Footnote for the young readers, that wooden cabinet thing in panel 4 isn’t a shelf or bookcase that is holding the TV – that IS the actual TV set way back in 1973.
Get out of my head! We were just talking about the old style American TVs compared with their European counterparts. Apparently here they never had the huge, heavy wooden cabinets with doors to hide the TV screen when not watching.
I am going to guess that Chuck and Sally are watching an old RCA or Zenith, probably 25 inch. The rabbit ears are either out of view or if Chuck’s Dad was like mine was, he probably mounted an old Archer aerial antenna on the roof from Radio Shack to bring in a few more stations from neighboring markets (in our case Fort Myers and Orlando, sometimes to pick up the Dolphins in those pre Buccaneer days)……
Peppermint Patty made many truly lovely and creative suggestions for a wonderful afternoon of fun together, and Charlie Brown wordlessly ignored her and glued himself to the T.V. like a boring loser. How very rude of him! Especially considering that Patty is a girl. I’m sure that Linus wouldn’t have responded to her suggestions like this.
I’m not sure that I appreciated it at the time, but we didn’t have a TV until I was in my early teens, some time in the early 70s. I don’t know that Patty would have had much more fun at our house, though, with everybody sitting around reading a different book, with a different cat on each lap.
I remember my family watching TV together when I was a kid. We liked game shows. My parents loved to see how fast I could name a song on “Name That Tune”. “Don Adams’ Screen Test” was another fun watch: I remember watching a contestant re-enact the climactic scene from “Psycho”.
PP may not be the school genius by a long shot, but she certainly has the right ideas to spend quality time. Too bad she’s stuck with the “idiot box Browns”! :D
Back when this came out – there was still a real contest between TV and those other options. Today, as people talk about screen time control, not so much …
An old friend of mine decided she was going to paint with water colors. 9,000 paintings later, she has gotten amazing at it. She still uses a kid’s pallet (palette?) of primary and secondary colors, but she’s very particular about the paper matching the intended piece. It’s an obsession that carries over to Facebook with detailed reviews of paper that only she could care about.
Templo S.U.D. about 4 years ago
the Brown family is quite the host, aren’t they?
dcdete. about 4 years ago
Footnote for the young readers, that wooden cabinet thing in panel 4 isn’t a shelf or bookcase that is holding the TV – that IS the actual TV set way back in 1973.
orinoco womble about 4 years ago
Get out of my head! We were just talking about the old style American TVs compared with their European counterparts. Apparently here they never had the huge, heavy wooden cabinets with doors to hide the TV screen when not watching.
TampaFanatic1 about 4 years ago
I am going to guess that Chuck and Sally are watching an old RCA or Zenith, probably 25 inch. The rabbit ears are either out of view or if Chuck’s Dad was like mine was, he probably mounted an old Archer aerial antenna on the roof from Radio Shack to bring in a few more stations from neighboring markets (in our case Fort Myers and Orlando, sometimes to pick up the Dolphins in those pre Buccaneer days)……
Hazelnut King about 4 years ago
Peppermint Patty made many truly lovely and creative suggestions for a wonderful afternoon of fun together, and Charlie Brown wordlessly ignored her and glued himself to the T.V. like a boring loser. How very rude of him! Especially considering that Patty is a girl. I’m sure that Linus wouldn’t have responded to her suggestions like this.
wesleylscott1 about 4 years ago
Maybe after the apocalypse, Patricia…
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
When your program is calling you there’s nothing else that matters! I thought like that at their age.
SharkNose about 4 years ago
Just the opposite in my apartment. No cable TV, but I do have checkers, several stamp collections and quite a few puzzles. :)
jagedlo about 4 years ago
Nice try, PP!
Kaputnik about 4 years ago
I’m not sure that I appreciated it at the time, but we didn’t have a TV until I was in my early teens, some time in the early 70s. I don’t know that Patty would have had much more fun at our house, though, with everybody sitting around reading a different book, with a different cat on each lap.
mrcooncat about 4 years ago
“Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine!”
Owhatadoc Premium Member about 4 years ago
Screens started to creep into our world. Who knew what was to come 50 years later?
Wren Fahel about 4 years ago
I remember my family watching TV together when I was a kid. We liked game shows. My parents loved to see how fast I could name a song on “Name That Tune”. “Don Adams’ Screen Test” was another fun watch: I remember watching a contestant re-enact the climactic scene from “Psycho”.
Ellis97 about 4 years ago
The Brown Family is rather introverted, one might say.
uniquename about 4 years ago
This could happen today PP. Except they’d have gaming consoles.
Purple People Eater about 4 years ago
Schulz was way ahead of his time.
Ralph Newbill about 4 years ago
I’m with Patty on this one. Watching crap… What a waste of a life!
Rufus The naked mole rat about 4 years ago
I’m with Patty on this one. I’d rather be out and get some exercise than sit and watch TV.
theincrediblebulk about 4 years ago
Patty really did not know the person she expected to be her host very well did she? Marcie would have been a better choice.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 4 years ago
Sometimes Charlie reads a book. (This was better then the comment I was thinking of entering.)
dv1093 about 4 years ago
I’m with Patty on this one.
DCBakerEsq about 4 years ago
Board games and comic books around here. And, beer, of course.
drds2 about 4 years ago
Oh, poor PP. This is the future, like it or not!
raybarb44 about 4 years ago
“I want a girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad”. She’s the one….
Troglodyte about 4 years ago
PP may not be the school genius by a long shot, but she certainly has the right ideas to spend quality time. Too bad she’s stuck with the “idiot box Browns”! :D
clynnb1224 Premium Member about 4 years ago
my life to a “T”…
StackableContainers about 4 years ago
I would think Chuck would be open to the suggestions. But there is little chance Sally would pull herself away from the TV.
Bruce1253 about 4 years ago
I threw out my TV over a dozen years ago and have never looked back.
Thinkingblade about 4 years ago
Back when this came out – there was still a real contest between TV and those other options. Today, as people talk about screen time control, not so much …
chienetfou about 4 years ago
And you were the remote.
mitchel.farr about 4 years ago
Kids need time without ALL ELECTRONIC gadgets. Those were times we learned to create.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member about 4 years ago
An old friend of mine decided she was going to paint with water colors. 9,000 paintings later, she has gotten amazing at it. She still uses a kid’s pallet (palette?) of primary and secondary colors, but she’s very particular about the paper matching the intended piece. It’s an obsession that carries over to Facebook with detailed reviews of paper that only she could care about.
Chad Cheetah about 4 years ago
Sounds like Patty would do just fine in quarantine.
knight1192a about 4 years ago
Huh, for once I think Peppermint Patty has some good ideas there.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member about 4 years ago
I got nicely zinged during a demonstration of HDTV about twenty years ago.
The guy said, “Who knows what NTSC stands for?”
I raised my hand.
“And isn’t going to say ‘Never Twice Same Color’?”
I lowered my hand. ;D
hagarthehorrible about 4 years ago
Patty has pointed to all the good activities to be done by kids instead of watching the stupid box.
Treehggr87 Premium Member about 4 years ago
I’m with Patty, TV is a snooze….
Ceeg22 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Feel free to make us some fudge and popcorn while we watch TV