Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 27, 2013

No WWI flying ace outfit?

It is interesting that Snoopy kicks the door with his hind paw, rather than knocking with his fore paw, but he can hold out a fore paw for candy.

Could that have been Peppermint Patty’s parents’ house? (Sure is a rarity to see adult speech balloons in “Peanuts.”)

i think thats patty’s home

Peppermint Patty wasn’t the ONLY one who got Snoopy’s species wrong.

Is that ghost with the saddle shoes Lucile?

Was it originally “tricks or treats”?

Don’t give him chocolate!

They did in the early years, and into the sixtes. This may still be before the TV shows started with the trumpet voices. Don’t confuse the strip with the TV specials; they’re really not the same.

An interesting point is raised in the strip. The adults expected to recognize all the kids. That sure did change. In the 90s, as an adult, when I helped kids go around, specific neighborhoods were targeted as having the best/most candy. Those people had no idea who ANY of the kids were, but didn’t seem to notice or care.

This is one of the rare instances where “Sparky” allowed adults to actually speak, instead of the usual use of having the gang repeat back what the adult said. Charlie Brown’s and Lucille’s mothers are another of the few adults that were allowed to speak. Adults were never drawn into the strip beyond their legs or in the background as members of crowds…

The colours in this strip are beautiful.

The 6th panel is my favourite.

xxx

Adults talk?

Benjabean

Smart doggy.

Some old-timers in my neighborhood (ca. 1960) knew it as “Trick for Treat.” They’d ask to see our trick before giving us our treat. (We usually didn’t go back!)

We have an upper class neighborhood in our town, monster houses on small lots. All the kids trick or treat there. It has gotten to the point that church busses from out of the area are hauling kids there for trick or treat. The whole community feels like they are held hostage – my friend gets over 600 kids. That is not what it is about, and I would refuse to contribute, and would make it up later to kids in the neighborhood.

I thought Peppermint Patty’s dad called her his rare gem not his little gem

the reason Charlie had eyes all over his costume was he had trouble with the scissors

Well, we know it wasn’t P. Patty who answered the door. She still thinks Snoopy is a person.

Plot twist: it’s a little kid dressed up as Snoopy and one of the ghosts is the real Snoopy.