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‘Welcome Home, Franklin’ Peanuts Special Addresses Controversial Scene From Thanksgiving Special
Apple TV+ dropped a new Peanuts special titled Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin, focusing on the comic strip's first Black character, Franklin Armstrong.
When the trailer was unveiled, one moment got social media buzzing as it referenced the 1973 special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. The new special, which is already streaming on Apple TV+, fixes that scene showing all the Peanuts characters rallying around Franklin. Director Raymond S. Persi explained how they made the emotional scene happen, adding, “To make it have the most impact, [I suggested that we] match the shot exactly to what it was in the Thanksgiving special.
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