Comments on: The instrument behind the adults on the Peanuts

By: WaltTrombone

WaltTrombone — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:32:00 +0000

To further clarify Chris’ comment above, it was Dean Hubbard that did the teachers voice, BUT he did not use a plunger. It was an old style mute called a “Solotone.” You covered up the open end of the mute with your hand to get the wah-wah effect.

I got that tidbit direct from Dean, and he should know!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:42:00 +0000

It’s called a plunger mute. See the Wikipedia entry for “plunger mute” under the “brass” section for more detailed info.
Brass players have used them for quite some time. They are sold at music supply stores…you don’t even have to remove the stick. ;)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:35:00 +0000

The trombonist who did the sessions for the “Peanuts” cartoons is named Dean Hubbard, a San Francisco-based studio musician. He’s also worked with Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville, and a host of others. He also provided the trombone version of “Flight of the Bumble Bee” for an episode Garfield where Garfield is chasing a butterfly.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:10:00 +0000

@Karen: Ringtone should be pretty easy to find. The name of the song is “Linus and Lucy”, by Vince Guaraldi.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:19:00 +0000

My family absolutely loves Charlie Brown. My 9 year old watches the cartoons on his iPOD every trip.

I so want that Linus and Lucy dance for a ring tone!