What was it like working with Charles Schulz and Bill Melendez?
We all worked as partners for almost 40 years and we did 50 specials. The first one was just like all of the 49 to follow, which was like good friends getting together, picking up an idea for a show and doing it. It was a lot of fun working with Charles because he respected everybodys turf. Bill and I would be directing the kids, Bill would be doing the animation and he [Schulz] would be doing the story. You know, we each respected each others strengths if you will. And we werent together under the same Hollywood roof where there might have been a lot of pressure. We were in three different cities, so we would just get together, like I say, three friends working on a fun project with no pressure from the outside. I think one of the greatest things over the 40 years is that we never had any interference from the networks. We could do as we wished. Pick the subjects, and then do them as we wanted, which is probably unprecedented. Did the ideas for the different specials come directly fro
