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Tuesday, November 3rd is the Last Day to Enter the Peanuts 60th 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


--(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 60th 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

Copyright Business Wire 2009

 

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