Trooper York: Peanuts

Monday, October 17, 2011

Peanuts

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20 comments:

Titus said...: When I was little I wanted to do the one that played the piano.; October 17, 2011 at 9:24 PM
blake said...: Charlie Brown's gotten to be a real pottymouth.; October 17, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Fred4Pres said...: I went to the Schultz Museum last spring. The kids and wife wanted to go (I was not that into it). But as I was wondering around I starting talking to an old docent there who explained he met "Sparky" by working on his office equipment. Schultz became friends with him and talked him into learning hockey and joining his over 40 league. Remember Schultz was a Minnesota kid living in Santa Clara.

When the local rink closed, he built one. He hired people to run it and he got top of the line skates (hockey and figure) for the kids to rent.

I probably spent a good two hours talking to the guy. He was semi retired and just enjoyed doing something two or three times a week. He still skated at the rink in the over 70 league.

So I went back that night and did open skate with the kids. I have to say, the Peanut characters were all head cases, but Schultz and the old guy were okay.; October 18, 2011 at 1:04 AM
The Dude said...: Schultz was an emotional train wreck, not that that matters, and the last place he lived was in Santa Rosa, not Santa Clara.; October 18, 2011 at 7:47 AM
blake said...: That's a pretty good song, though.

Lynch has gotten better, I think?; October 18, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Fred4Pres said...: Sixty Grit. D'oh. It's early, yes Santa Rosa.; October 18, 2011 at 1:10 PM
chickelit said...: A little early I know for October, but this thread needs a palliative cleanser: link; October 18, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Fred4Pres said...: This is what I hear when Jon Huntsman talks.; October 18, 2011 at 6:17 PM
The Dude said...: I used to live in Santa Clara, and Santa Rosa was a long drive. Good thing, too, as my space cadet SiL lived up there and I could avoid her using the "It's too far to drive" excuse. Works even better from NC.

But the real point is - why the fuck was Peanuts never funny? That was as depressed and depressing a "comic" strip as I ever read. Pathetic. Must have been due to the creator being from Minnesota and liking to ice skate. Ice, really? Pathetic...; October 18, 2011 at 6:38 PM
Titus said...: I lived in Santa Clara Sixty. Hugs.

I was a member of the Santa Clara Vanguard.

We practiced right by the 6 flags or whatever that amusement park was.

Special bonding going on definitely.

I lived in Santa Cruz and San Francisco as well.

But I am an East Coast girl.; October 18, 2011 at 7:10 PM
blake said...: I loved "Peanuts" as a kid. Read them all. I don't know that I can say they made me laugh, interestingly. I just liked the strips.; October 18, 2011 at 7:27 PM
The Dude said...: Titus, you are a sad old queen. Keep your diseased hugs to yourself.; October 18, 2011 at 8:41 PM
Fred4Pres said...: The Ying and Yang of Peanuts

Dispair all who look here.; October 18, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Fred4Pres said...: Santa Clara is now over priced. The house "My Three Suns" was supposedly filmed in would go for what, $3,000,000 today (was that in Palo Alto or Santa Clara)?

Santa Rosa is probably cheaper than most of Nassau County. Which is of course not saying much. I suspect the taxes are cheaper there too, but I have not checked them out.; October 18, 2011 at 9:56 PM
blake said...: That's a pretty astute piece, Fred.

I was always a Linus fan. There was a series of strips where Lucy is terrorized by Linus' blanket. It waits for her, ambushes her...quite horrifying really.

My kind of dark humor.; October 19, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Titus said...: Sixty I am 40. Is that old?

I guess you are right, in gay terms I am an old hag.; October 19, 2011 at 2:00 PM
rcocean said...: Linus was my favorite character. But its really the TV specials that made "Peanuts" popular with the masses. The Christmas special was hard to make. The "sponsors" didn't like it. Don't know why. Could guess but that wouldn't be nice.

No, the strip was never laugh out, "haha" funny. It was smart and witty at least in the 50s/60s.

I think one of the early cartoons showed Charlie Brown walking by and the one of the other characters says:
-OH, there's Charlie Brown!
-Good ol' Charlie Brown
-Yep, Good ol' Charlie Brown..
-How I hate him.

Funny stuff.; October 20, 2011 at 12:08 AM
blake said...: rcocean,

Well, I was Linus to my sister's Lucy so there was a thing there.

That strip you mention was early on, like first year. Sherman and (non-Peppermint) Patty, I think. Or maybe her name was Violet.; October 20, 2011 at 12:17 AM
rcocean said...: You're right Blake - it was pretty early, 1950?. I think the strip really went downhill in the 70s or 80s. C.S. seemed to be struggling and introducing new characters like Marcie.

I don't blame him. You can't keep writing about the same characters for ever (unless you're Beetle Bailey).

But the comic strips best years were probably pre-1975.

Of course, to my daughter comic strips are an alien concept. Do they even exist anymore?; October 20, 2011 at 12:45 AM
Titus said...: Peppermint Patty was definitely a dyke though.; October 20, 2011 at 1:44 AM

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