It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!
Original 1974 title card
Also known as	A Charlie Brown Easter
Genre	Animated TV special
Created by	Charles M. Schulz
Directed by	Phil Roman
Voices of	Todd Barbee Melanie Kohn Stephen Shea Lynn Mortensen Greg Felton Jimmy Ahrens Linda Ercoli Bill Melendez
Composer(s)	Vince Guaraldi
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lee Mendelson
Producer(s)	Bill Melendez
Editor(s)	Chuck McCann Roger Donley
Running time	30 min.
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	April 9, 1974
Chronology
Preceded by	It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown
Followed by	Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
External links
Website

It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! is the 12th prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. It originally debuted on CBS on April 9, 1974 at 8 p.m. CBS aired it annually from 1974 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2014 it continued to air in some years on ABC.

While most of the Peanuts Gang is getting ready for Easter, Linus, certain it is all a waste of time, tries convincing everyone the Easter Beagle will take care of everything, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Only Sally believes him, though she still has some suspicions after their Halloween failure to find The Great Pumpkin.

Peppermint Patty and Marcie attempt to color eggs, but as it is Marcie's first time, she does not know how to prepare the eggs properly. Marcie's first attempt fails as she fries the eggs on a griddle and flips them with a spatula. In their second try, Marcie tries cooking four eggs on a waffle iron, then she unsuccessfully tries to put one in a toaster, then she takes that egg and the others and tries baking the remaining eight eggs in the oven. In their third and final attempt, after spending the last of her money; Peppermint Patty points out to Marcie that the eggs have to be boiled. Marcie does put the eggs in the pot of boiling water; but puts the eggs into the pot of water without their shells. This makes her inadvertently cook egg soup instead. And finally, Peppermint Patty says that Marcie has made egg soup. At last, with three strikes against them, Peppermint Patty is out of money. Out of money and so they can't buy any more eggs. They can't buy any more eggs and can't make any more attempts.

, waking up shivering from a chilly spring rain in his open-air bird's nest, goes to Snoopy for help, so Snoopy goes to the department store to buy Woodstock a birdhouse. At first Woodstock hates it, but he soon renovates the interior into a bachelor pad, complete with a television, contemporary artwork, a sunken bed, carpeting and a quadrophonic stereo system. Curious to see more of the inside, Snoopy's nose gets stuck in the door, causing the birdhouse to break and him having to buy a new birdhouse for Woodstock.