Story board for film
"CHARLIE BROWN
CLEARS THE AIR
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Created by Charles Schulz
Produced for
American Lung Association
With supportive grant and cooperation from
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Copyright .' 1979 United Feature Syndicate
• All rights reserved
PritMdon R*ydod Piper
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A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM CHARLES SCHULZ
I have long been committed to doing what I can to help preserve our environ-
ment. I was happy to accept the appointment to serve as honorary Chairman
of the American Lung Associations' Christmas Seal Campaign. President
Carter's letter was an additional spur that led me to design the film, "Charlie
Brown Clears The Air." This storyboard is the basis of that film. Each draw-
ing can be studied, and each developing sequence can be examined. What you
then have is a more personal and intimate experience with Charlie Brown
and all his friends.
The American Lung Association and the Environmental Protection Agency
know that there are many ways to start "Clearing the Air," some old, some
new Our film alone is not the solution to the problem of air pollution and a
totally improved environment, but it is, I believe, a special way of involving
young minds in seeing, understanding and taking upon themselves a sense
of direct self-concern and self-responsibility for their environment.
It is from such a growing sense that we can achieve the better world for our-
selves our children and the future generations of our nation. Charlie Brown
has become concerned, and concern teads to action. I hope you will join him
in the same concern and meaningful action to clear the air.
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The following pages reproduce the
original storyboard. Several
sequences were changed when the
final film was made.
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C. BROWN: "There are different
ways of training dogs. I've been
reading about the 'shake and
throw* method of training puppies."
C. BROWN: "A mother dog can't
hit a puppy so she picks it up,
shakes it and then drops it."
LINUS: "I can't believe a puppy
would learn anything from that..."
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LINUS: "On the other hand, I guess
he might learn a little..."
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KIDS WALK ALONG
LINUS: "Snoopy seems a little edgy
lately, Charlie Brown. What's the
problem, that cat next door?"
C. BROWN: "No, it's the cat's
owner."
LINUS: "The cat's owner???"
C. BROWN: "He keeps burning his
leaves and trash in the backyard."
LINUS: "So what?"
C. BROWN: "—so, it's causing soot
and dirt all over Snoopy's dog
house."
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THEY STOP AT DOG HOUSE
SNOOPY POINTS TO GRIMY
DOG HOUSE
RUNS FINGER ACROSS — LEAVES
A LONG MARK
SNOOPY INTO ANGRY PROTEST
SNOOPY: "Grulf, Growl, Yarf, Art!!'
SNOOPY POINTS ANGRILY
LINUS: "I don't blame him for being
upset. Why don't you do something
about it?"
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C. BROWN: "We told that man that
trash burning helps to pollute
the air."
LINUS: "What did the man say?"
CUT BACK
SNOOPY REVS UP MOTOR BIKE
Roar, Roar, Splutter, Gasp, Brack I
SNOOPY DIGS OUT...
ROAR!
ROAR OF BIKE
C. BROWN: "The man said as soon
as Snoopy tunes up his motorcycle,
he'll stop burning brush."
LINUS: "Cough, cough"
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LINUS: "So why doesn't Snoopy
do that?"
C. BROWN: "He says he can't figure
how to fix the bike..."
C. BROWN: "And neither can his
mechanic."
LINUS: "Who's his mechanic?"
C. BROWN: "Who else?"
C. BROWN: "Well, let's go on to the
game, we're gonna be late ...
KIDS WALK OUT
come on.
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DISSOLVE TO PITCHER'S MOUND
LUCY: "Look, Charlie Brown,
We've lost 900 straight games..."
LUCY: "And if we lose again,
I'm quitting."
C. BROWN: "Okay, okay, we can do
it Take your positions."
C. BROWN: (ECHO): "I'm really
gonna bear down..."
C. BROWN: (ECHO): "I'm going to
strike this first batter out."
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CRACK-ZIP
THUMP!
C. BROWN: "It looks like another
long day on the mound!"
DISSOLVE TO SNOOPY AT BAT
C. BROWN: "Oh boy, we've got the
bases loaded and Snoopy's up..."
C. BROWN: "... If he can get a
home run, we'll be ahead 4 to 3 ...
and it'll be the last inning!"
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SNOOPY SWINGS—
"CRACK!"
RUNS OUT
C. BROWN: "Oh Boy! He did it!!'
SNOOPY RUNS
C. BROWN: "Now all we have to do
is hold them."
C. BROWN: "And we'll win our
first game!!"
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HEAD ON SHOT SNOOPY RUNS
RUNS ACROSS HOME PLATE
DISSOLVE TO LUCY AND LINUS
LUCY: "I don't believe it!"
'—Vxgg^NN'' •
LINUS: "Maybe we will win our
first game..."
CUT TO C. BROWN: "Boy, I'm
finally going to win my first game...'
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C. BROWN: "Nothing can stop us
now.'
Zip _ CRACK!
C. BROWN: "Well, that's their
first hit.,."
WINDS UP
PITCHES
ZIP — "CRACK"
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C. BROWN: "It's a fly ball to
Linus... he'll get that, easily."
LINUS RUNS FOR FLY BALL...
CANS & TRASH ALL AROUND
STUMBLES ON TRASH — MISSES
BALL
THUMP!... FALLS...
C. BROWN: "Good grief... Linus
fell on all that litter, dar gonnit!"
C. BROWN: "Now they have the
tying run on 2nd base. I'll really
have to bear down!"
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C. BROWN: "I really have to bear
down."
