Note to Peanuts fans:

[Fozzie Bear]

I'm SUCH a Peanuts nerd, aren't I?

LUCY:
Schroeder, do piano players make a lot of money?

SCHROEDER:
Money? Who cares about money? This is art you blockhead. This is great music I'm playing and playing great music is an art. DO you hear me? An ART! ART! ART! ART! ART!

LUCY:
You fascinate me.

SONG: BEETHOVEN DAY

[ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY. . . (to Beethoven's 5th symphony)
(11 times)

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY HOORAY !

LUCY:
Beethoven Day?]

LUCY:
What?........... What?............ WHAT?????

SCHROEDER:
CALL THE PRINCIPAL AND HAND HIM THE NEWS.
WE GOT A HOLIDAY THAT HE CAN'T REFUSE.
A DAY OF HARMONY AND DAY OF MUSIC.
BEETHOVEN'S BIRTHDAY.

SALLY:
BEETHOVEN DAY?

SCHROEDER:
A REVERENTIAL MISSION

LINUS:
BEETHOVEN DAY?

SCHROEDER:
THE HOPE OF EACH MUSICIAN.
NO MORE AM I THE ONLY GUY TO STAND UP AND SAY
HOORAY! BEETHOVEN HOORAY !

CHARLIE BROWN:
Beethoven Day?

LINUS:
Yes. As in, Ludwig Von Beethoven, composer. Born 1770 died 1827. [Struggled for a brief time in the Austro-Hungarian Empire...] The eldest of three sons, Ludwig's mother was the daughter of the chief overseer of the kitchen...

LUCY:
Whatever!! Schroeder, I just want you to know I'm on your side. I want to help you publicity wise with Beethoven's birthday. After all, this is a really big thing.

SCHROEDER:
Thanks for your support, but I just don't want to see Beethoven birthday commercialized.

LUCY:
Commercialized?

SCHROEDER:
Yes, the next thing you know, they'll be selling Beethoven sweatshirts!

SNOOPY: (w/ a Beethoven shirt on)
BEETHOVEN DAY!

SCHROEDER:
IF YOU'RE WONDERING
NOW HOW DO WE START.
JUST BLOW THE MUSIC TILL
YOU KNOW IT BY HEART.
WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE.
WE'LL THROW A PARTY.
BEETHOVEN'S BIRTHDAY

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY

SCHROEDER:
AND WHEN YOU SAY THE TITLE.

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY

SCHROEDER:
YOU HEAR A GREAT RECITAL.
THE RIGHT OF EVERY BOY AND GIRL TO STAND UP AND SAY

ALL:
HOORAY BEETHOVEN HOORAY !

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY. . . (sung to Beethoven's 5th symphony again)
(11 times)

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY

SCHROEDER:
A PHILHARMONIC RUMBLE

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY

SCHROEDER:
A POLYPHONIC JUMBLE.
A HUMBLE DEDICATION
AS WE STAND UP AND SAY

ALL:
HOORAY BEETHOVEN HOORAY !

LUCY:
I got it [, I got it, I got it.] We'll demand full page ads in every newspaper!

LINUS:
We'll start a chain of Beethoven super stores!

SALLY:
[Ah, ah, ah...]We'll build a theme park!

CHARLIE BROWN:
We can have a bake sale...

SCHROEDER:
No, no, no... that's too commercial!

LET'S IMAGINE IT,
THAT GLORIOUS HOUR
FILLED WITH EMOTION,
YET INSPIRED WITH POWER
AS WE ALL HONOR THE MAN WE ADORE
ON THE DAY WE PLACE THE NEWEST FACE
ON MOUNT RUSHMORE

ALL:
MOUNT RUSHMORE

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY

SCHROEDER:
A MOMENT OF REFLECTION

ALL:
BEETHOVEN DAY

SCHROEDER:
A CLASSICAL INJECTION.
SO FACING THIS DIRECTION
WE BEGIN IT TODAY

ALL:
BEETHOVEN HOORAY!

SCHROEDER:
A MUSICAL COLLECTION
EVERYBODY CAN PLAY

ALL:
IT'S BEETHOVEN DAY

SCHROEDER:
THE RIGHT OF EVERY BOY AND GIRL
TO STAND UP AND SAY

ALL:
WOO!

SCHROEDER:
HOORAY BEETHOVEN HOORAY

ALL:
IT'S TIME FOR CELEBRATING
BEETHOVEN WAY

ALL:
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA (sung to tune of 'Ode To Joy')

ALL:
HOORAY !

 

[Gonzo]

Happy Birthday Carl!!!!!!!!!!

 

[radionate]

Arrrgggghhhhh!!!!

Kev beat me to posting the lyrics to Beethoven Day.

Oh Good Grief.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I AM after all the Schulz Afficiondo (or however you spell that A-fishy-mondo word)!

 

[Drtooth]

Re: I'm SUCH a Peanuts nerd, aren't I?

Originally posted by Fozzie Bear

LUCY:
Whatever!! Schroeder, I just want you to know I'm on your side. I want to help you publicity wise with Beethoven's birthday. After all, this is a really big thing.

SCHROEDER:
Thanks for your support, but I just don't want to see Beethoven birthday commercialized.

LUCY:
Commercialized?

SCHROEDER:
Yes, the next thing you know, they'll be selling Beethoven sweatshirts!

SNOOPY: (w/ a Beethoven shirt on)
BEETHOVEN DAY!

That's what I meant to say....