The logo for The World of Snoopy.
The World of Snoopy is a set of books and tapes that came with a Talking Snoopy toy.
Background information[]
In 1986, Worlds of Wonder, the same company behind the original Teddy Ruxpin line of talking toys, released similar toys using the Peanuts brand. The Teddy Ruxpin toys were based around the idea of a stuffed toy being brought to life using specially programmed cassette tapes, giving it the ability to sing and tell stories. After the initial success, the company made similar toys using other characters such as Mickey Mouse, Mother Goose, and most notably Snoopy.
Snoopy's story series was referred to as “The World of Snoopy”, and the stories followed Snoopy and his various adventures with the cast of Peanuts. These cassettes told somewhat lighter stories than the previous TV specials that Snoopy had been in, and also featured more music and songs. Despite this, the stories themselves still managed to capture the spirit of one of the most popular beagles in history.
List of books[]
- Snoopy's Birthday Party
- Snoopy's America
- Rock-a-Bye Snoopy
- Snoopy Goes Camping
- Snoopy and the Great Pumpkin
- Snoopy's Show & Tell
- Snoopy's Band
- Snoopy's Land of Make Believe
- Snoopy, Spike, and the Cat Next Door
- Snoopy's Baseball Game
- Snoopy at the Dog Show
- Snoopy Hits the Beach
- Snoopy's Talent Show
Cast[]
- Cam Clarke as Snoopy
- Sean Collins as Charlie Brown
- Tiffany Billings as Lucy van Pelt
- Kristie Baker as Peppermint Patty
- Jeremy Miller as Linus van Pelt
- Ami Foster as Sally Brown
List of toys[]
- Talking Snoopy (1986)
- Chirping Woodstock (1986)
- Talking Charlie Brown (planned but cancelled)
The cancelled Talking Charlie Brown[]
A Talking Charlie Brown toy to help the Talking Snoopy and Chirping Woodstock to tell stories, functioning the same as the Grubby doll (made to accompany Teddy Ruxpin) and Hector the Ugly Duckling (made to accompany Worlds of Wonder's Talking Mother Goose) was also planned to be released, as seen though the 1986 Toy Fair[1], Worlds of Wonder Brochure, the POP display (albeit in a very small picture in low quality), and even having a section with the Snoopy at the same display, but due to Worlds of Wonder's bankruptcy in 1988, he could not be finished and had to be cancelled. Interestingly, the cassettes were still coded with lip sync for Charlie Brown, which can be noticed if a WOW companion doll, like Grubby or Goofy, is plugged in with the Snoopy toy. This indicates that the Talking Charlie Brown was scrapped late. It is rumored that at least 3 prototypes of the Talking Charlie Brown were made before being cancelled (one of them just stuffed and with no animatronics), but when those prototypes will show up again or even if they still exist in good or even working condition (as some WOW toys are infamous for being rushed out to stores and can have malfunctioning problems) is still unknown.
Trivia[]
- This was one of the few instances where Snoopy was given a voice, this time provided by Cam Clarke. who would later return to do Snoopy's voice in the animated version of Snoopy!!! The Musical.
- A few of the songs present in the books "We're Gonna Have a Party Tonight" and "Dreamin' On My Doghouse" were featured in You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown and It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown.