Calling All Round-Headed Charlie Browns and Loud-Mouthed Lucys!

Tuesday, November 3^rd is the Last Day to Enter the Peanuts 60^th Anniversary Photo Look-a-Like Contest

www.peanutsphotocontest.com

Have Your Photo Judged by Jill Schulz, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, “Supernanny” Jo Frost, Nigel Barker and Victoria Recaño

Win a Family Adventure to Cedar Point, Home of Planet Snoopy

• Press Release
• Source: United Media
• On 3:21 pm EST, Monday November 2, 2009

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Is there a Pigpen in your home? How about a Joe Cool? Then Jill Schulz, daughter of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, invites you to submit your photo by Tuesday, November 3 to the 60^th Anniversary Peanuts Look-a-Like Contest: www.peanutsphotocontest.com. The grand-prize winner will receive an all-expenses-paid family adventure for four to Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio (home to Planet Snoopy).

The contest, which benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), has been attracting Peanuts fans of all ages, who are submitting photos of themselves or their children looking like one of these Peanuts characters: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder, Franklin, Peppermint Patty, Marcie or Pigpen, or one of Snoopy’s classic alter-egos, Joe Cool or the World War I Flying Ace.

The finalists—selected by celebrity judges Jill Schulz; country music legends Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood; “Supernanny” Jo Frost; “America’s Next Top Model” judge and fashion photographer Nigel Barker; and Victoria Recaño, co-anchor of KTLA 5 News at 6 and KTLA 5 News at 10—will be announced on November 11. The public will then be able to vote for their favorite finalist through November 30. The winners will be announced in December.

Other prizes include a collection of Warner Home Video PEANUTS DVDs and a Peanuts holiday tree and ornament collection from Hallmark Gold Crown.

Look Who Looks Alike!

For inspiration, Schulz recommends entrants peruse the celebrity look-a-like gallery on the site.

“We’ve put together a fantastic line-up of famous look-a-likes who have an uncanny similarity to a Peanuts character…whether in looks, talent or attitude,” says Schulz. “I think people entering the contest will get some great ideas from the photos and captions in the celebrity look-a-like gallery—not to mention enjoying a good laugh!”

“I got a huge smile on my face when I found out I'd been picked as the Peppermint Patty look-alike!” says Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson. “I love her because she is who she is and she says what she thinks—and of course, she's good at sports. I'm proud to be on the Peanuts team.”

The Celebrity Look-a-Likes are:

Charlie Brown: Simon Pegg (“Star Trek,” “Shaun of the Dead”)

Snoopy: Will Ferrell (“Anchorman” “Elf”)

Lucy: Debi Mazar (“Dancing with the Stars,” “Entourage”)

Linus: Michael Cera (“Paper Hearts,” “Juno”)

Sally: Kristin Chenoweth (Tony winner for playing Sally in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” on Broadway; Emmy winner for “Pushing Daisies”)

Peppermint Patty: Shawn Johnson (gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast; winner of last season’s “Dancing with the Stars”)

Marcie: Tina Fey (Emmy-winning star and creator of “30 Rock”)

Pigpen: Mike Rowe (“Dirty Jobs”)

Schroeder: Harry Connick Jr. (Grammy-winning artist, Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated actor)

Franklin: Usher (Grammy-nominated artist)

World War I Flying Ace: Chesley Sullenberger III (heroic captain of US Airways flight 1549, which landed safely in New York’s Hudson River)

Joe Cool: Seth Green (actor and creator of the super-cool, Emmy-winning “Robot Chicken” series)

Woodstock: Whoopi Goldberg (Oscar winner for “Ghost,” co-host of “The View”)

For United Media:
CurrentPR
Alison Hill, 714-444-9731 x201
alison@currentpr.com
or
Marisa Aguilar, 909-851-0613
Marisa@currentpr.com