Picks and Pans Review: Snoopy the Musical

By Jeff Jarvis

UPDATED 02/01/1988 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 02/01/1988 at 01:00 AM EST

CBS (Fri., Jan. 29, 8 p.m. ET)

D

Snoopy and company end a long string of TV delights by turning their off-Broadway musical into an animated, hour-long (read: hour-too-long) special. It is as twinkie as it is sweetsie. At the end Linus asks, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if everybody believed in everybody?" The Peanuts gang breaks into song. And the critic, quoting the immortal word of Charlie Brown, cries, "Arrrrgh!"