A Charlie Brown Celebration is the 23rd prime-time animated television special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, who appears in a live-action prologue, and the first hour-long special. It was originally aired on the CBS network on May 24, 1982, and consists of a number of stories adapted from the comic strip.Michael Mandy return to reprise his role for Charlie Brown for the final time as Brad Kesten would take over in Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?. The previous actor, Grant Wehr, failed to reprise his role for the character after his sole performance in Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown, as his voice was too coarse by that point.