Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 03, 1969
October 02, 1969
October 04, 1969
Transcript:
Sally and Charlie Brown walk outside. Sally raises her arms and says, "So what happens? So I got sent to the principal's office because I couldn't draw a cows leg!"<BR><BR> Sally turns to Charlie Brown and says, "I'll bet Picasso couldn't draw a cow's leg when he was in first grade . . ."<BR><BR> Sally and Charlie Brown continue walking. Sally says, "I'll bet even Rod McKuen couldn't draw a cow's leg!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown stops walking and says, "Rod McKuen?"<BR><BR>
Pelahnar about 11 years ago
I’ve seen some of Picasso’s early art. It was quite terrible.
ootey about 7 years ago
Poets are more adept at rhyming cow’s leg (sow’s keg) than drawing it.
Stormwyrm about 7 years ago
Rod McKuen (1933-2015) was a poet, singer-songwriter, and actor, whose significance to Peanuts was that he wrote and sang the title song for A Boy Named Charlie Brown, which film was probably in the final stages of post-production at the time this strip was published (it premiered on Dec. 4, 1969, two months later). This song of his got an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song, but I suppose McKuen shouldn’t have felt so bad losing the award to the Beatles’ Let it Be. :P
This strip I suppose was a shout-by Schulz to McKuen, just before the rest of the world heard his song to Charlie Brown.