Love is in the airwaves and cable lines tonight as a number of cartoon favorites celebrate Valentine’s Day with new and classic TV specials. New love-themed adventures from Cartoon Network’s Ed, Edd ’n’ Eddy and The WB’s Scooby-Doo join a pair of holiday favorites from the Charlie Brown and Winnie the Pooh libraries.
The love fest kicks off tonight, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. on Cartoon Network with an all-new, half-hour Ed, Edd ’n’ Eddy special titled Hanky Panky Hullabaloo. It’s Valentine’s Day at Peach Creek High, and Ed is bracing himself for the lovesick advances of May Kanker. However, Cupid’s arrow accidently strikes Edd, sending him head-over-heels for May and turning the pair into unlikely sweethearts. Meanwhile, Eddy hatches a scheme to capitalize financially on the holiday. Ed, Edd ’n’ Eddy is produced by series creator/exec producer Danny Antonucci at aka Cartoons in Vancouver. The Valentine’s Day special will replay at 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. tonight, and on Monday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m.
A Scooby-Doo Valentine follows at 8:30 p.m. on The WB. The primetime special has the Mystery Inc. crew return home to Coolsville for a much-deserved break from mystery solving. Their vacation is cut short when local teens start disappearing from Lover’s Lane. Meanwhile, Shaggy runs into his ex-girlfriend, Rachel (voiced by Joey Lauren Adams), a local reporter. Jealousy gets the better of him when he meets her new boyfriend new boyfriend, JC Chasez, from the boy band ’NSYNC. Also lending their voices to the special are The Simpson’s Dan Castellaneta, Gary & Mike’s Harland Williams and American Dad’s Rachel McFarlane. A Scooby-Doo Valentine is produced by Warner Bros. Animation under the guidance of exec producers Joseph Barbera and Sander Schwartz. An encore presentation is scheduled during The WB’s Easy View on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. ET/PT.
ABC will air two Valentine’s Day animated specials on Saturday, Feb. 12, beginning with A Charlie Brown Valentine at 8 p.m. Winnie the Pooh, A Valentine For You will follow at 8:30 p.m.
In A Charlie Brown Valentine, our hero finally works up the courage to call the little red-haired girl to ask her to the Valentine’s Day dance. As luck would have it, Charlie again ends up broken-hearted and empty-handed when he dials the wrong number and reaches Peppermint Patty instead. The special debuted in 2002 and was the first new Peanuts adventure made after the death of creator Charles M. Schulz in 2000.
Winnie the Pooh, a Valentine for You finds the gang a bit jealous when Christopher Robin devotes his time to making a Valentine’s Day card for a girl. After Owl diagnoses the boy’s lovesickness Pooh leads the group on a quest to find a cure. The special, featuring three original songs by Michael and Patty Silversher, first debuted in 1999.
Meanwhile, the folks at Boomerang, cartoon Network’s classic animation spin-off cabler, have planned a Pepe Le Pew Love Stinks marathon of vintage Looney Tunes shorts featuring the lovesick skunk. The fun begins at 6 a.m. on Feb. 14.
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