Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 21, 1973
August 20, 1973
August 22, 1973
Transcript:
Linus and Charlie Brown stand at the wall. Charlie Brown frowns and asks, "Why do I always have to be the goat?"<BR><BR> Linus asks, "Why did you let yourself get picked off second?" Charlie Brown replies, "Who knows? Do you think I enjoy being the goat?"<BR><BR> Linus says, "You were more than just the goat this time, Charlie Brown! You were the goat of goats!!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "Baah!!"<BR><BR>
Daeder almost 3 years ago
Charlie Brown is the Goatest Of All Time!
MrJamie51 over 2 years ago
I like to interpret he going “BAAH!” in closing panel as a pun-1. Obviously, the sound goats make, and 2. the interjection or exclamation “Bah!”(shades of Scrooge) meaning “So what? Big deal!”
PatrickASL almost 2 years ago
Charlie Brown’s question in the second panel is worth contemplating. He doesn’t even know why he sabotaged himself. And does he subconsciously sabotage himself so that he is always the loser?
As a side note, it is interesting to note that being the GOAT is now considered a good thing, as “GOAT” stands for “Greatest Of All Time.”