The 40 Most Fascinating and Shocking Secrets Behind Your Favorite Holiday Movies
TV producer Lee Mendelson first pitched a documentary about Charles Schulz's comic strip: The Coca-Cola Company wanted a Schulz holiday special."The bad news is that today is Wednesday, and they'll need an outline in Atlanta by Monday," the ad agencyLee.
Scrapping their original plans, Lee and Charles quickly prepped an overview in less than one day, describing"winter scenes, a school play, a scene to be read from the Bible and a sound track combining jazz and traditional music." Coca-Cola agreed to the plan—but gave the team only six months to bring the project to life.
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