Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 20, 2013

Remember me to Herald Square, Tell all the gang at 42d Street, That I will soon be there.

Worse than being sent to the principal’s office I’d say.

Yup, how many times has he had you in his sights? Not much hope for a pilot who lets von Richthofen slip onto his 6 so easily.

That really reminds me of “Singin’ in the Rain”.

Why is he always searching for, and then getting shot down by, the Red Baron? lol

Broadway is the only place we have for talent to “show it’s stuff” and get discovered There is no Vaudeville…sigh….and actors need to hone their skills somewhere.

Break hard right, Snoopy!

“You’re a good man Charlie Brown” made it to Broadway in 1999, and won two Tony awards for the cast, including one for Kristin Chenoweth as Sally and Roger Bart as Snoopy, but the show didn’t get rave reviews.

But surely enough, the “Red Baron” number from the original off-Broadway production didn’t make it to Broadway. :( Too bad, I loved that one.

Snoopy, you need to challenge him to a real “dogfight”, then shoot him down while he’s laughing.

Even 13 years after Peanuts ended, the re-runs are still better than many current strips. Peanuts is timeless, and I still look forward to reading it everyday. Mr. Schulz was a true talent.

Shot him with your best shot, Snoopy!

“The original run of “You’re a God Man Charlie Brown” was in 1968”.Charlie Brown is God? I never suspected.Does that mean Calvin is… oh, never mind.

Fly, Snoopy! Fly!

From Wikipedia:

“Snoopy vs. the Red Baron was inspired by the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz, which featured a recurring storyline of Snoopy imagining himself in the role of a World War I airman fighting the Red Baron. The song was released only four weeks after the first comic strip featuring Snoopy fighting the Red Baron appeared. Schulz and United Features Syndicate sued the Royal Guardsmen for using the name Snoopy without permission or an advertising license. (The Guardsmen, meanwhile, hedged their bets by recording an alternative version of the song, called “Squeaky vs. the Black Knight”; some copies of this version were issued by Laurie Records in Canada.) UFS won the suit, the penalty being that all publishing revenues from the song would go to them. Schulz did allow the group to write more Snoopy songs."

This first song was followed by two more songs, including Snoopy’s Christmas in 1967. Snoopy’s Christmas is still often played during the holiday season. What struck me about today’s comic is that two of the lines from the song are reminiscent of this particular strip: “High over enemy lines” is “behind the enemy lines” in the song while “He has me in his sights!!” is “The Baron had Snoopy dead in his sights.”

So don’t fret, Snoopy! You survive to fight another day!:-)

as the old time serial would go is this the end for Snoopy??!!!!…will the evil Red Baron win??..will our hero live???…tune in tomorrow to find out….in the meantime thanks for listening and good night!!

good imagination snoopy