Sparky captured something that still resonates today, says Jean Schulz

As Jean Schulz navigates the hallways of the Charles M Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, she frequently runs into enthusiastic Peanuts fans who are eager to share how the comic series or books affected their lives or how a Snoopy plushie they held onto saw them from their childhood into their adult years. Even over a video call, Jean has a bright sparkle in her eye, as she lovingly speaks of her late husband Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts world. In the film Jean reminds audiences how she first called Charles ‘my sweet baboo.’ Inspired, Charles would bring this endearment into the comics, and Sally Brown would call Linus the same for years. Schulz, the creator of ‘Peanuts’, penned the round faced boy Charlie Brown, and his dog Snoopy. Jean Schulz, widow of Charles M. Schulz and steward of Schulz estate Still of Charlie Brown and Linus van Pelt in ‘Who Are You, Charlie Brown?’ releasing on Apple TV+ on June 25, 2021 Documentary key art for ‘Who Are You, Charlie Brown?’ that releases on Apple TV+ on June 25, 2021 A still from ‘The Peanuts Movie’ of Lucy van Pelt pranking Charlie Brown who tries to kick a football Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz’s famous slant desk at the Charles M Schulz Museum, USA.