It started as a plain old winter day with Charlie Brown being Charlie Brown and Snoopy being Snoopy. Ever the optimist, Charlie Brown thinks he can treat Snoopy as an ordinary dog.
......Snoopy as a member of a husky team, stuck out in Alaska, etc, a much more brutal outlook for the strip than usual.
With so many specials, films, and even a regular Saturday morning series, one can expect even the "Peanuts" series to mis-step on occasion. "What a Nightmare Charlie Brown" mis-steps...