10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – 1/4/21

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Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™.

As a result of our recent vacation, today we’re starting with a look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last 14 days instead of our usual 7.

They are, in order: read article

…And We’re Back to Work!

The More Things Change, The More They Don’t

Greetings from TVWriter™ after our glorious Holiday Vacay!

LB: MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

by Larry Brody

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Time for a short post to wish you all the best holiday season possible. No, make that the best Holiday season ever. No, wait, let’s just make it THE BEST HOLIDAY SEASON!!!

It’s been a rough year for all of us. Here’s hoping we’ve reached the turning point and that 2021 will be the best year of the century so far. read article

Cartoon: A Christmas Thought. New Year’s Too.

More Pearls Before Swine is (are?) HERE

Herbie J Pilato: My Top Ten Animated Christmas Specials of All Time

EDITOR’S NOTE: Part I of Christmas Joy brought to us all by TVWriter™ legendary Contributing Editor Emeritus Herbie J Pilato.

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by Herbie J Pilato

1]  A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (CBS, 1965): Directed by Bill Melendez. Written by Charles Schulz.

Young voice-over talent Peter Robbins made his indelible mark as Charlie Brown in this poignant holiday classic that spawned a series of similar specials for every holiday. Here, Charlie Brown searches for the true meaning of Christmas and the perfect tree. While directing a school play, he ultimately finds both, though not before our young low-acheiver is confronted by a number of obstacles. None the least of these conflicts is presented by his own dog Snoopy’s obsession with winning first prize for a local decorations competition, or by his mean-spirited peers who mock his choice of a tiny sickly tree. read article