PITCH — CRACK
IT'S A HIGH FLY BALL
CUT TO LUCY LOOKING
LUCY: "Hey, hey! Where is it?"
CUT TO C. BROWN: "Catch it, Lucy!
Catch it!"
LUCY: "I can't see it, I can't see it!"
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C. BROWN: "Good grief, two runs
scored. Now we're behind again."
LUCY COMES UP; SAYS: "I quit!
There's too much pollution. I can't
see a thing out there."
.UCY: "Cough, cough!"
LUCY: "This pollution is too much.
I could get killed out there."
LINUS: "I quit too, Charlie Brown.
It's no fun out there in all this iitter."
KIDS EXIT
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SNOOPY WANDERS IN
SLAMS HAT ON GROUND
THUD!
ANDE)
ASIDE.
>, TOSSING GLOVE -
C. BROWN: "Now I'm losing games
because of pollution..."
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DISSOLVE TO PSYCHIATRIC STAND
C. BROWN: "Boy am I depressed."
LUCY: "Lost another game, eh?"
C. BROWN: "No, not that..."
C. BROWN: "I'm used to that. I'm
depressed about all the polluting
and littering."
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LUCY: "What do you mean?'
LUCY: "Why don't you give a report
on it at school?"
C. BROWN: "Gee, that's great!"
C. BROWN: "Oh. Snoopy's dog
house and his motorcycle. The
littering on our ball field and the
smog..."
C. BROWN: "Report? How could I
give .a report?"
LUCY: "Here. This pamphlet from
the American Lung Association
gives all the facts."
LUCY: "That'll be 20 cents. I'm
giving you a discount because it's
a good cause. The pamphlet from
ALA is free for the asking."
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DISSOLVE TO SCHOOL
C. BROWN GIVES REPORT:
"Each of us breathes 35 pounds of
air each day. That's six times as
much as we eat and drink."
C. BROWN: "And yet we all pollute
our air with over 150 million tons
of aerial garbage each year."
SNOOPY TO WOODSTOCK GAG
AND COUGH
C. BROWN: "That's terrible!"
C. BROWN: "Some of the ways we
pollute our air are as follows:"
C. BROWN: "Cars that don't have
good air pollution devices are a
major cause."
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Improperly working heating
units are a source of
harmful pollution. A unit
which is not maintained
correctly will run less
efficiently and in the
long run cost more to
operate.
FLIPS CARD
C. BROWN: "If your heaters in your
home don't work properly, it causes
pollution."
CUT TO EMBARRASSED BLUSHING
SNOOPY.
A properly
maintained
engine will give
longer service, require
fewer repairs, and cut down
on harmful emissjons.
FLIPS CARD
C. BROWN: "If you don't keep your
motorcycle or car tuned properly,
that adds to pollution."
Backyard burning of trash
and leaves releases harmful
pollutants into the air.
C. BROWN: "If you burn leaves or
trash in the backyard, that also
causes pollution."
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C. BROWN (FLIPS CARD): "And if
large factories don't have good
controls, they too can send all
kinds of pollution into the air."
LINUS: "Well, what can we do about
it, Charlie Brown?"
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(IN SCHOOL ROOM)
C. BROWN: "I've asked Snoopy to
help me show ways we can all help
to clean up the air we breathe."
SNOOPY TWIRLS POSTER
C. BROWN: "Discourage backyard
burning."
C. BROWN: "First, report any air
pollution offenses you see."
C. BROWN: "Next, discourage
backyard burning of trash."
SNOOPY TWIRLS POSTER AGAIN
C. BROWN: "Support local programs."
LOCAL
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C. BROWN: "Next, support programs
in your community that fight air
pollution."
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SNOOPY DUCKS BEHIND POSTER
ROARS OUT ON MOTOR BIKE
C. BROWN: "Next, keep your cars
and motorcycles in tune."
SNOOPY ROARS AROUND
AND EXITS
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C. BROWN: "And we made a poster
to put up in class for this —"
C. BROWN: "Use mass
transportation whenever
possible."
SNOOPY UPS POSTER — HOLDS
TACK... WOODSTOCK UPS
HAMMER
WOODSTOCK: BAM! BAM! BAM!
SNOOPY IN WILD REACTION
OF PAIN
SNOOPY: "YEEIPE! ARGH!
ARGH!ARGH!ARGH!
C. BROWN: "Good grief, why can't
I have a normal dog, like everyone
else!"
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IpuvslnJir i
PoUUTiowf
SONG: "You can help.
Clean up the air.
All you have to do is care.
SONG: "For your health...
For yourself.
Fight pollution.
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SONG: "EVERYWHERE!"
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AIR CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
Air conservation, smoking and health,
.and occupational health make up the
environmental health program of the
American Lung Association. They
provide a base for attaining the
Association's long-range goal of
controlling and preventing lung
disease.
The air conservation program of ALA
and its 200 affiliated lung associations
throughout the country encompasses
several broad areas: (1) education,
(2) regulation, (3) legislation,
(4) litigation when appropriate, and
(5) research.
The ALA receives counsel and
technical advice from its National
Air Conservation Commission and
from the Scientific Assembly on
Environmental and Occupational
Health of its medical section, the
American Thoracic Society.
ALA therefore serves the nation as
an expert resource regarding the
health effects of air pollution. It
fulfills its advocacy role with
. scientific validity.
If you would like to know more about
air pollution — or would like to
help in the program to control
pollution — you are invited to write
or phone your lung association.
Special leaflets and other materials
are readily available.
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Published with grant support from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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