Snoopy!!! Returns

A short while back, I wrote here about the show, Snoopy!!!, which was the follow-up to the big hit, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown -- though it was written by different songwriters.  (The original show had a score by Clark Gesner.  The sequel was by Hal Hackady and Larry Grossman.)

As I mentioned at the time, the challenge for Snoopy!!! was to come up with a song to end the show as strong as "Happiness" was for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown -- and they accomplish that task with "Just One Person" (which many people now associate with the Muppets). 

But Hackady and Grossman actually had an equally impressive accomplishment, writing a score that's every bit as charming and tuneful and fun as the original, even if it's far less known.  But when it got done as a trimmed-down animated Peanuts TV special, it at least was brought to a huge audience.

As wonderful as "Just One Person" is, there are a lot of other songs in the show that I love.  And this here is perhaps top of the list.  In fact, it might be my favorite in the show -- "Everything You Can Be."  Rather than play it from the original cast, here's the animated version with the Peanuts gang.  It's a real tongue-twister of a song, and the adults voices on the cast album might handle it slightly better, but the visual images of the animation help keep track of what's being sung, as well.  (Also, I found a "singalong" version...which helps a lot.  Trust me.)