Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 08, 2023

we always used the garage door Snoopy, but I know what you mean

Aah, the circle of life!

…and when you hit the ball perfectly, the next lesson pops out of the mailbox!

Youtube?

Sounds like a plan!

Wouldn’t it be called Squash and not tennis if you are hitting the ball AGAINST the mailbox? In tennis you would have to hit the ball OVER the mailbox to score points.

Well, you’d develop some pretty good accuracy.

“We”?

Nothing beats good sports training better than a good wall. Unless you’re a gymnast, then you need a mat.

Snoopy taking a break from being The World Famous Attorney to being The not-so-famous tennis player…

How many textbooks of tennis lessons? I see #3 and #4.

I don’t think that’s illegal but…

Visual aids. What would we do without them?

Snoopy will never beat that mailbox

Woodstock might be a formidable opponent…

On an important note, I hope Linus is scouting for a sincere pumpkin patch!!

Nowadays, there’s a YouTube video…

At today’s stamp prices mailbox likely empty

What’s a mailbox?

It’s a good place to start. In 9th grade, decided to shed my nerd image and learn to play basketball. An old book on the basics gave me a good foundation. (But I’m still grinning at Chapter 6: Master the set shot!)

So that’s how it’s done.

The Ace Correspondence School, no doubt

The second optional panel was omitted. In the original, the letter informs Snoopy that the school is “very pleased” with his progress:

https://www.gocomics.Com/peanuts/1976/10/10

The school is either very effective, or they are encouraging him to continue with his lessons (so he can continue sending money).

It’s not his fault he loves tennis.

If it works ….. Snoopy ….. more power to you ……. :)

How people learned remotely before the Internet. My nephew learned to play the guitar through YouTube videos.

I used to hit it against a bank wall.

that wouldn’t be annoying %

A friend tried to teach me tennis by hitting the ball against the school gym wall, it was 2 stories tall. Three balls on the roof later he decided I was hopeless and I agreed.

Don’t let the Postal Inspection Service see you denting the mailbox!

First mailboxes, then mail trucks, then the mailman…

As a mostly-online student, I’d sure like to see more remote athletic class options like this…