Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 18, 1963
August 17, 1963
August 19, 1963
Transcript:
Lucy looks at a bubble gum card. Charlie Brown says, "Joe Shlabotnik?"<BR><BR> Lucy shows the card to Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown says, "Really?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "You have a Joe Shlabotnik? You have a Joe Shlabotnik bubble gum card?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "He's my favorite player! I've been trying to get him on a bubble gum card for five years! You wanna trade?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "Here . . . I'll give you Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Robin Roberts, Luis Aparicio, Bill Mombouquette, Dick Stuart and Juan Pizarro!" Lucy says, "No, I don't think so . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown continues, "How about Nellie Fox, Dick Donovan, Willie Kirkland, Frank Lary, Al Kaline, Orlando Pena, Jerry Lumpe, Camilo Pascual, Harmon Killebrew, Bob Turley and Albie Pearson?" Lucy replies, "No, I don't want to trade . . . I think Joe Shlabotnik is kind of cute . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown continues, " I'll give you Tom Cheney, Chuck Cottier, Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Frank Robinson, Bob Purkey, Bill Mazeroski, Harvey Haddix, Warren Spahn, Hank Aaron, Tony Gonzales, Art Mahaffey, Roger Craig, Duke Snider, Don Nottebart, Al Spangler, Curt Simmons, Stan Musial, Ernie Banks an Larry Jackson!" Lucy replies, "No, I don't think so . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown walks off, very discouraged and says, "For five years I've been trying to get a Joe Shlabotnik! My favorite baseball player, and I can't get him on a bubble gum card . . . Five years! My favorite player . . ."<BR><BR> Lucy looks at the card.<BR><BR> Lucy tosses the card in the trash and says, "He's not as cute as I thought he was!"<BR><BR>
LadyBlanc almost 12 years ago
He’s wanted a Joe Shlabotnik since he was one year old?
tdoug1 over 9 years ago
Evil Lucy again!
weatherford.joe about 8 years ago
That’s cold, Lucy. Really cold.
Stormwyrm over 7 years ago
I think this is the first time Charlie Brown’s baseball hero is actually named. There is a reference to a ‘Joseph Schlabotnik’ in the Feb. 22, 1957 cartoon, but it’s a name that Schroeder invented for a fictitious pianist. I suppose Schulz found the name too interesting not to reuse later.
RazorT about 7 years ago
Joe Shlabotnik is here!
jaythor70 about 5 years ago
Evil child
slifer79 over 3 years ago
I wonder if those 40 players were personal favorites of Schulz’s?
Scott S over 2 years ago
It’s not the having, it’s the getting. – Garfield
yow4zip Premium Member over 1 year ago
Bad, bad Lucy.
Frankie5466 7 months ago
I knew Lucy had a reputation as a cranky fussbudget but now that I’ve been reading Peanuts from the beginning (it started decades before I was born so all these strips are new to me) I can hardly believe how horribly mean she is sometimes!