A Charlie Brown Valentine Page #2

Chuck.

That letter is from me.

You like me, Chuck.

Charlie Brown:
I do?

[scene fades to Marcie’s bedroom, Marcie is on her bed on the phone]

Marcie:
(on the phone) Hi, Charles. Remember yesterday

when I went to your house?

I walked all the way over

to ask you if you liked me.

Charlie Brown:
(on the phone) To do what?

Marcie:
(hanging up the phone) I can't stand it.

[scene fades to Schroeder’s house, Schroeder is playing a piano, Lucy is leaning on it]

Lucy:
Next week is Valentine's Day.

Are you going to give me a valentine?

Schroeder:
I never have. What makes you think

I'll give you one this year?

Lucy:
Hope!

[Lucy shouts so loud Schroeder accidentally back-flips away from his piano and thuds to the ground off-screen]

[scene cuts to a hallway in the Brown’s house]

Charlie Brown:
Isn't this a beautifuI valentine?

It says, "I love you. "

I think I'll give it

to the Little Red-Haired Girl!

Sally:
(Walking away past him) She'll probably laugh right in your face.

Charlie Brown:
At least I'd be near her.

[Snoopy enters]

[Charlie Brown shows his valentine to Snoopy]

Charlie Brown:
What do you think? This is a valentine

I bought the Little Red-Haired Girl.

I wanna go over to her house

and give it to her...

...but I think I'd be too nervous to do it

without practice.

I'll go outside and ring the doorbell...

...and you pretend

you're the Little Red-Haired Girl, okay? [Charlie Brown exits]

[Charlie Brown rings his doorbell]

[Snoopy comes out with a Red curly wig on, and kisses Charlie Brown]

[scene fades to Charlie Brown on a sidewalk]

Charlie Brown:
I better practice how I'll give it to her.

Charlie Brown:
(without moving lips) Here, Little Red-Haired Girl,

this is for you.

It's a valentine.

This is a valentine

I made specially for you.

Here, Little Red-Haired Girl,

this is a valentine I want you to have.

Here, Little Red-Haired Girl...

...this is a valentine to show

how much I like you.

Here, this valentine is for you,

sweet Little Red-Haired Girl.

Charlie Brown:
(moving lips) Here, Little Red-Haired Girl,

this valentine is for you.

And I hope you like it

as much as I like you and...

[Charlie Brown sighs, and put’s the valentine he was going to give the Little Red-Haired Girl in person in the mailbox]

[Linus enters]

Linus:
Hi, Charlie Brown.

Did you give that Little Red-Haired Girl

your valentine?

Charlie Brown:
I couldn't do it. I mailed it anonymously.

[scene fades to Sally in front of the Van Pelt’s house]

Sally:
Hey, sweet babboo,

I brought you a valentine.

Linus:
(off-screen) I am not your sweet babboo.

Does it have any monetary value?

Sally:
I doubt it.

[scene fades to Charlie Brown at the Candy store]

Charlie Brown:
Yes, ma'am. I'd like to buy a box of candy

for a Girl who doesn't know I exist.

[WOMAN MUMBLING]

Charlie Brown:
No, ma'am. Nothing too expensive.

I'll never have the nerve

to give it to her anyway.

[scene fades to Charlie Brown behind a tree with a heart shaped box of candy]

Charlie Brown:
I'm afraid if I give this box

to that Little Red-Haired Girl...

...she'll just laugh in my face.

Maybe I can hide behind this tree...

...and when she comes by,

she'll take it out of my hand.

Love makes you do strange things.

[scene fades to nightime with Charlie Brown in bed]

Charlie Brown:
I think tomorrow I'll just right out and tell

that Little Red-Haired Girl that I love her.

Then I'll give her a big hug.

Then I'll go bungee jumping

from the moon.

[scene fades to school at Recess, Charlie Brown is eating his lunch]

Charlie Brown:
Wouldn't it be great if that

Little Red-Haired Girl gave me a valentine?

What if she came over to me

and handed me a big, fancy valentine...

...with lace all around the edges?

What if she said to me, "Dearest Charlie

Brown, won't you be my valentine?

Please? Please? Please?"

[Charlie Brown puts his sandwich in his lunch bag, picks up the bag, and walks away]

Charlie Brown:
I'd better go in. I think I'm cracking up.

[scene fades to Schroeder’s house, Schroeder is playing his piano, Lucy is leaning on it]

Lucy:
I've decided something.

For Valentine's Day this year,

don't get me anything fancy...

...like candy or flowers.

I'll settle for a kiss on the nose

and a hug.

[Schroeder ignores her]

Lucy:
Or a whole lot less.

[scene fades to Sally and Charlie Brown at an Art table in their house]

Sally:
See this valentine I made for Linus?

On the inside, I wrote,

"To my sweet babboo. "

Charlie Brown:
He says he's not your sweet babboo.

Sally:
What does he know?

[scene fades to Sally and Eudora walking on a sidewalk past some stores]

Sally:
These are valentines

for all the boys at schooI that I like.

And this is a very speciaI one

for my sweet babboo.

Eudora:
Does your sweet babboo know who he is?

Sally:
Oh, yes, he knows who he is.

[scene cuts to Linus in front of a Candy store, Sally and Eudora walk past him]

Sally:
Do you see my sweet babboo

standing there?

He's hanging around the candy store

trying to decide...

...what to get me for Valentine's Day.

It'll probably be a box of candy

shaped like a big heart.

Linus:
Or a big zero!

Sally:
Isn't he the cutest thing?

[scene fades to Charlie Brown and Linus on a seesaw]

Charlie Brown:
Look, it's the Little Red-Haired Girl.

Maybe I should invite her

to the Valentine dance.

[Linus and Charlie Brown get off the seesaw]

Charlie Brown:
Do me a favor. Go over and talk to her.

Say you know me.

Try to find out if she likes me.

I'll hide here behind this trash can

and listen.

[Linus exits]

Linus:
(off-screen) Hi there. My name is Linus.

I believe we have a friend in common.

His name is Charlie Brown.

He sits across the room from you

in school.

No, by the window,

near the pencil sharpener.

No, in the last row.

Well, kind of blond, I guess.

No, you're thinking of Mike.

No, not as tall.

A shirt with sort of jagged stripes.

No, not John. John is a lot bigger.

Sort of a round face.

Doesn't ring a bell, huh?

No, Brown like in "town. "

Just doesn't ring a bell, huh?

Charlie Brown:
I can't stand it. I just can't stand it.

[scene fades to Lucy walking with Charlie Brown]

Lucy:
You're being ridiculous, Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown:
I can't help it.

I can't just go up to that Little

Red-Haired Girl and talk to her.

She has a pretty face,

and pretty faces make me nervous.

Lucy:
How come my face

doesn't make you nervous, huh?

I notice you can talk to me.

I have a pretty face.

How come you can talk to me?

[scene fades to Linus and Charlie Brown eating Lunch]

Linus:
Well, why don't you invite her

to the Valentine's dance?

Just go ask her right now.

I can't talk to that Little Red-Haired Girl

because she is something and I'm nothing.

[Linus pulls out a chocolate chip cookie]

Charlie Brown:
If I were something and she were nothing,

I could talk to her.

Or if she were something and I were

something, then I could also talk to her.

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