Chuck

Yeah, that was it.

He said, hey, man, you want to compose some music for this documentary?

He said, because they were, you know, both Bay Area guys.

And he said, sure, I'll do it.

And he created an entire original piece called Linus and Lucy that was the theme.

And that is the, you know, the very famous sort of Charlie Brown theme song that we all know and love.

I can't keep doing that.

People are about to tune out.

Yeah.

So he made Linus and Lucy.

The documentary went over and then Coca-Cola came around and they said, we want to do this Christmas special, Charlie Brown Christmas in spring 65.

And so Giraldi was an obvious choice to come back and record music.

So he recycled Linus and Lucy and also wrote Skating and Christmastime is Here.

Iconic.

Agreed.

Yeah, apparently he was having trouble, and he said he wrote it in about 15 minutes on the back of an envelope.

Pretty simple lyrics.

But Vince Graldi never went on to be known for a lot after this.

His output after that wasn't super famous.

But, you know, I think it was Ethan Iverson from that New Yorker article made a great point.