![]() It also was covered by George Winston on Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi (1996) and David Benoit on It's a David Benoit Christmas! (2020). Unique variations of the song were commercially released on the albums Oh Good Grief! (1968) and The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites (recorded 1969, released 2003). Various renditions of Peppermint Patty's theme song appeared in nearly every television special Guaraldi scored that the character appeared in, including He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968), It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (1969), Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971), There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (both 1973), It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974) and You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (1975). In his book Vince Guaraldi at the Piano, Guaraldi historian and biographer Derrick Bang wrote that the upbeat melody "aptly conveyed her character's feisty, tomboyish nature and just-under-the-radar feminism." Producer Lee Mendelson commented that Schulz was particularly fond of the theme Guaraldi wrote for the character. Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi composed the eponymous theme song for Peppermint Patty in 1967, making its first appearance in the television special You're in Love, Charlie Brown. Peppermint Patty was first voiced by Gabrielle DeFaria in the CBS television specials, then by various other child performers both male-such as Christopher DeFaria and Stuart Brotman-and female-including Donna Forman Le Tourneau (1974), Linda Ercoli (1974), Victoria Vargas (1983), Gini Holtzman (1984–1985). In 1972, Schulz introduced the character's last name, Reichardt, which he borrowed from the last name of his secretary, Sue Reichardt, whose favorite character was Peppermint Patty. Peppermint Patty debuted in the strip of August 22, 1966. He created the character design (complete with the incentive to audaciously have her toes in the open) to fit the name. In one interview, Schulz stated that he coined Peppermint Patty's name after noticing a dish of peppermint patties in his house and deciding the name was so good that he should use it before another artist thought of the same joke. In later years, especially after lesbian groups began identifying with Peppermint Patty, Schulz downplayed the fact that the character was based on Swanson to protect her privacy. ![]() Swanson's roommate Elise Gallaway served as the model for Peppermint Patty's best friend Marcie. Schulz had also named his earlier character Patty after Swanson, and he coined his well-known phrase " Happiness is a Warm Puppy" during a conversation with her in 1959. Schulz modeled Peppermint Patty after a favorite cousin, Patricia Swanson, who served as a regular inspiration for Peanuts. In most of her appearances, she is attracted to Charlie Brown, based on her reactions. Uniquely, she refers to Charlie Brown and Lucy as "Chuck" and "Lucille", respectively. ![]() The following year she made her animated debut in the TV special You're in Love, Charlie Brown and began (in the comics) coaching a baseball team that played against Charlie Brown, and thereafter had other adventures with him. She made her first appearance on August 22, 1966. She has freckles and "mousy-blah" hair, and generally displays the characteristics of a tomboy, although she also demonstrates an obsession with the smaller things in life. She is one of a small group in the strip who live across town from Charlie Brown and his school friends (although in The Peanuts Movie, Snoopy in Space, and The Snoopy Show she, Marcie, and Franklin live in the same neighborhood and attend the same school). Her full name, very rarely used in the strip, is Patricia Reichardt. Peppermint Patty is a fictional character featured in Charles M. ![]()
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