Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975 TV Short)

Duncan Watson: Charlie Brown

Quotes 

• Violet : Charlie Brown, we've been feeling awfully guilty about not giving you a valentine this year. Here, I've erased my name from this one. I'd like you to have it.

  Schroeder : Hold on there! What do you think you're doing? Who do you think you are? Where were you yesterday when everyone else was giving out valentines? Is kindness and thoughtfulness something you can make retroactive? Don't you think he has any feelings? You and your friends are the most thoughtless bunch I've ever known. You don't care *anything* about Charlie Brown! You just hate to feel guilty! And now you have the nerve to come around one day later and offer him a used valentine just to ease your conscience! Well, let me tell you something: Charlie Brown doesn't need your...

  Charlie Brown : Don't listen to him! I'll take it!

• [last lines] 

  Charlie Brown : I guess I let Schroeder down, but it was my first valentine, you know.

  Linus van Pelt : I didn't do too well, either. Miss Othmar went off with her boyfriend. She never even knew I had a Valentine's gift for her.

  Charlie Brown : Well, maybe it wasn't a total flop for me. At least they *were* a showing a little thought for me, even if it was a used valentine. At least they care a *little* bit about me. Hey, maybe this is the start of a trend. Maybe this is a whole new trend for old Charlie Brown. Maybe this is the start of something big! Maybe next year I'll get a whole *bunch* of valentines! Maybe next year I'll need three briefcases instead of two! Maybe next year I'll even...

  Linus van Pelt : Happy Valentine's Day, Charlie Brown.

• [First lines] 

  Lucy van Pelt : What are you doing, Charlie Brown?

  Charlie Brown : I'm waiting for valentines.

  Lucy van Pelt : Oh, well. Good luck.

  Charlie Brown : Thank you.

  Lucy van Pelt : You'll need it.

  Charlie Brown : You didn't have to say that!

• Charlie Brown : I'd give *anything if that Little Red Haired Girl had sent me a valentine. Hey, maybe she *did* send me one. Maybe she *did* send me a valentine, and it didn't get here till today! Maybe it's in our mailbox right now! I'm afraid to look. If I look and there's nothing there, I'll be crushed. On the other hand, if she did send me a valentine... I've *got* to look!

  [he opens the mailbox eagerly, but Snoopy smooches him on the nose, then Snoopy closes the mailbox promptly as Charlie Brown rubs his nose disgustedly] 

  Charlie Brown : I hate Valentine's Day.

• [At Snoopy's puppet show] 

  Charlie Brown : Have you ever been to one of these shows before?

  Lucy van Pelt : No, I can't say I have.

  Charlie Brown : Then maybe I should warn you about this first scene.

  Lucy van Pelt : What first scene?

  [Water splashes on Lucy] 

  Charlie Brown : When the carriage crosses the swollen river.

• Charlie Brown : [whispering to Schroeder]  Did you see my name on any of those valentines?

  Schroeder : No, I haven't been paying any attention. What's that briefcase for?

  Charlie Brown : Well, in case I get a lot of valentines, I'll want to have something to carry them in.

• Schroeder : [after everyone except Charlie Brown receives their valentines]  Well, that's it. Happy Valentine's Day, everybody. Refreshments will be served in the back.

  Charlie Brown : Are you sure there's none for me?

  Schroeder : Yep, none.