee and wins, which takes him not just schoolwide but off to New York City for the televised nationals!
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00:11Aren't the clouds beautiful?
00:13They look like big balls of cotton.
00:17I could just lie here all day and watch them drift by.
00:23If you use your imagination, you could see lots of things in the cloud formations.
00:28What do you think you see, Linus?
00:32Well, those clouds up there look to me like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean.
00:39That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor.
00:46And that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen.
00:50I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side.
00:54Uh-huh, that's very good.
00:56What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?
01:01Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsey, but I changed my mind.
01:17I'll never be able to get this kite in the air.
01:20Never, never, never, never!
01:23I can't do it!
01:25I can't do it!
01:28I don't want to see this kite again as long as I live!
01:35Take it, take it!
01:38Get it out of my sight!
01:41Anybody who can fly this kite is a genius!
01:57My heart is full on the day I first go out to the old ball field.
02:03I love the memories.
02:07I love the smell of the horse hide.
02:11I love the smell of the grassy outfield and the dusty infield.
02:17The hopes and the dreams for the new season.
02:22Ah, there it is, the old pitcher's mound, covered with tradition and dandelions.
02:29Dandelions?
02:32This pitcher's mound is covered with dandelions!
02:35Don't touch them, Charlie Brown!
02:38Don't you dare hurt all those innocent dandelions!
02:42They're beautiful!
02:43Don't you dare cut them down!
02:48Besides, you may not know it, but you look kind of cute standing there surrounded by dandelions.
02:58I don't want to look cute!
03:11Let's get our signals straight.
03:13One finger will mean the high straight ball.
03:16Two fingers will mean the low straight ball.
03:18What in the world are all these dandelions doing on the pitcher's mound?
03:23They grew there.
03:24And the girls on our team won't let me cut them down.
03:27They say they're pretty.
03:29And they say I look cute standing here among them.
03:37They're right.
03:38You do look kind of cute standing there.
03:43Wait!
03:46Hmm.
03:48Brush this guy back, Charlie Brown.
03:51Give him the old bean ball.
03:53No!
03:53I can't do that.
03:55It wouldn't be right.
03:56It wouldn't be right!
03:58Listen who's gone moral on us all of a sudden.
04:01Oh, wishy-washy here!
04:04It's too moral to throw a bean ball.
04:06What about the way the early settlers treated the Indians?
04:09And what about the proper movie as you see nowadays?
04:11How about the children's crusade?
04:13Was that moral?
04:14Do you think that incident and Harper's Ferry has existed with morality?
04:19Our whole system of freeways is a perfect example of what I'm trying to say.
04:24The radio lately?
04:24How about this whole conservation situation?
04:28We never win any ball games.
04:30But we sure have some interesting discussions.
04:36What happened?
04:38Charlie Brown got hit by a line drive!
04:41Does anyone here know anything about first aid?
04:44It's probably not serious.
04:46Second or third aid will do.
04:48Here!
04:49Run over to the drinking fountain and soak this handkerchief in cold water!
04:56You're kidding!
04:57With a head like Charlie Brown's, you'll need a bed sheet!
05:02I'm dying!
05:03And all I hear are insults!
05:06What happened?
05:07You got hit on the hill with a line drive, Charlie Brown!
05:11I don't understand it.
05:13I used to be able to dodge those line drives.
05:15When you get old, your reflexes really slow down.
05:24Well, we lost the first game of the season again.
05:28I shouldn't let it bother me, but it does.
05:31We always seem to lose the first game of the season and the last game of the season.
05:46And all those stupid games in between!
05:50From the big leagues, the ball players get sent to the showers.
05:54I get sent to take a bath.
05:57And this was going to be our big year.
06:00The year when it looked like we might even score our first run.
06:03Winning isn't everything.
06:05But losing isn't anything.
06:08Look at it this way, Charlie Brown.
06:10We learn more from losing than we do from winning.
06:13I guess that makes me the smartest person in the whole world.
06:23You need me to point out your faults, Charlie Brown.
06:26It's for your own good.
06:28Besides, I can do it for you better than anyone else.
06:33My system is unique.
06:36What's so unique about it?
06:38I put all of your faults on slides.
06:41We're going to project your faults onto a screen.
06:45Good grief!
06:50Now, watch carefully.
06:52Now, onto your physical faults.
06:55These slides will show.
06:57Now we're really going to get down to business.
07:00The next batch of slides will show your biggest and most damaging faults.
07:05These could take about an hour to show.
07:09No! No!
07:11Ugh! Turn it off!
07:13I can't stand it any longer!
07:15I can't stand a watch!
07:16I can't stand it! I can't stand it!
07:19This time, I have a little extra surprise as a bonus.
07:26Ugh!
07:29And now for the surprise.
07:31Would you like to see how that looked on instant replay?
07:34Hum-dee-dum!
07:35Instant replay?
07:37Dee-doo! Hum-hum-hum!
07:39Look at your face!
07:41A failure face if I ever saw one!
07:44I've never gone through anything like that in my life.
07:47I never knew I could be so stupid.
07:51I never knew I had so many faults.
07:55I never felt so completely miserable.
07:59miserable wait until you get my bill it could be regarded as a spiritual tourniquet you look
08:08like you've been taking shock treatments or something what's more shocking than seeing
08:13your faults projected onto a screen life is difficult isn't it charlie brown yes it is
08:23but i've developed a new philosophy i only dread one day at a time you go out for the spelling
08:33bee
08:34no wonder everyone calls you fail your face maybe i will enter the spelling bee that's the sort of
08:43thing i need to gain confidence and self-esteem i think i'll raise my hand and volunteer
08:49it'll be good for me i think i'll just raise my hand and volunteer my hand won't go up my
08:56hand
08:56is smarter than i am yes ma'am i'd like to be in the spelling bee you're crazy don't do
09:02it
09:03you'll just make a fool out of yourself i will not excuse me ma'am i was answering one of
09:11my many
09:12detractors well here i am in the first round of the spelling bee nobody thinks i can win the class
09:17spelling bee but i'm gonna show them i not only know a lot of hard words but i know every
09:23spelling
09:23rule in the book the only one i have trouble remembering is i before e except after d or is
09:31it
09:31e before i except after g i've got to stay calm and not get rattled this is my big chance
09:39to prove to
09:39everyone that i can do something i don't care if i don't actually win all i want to do is
09:45get past
09:46the first few rounds and make a decent showing let's see now how does that spelling rule go
09:55hmm i guess i really don't have to worry all the words in the first round of a spelling bee
09:59are usually quite easy in a way i'd almost like to start off with a hard one you know kind
10:04of shake
10:05up the other kids i feel strangely calm uh oh here it comes it's my turn next here's my first
10:16word of
10:16the spelling bee failure yes ma'am that's an easy one that kid has an easy one you'll either be
10:25a hero
10:25or a goat this whole thing makes me feel like i'm being drafted i want you to take this my
10:34blanket
10:34do piano players make a lot of money schroeder some do if they practice very hard i guess
10:46keep practicing kiddo what's going on here
10:53well i can't help it i made the mistake of giving my blanket to charlie brown taking that spelling bee
11:01for
11:01good luck now i keep painting i keep passing out
11:12see i'm always passing out
11:26so
11:38b-e-a-g-e-l beagle
11:45it's me linus may i come in i don't care
11:55we had a ball game after school i don't care i'm never going to play ball either i'm never going
12:01to do anything again it's the first game we won all season oh brother
12:12okay
12:12so
12:14yeah
12:14so
12:15yeah
12:16yeah
12:16yeah
12:17yeah
12:17yeah
12:18yeah

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