Schulz/Peanuts Thread

[Joggy]

Peanuts were really a 70's, 80's thing here... nowadays it's hard to find anything Peanuts-related in Holland.

I did find my old incomplete copy of "Snoopy Come Home" back. I was seven when I taped that. Every time I watched it I cried when Snoopy left definitely (with a "For sale or to let" sign on his house).

It's so great seeing it back. That little friendship song Snoopy and Woodstock play/whistle in the woods, and Woodstock arguing with Snoopy about cleaning up before going to bed are my favorite scenes. And the "No Dogs Alloooooowed" thing... how clever!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Ah, the days when Sparky's finger was still in the pudding.

*Sigh.*

I should try to go back through all my old video tapes one day and see what all I have. I know I taped tons of stuff, and I probably taped the holiday specials like a million times each growing up (at least whenever they came on TV).

 

[Don'tLiveonMoon]

I love Peanuts. It's always been my favorite comic. And anybody ever read "The Gospel According to Peanuts?" Brilliant.
Erin

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I own both that book and it's sequel, The Parables of Peanuts. I have not read them yet.

 

[Don'tLiveonMoon]

I don't have the sequel but I intend to get it soon!
Erin

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Mine came from E-bay.

Kev

 

[SgtPepper]

My school just got done their version of "youre a good man charlie brown". I got to play Pig-Pen!!

And I think his cartoons are much more funnier as you get older.

 

[sidcrowe]

Yeah, Peanuts never gets old

 

[Chilly Down]

Wow, this thread is 9 pages long, Foz. I guess it's pretty successful!!

I respect Sparky's decision not to have anyone else mess with his vision, but I just can't watch specials that are nothing more than recycled strips. I've read them all too many times before. I'd like to see someone take a fresh (but respectful) approach with the characters.

Thrilled to hear about the Christmas musical! Hope it comes to LA. Keep us updated.

Just curious, Foz. When you did the "Lucy-football" gag on your cousins, did they actually go flying up in the air while yelling "WAAUUUGGGHHH!" before landing on their backs?

 

[sidcrowe]

The only respectful thing you can do with them is leave them be. Sparky wanted them them alone after he died.

They live in our imaginations, I guess