

Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin

Franklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other unpartnered kid: Charlie Brown.
It was a delight to watch a new "Peanuts" cartoon, not to mention making Franklin the protagonist on this TV special & giving him a new backstory. Anyone who's read the comic strips or other TV shows & movies should remember that he was a minor character who was Peppermint Patty's baseball teammate & classmate. Again, Franklin's new backstory means he kinda has to "reintroduce" himself to Charlie Brown & the others at this point on the long-running franchise. I plan to show this to my nephews & niece when they show up at my home.