Linus wishes him luck, but then generously, albeit reluctantly, hands Charlie Brown his blanket for good luck. Soon afterwards, Charlie Brown boards the bus for the trip to New York City. Violet tells him his victory in the school spelling bee has given him the privilege to take part in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee.Д¬harlie Brown's feelings about his victory immediately turn, as he finds his feelings about his bad luck once again eating away at him. The others tell him it was just the beginning. The others recommend that Charlie Brown should start studying again, which confuses him, given that he just won the spelling bee. Later on, at Charlie Brown's house, Lucy proclaims that Charlie Brown (with his newfound fame) should have an agent, a job which she would naturally do best. The other children cheerfully follow him home, singing a song titled 'Champion Charlie Brown.' It soon comes down to Charlie Brown, but when Snoopy, who is outside playing a Jew's harp, plays the song that helped Charlie Brown remember spelling tips it clears his mind and Charlie Brown wins the bee. As the school-wide spelling bee kicks off, Charlie Brown's mind is filled with all sorts of words, rules, and doubts, as he is feeling the pressure of his class watching him take on the best spellers in the school. With Snoopy's accompaniment, Linus and Charlie sing about some spelling rules. Filled with determination, he, Linus, and Snoopy go home and study through the dictionary. The next day, Charlie Brown will be going up against the otherВ children in the school. Later in class, Charlie Brown nervously volunteers, and manages to beat the other children in the class. His opinion is met by more laughter and insults by Lucy, Patty, and Violet as they sing the song ' Failure Face', which sets Charlie Brown's mind to volunteer. Linus, however, thinks that entering the spelling bee is a good idea. As they near the playground, Lucy jokingly comes up to Charlie Brown, and explains that the school is having a spelling bee, and laughs at the thought of him volunteering. On the way to school the next day, Linus encounters Charlie Brown, who tells him about the slide show that Lucy showed. However, the 'evidence' does not help Charlie Brown at all, and makes him feel even more miserable.

At her house, Lucy reveals a slide projector and a screen, onto which slides showing Charlie Brown's myriad faults will be displayed.

Lucy tells Charlie Brown that she can help him point out his faults better than anyone else (this session includes a classic football gag). The next day, Charlie Brown stops by Lucy's psychiatry booth. Positively, Linus tells Charlie Brown that he is sure that someday he will win. However, Charlie Brown replies sarcastically, 'I guess that makes me the smartest person in the whole world.' Linus takes the tone of voice, and tells Charlie Brown that if he keeps thinking he is a loser, it will not help. Later on that day, Linus shows up at the front porch of the house and tries to cheer Charlie Brown up, stating that people learn more from losing than from winning. Charlie Brown walks home, musing that they always lose the first and last games of the season and all the ones in between. The game starts, and the team fails the first game of the summer season. Charlie Brown's friends Lucy, Schroeder, Patty, Frieda, Shermy, 'Pig-Pen', Linus, Violet and his sister Sally arrive. Charlie Brown's first Little League baseball game of the season approaches, and he eagerly goes to the stadium.

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