Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for March 31, 2024

I thought he was trying the fiddle there for a moment.

Should Chuck bow out from his violin playing

Naw, Mr B was just looking at the bow and finger work and blessing the day he went deaf.

Just as Schroeder would do.

Stick to baseball, Chuck, oh wait never mind!

And Jack Benny told him he played as poorly as he did.

Even Beethoven started where you’re at now, CB.

The first two panels look as if Charlie Brown’s left hand is disembodied, and he’s trying to balance the violin on his shoulder.

Beethoven was a brilliant pianist and an extraordinarily gifted composer who wrote a sublime violin concerto and ten sonatas for violin and piano. Sadly his sense of hearing began to fail at the turn of the century and he probably wouldn’t have been bothered by Charlie Brown’s squeaks and squawks. Rest easy Charlie Brown and get a good night’s sleep—you might have more to worry about from Major League Baseball pitchers and managers.

After you murdered his music.

I remember those days. I wish I kept playing but gave it up when the school cut the program my first year of high school.