Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for October 26, 2024

And sometime in the future, Snoopy will have a rec room in his basement, and a Van Gogh painting hanging in his den. Right now, we’re reminded of a different time, when not everyone had a TV yet, but you could tell when they mounted those antennas on their roofs.

Television? Nah , that’ll never catch on, radio for life!

When Charlie Brown says “everybody”, he means “EVERYBODY!”.

Wonder how Impressed the Geek Squad guys were when they delivered the Big Screen to Snoopy’s Basement den

As I remember from “Our World”, televisions exploded on the market in 1948, three years earlier than this comic. I do remember that 1966 was the year most programs (ABC touted their fall lineup) were in color. As for antennas, I also remember “rabbit ears”.

This was later done with inner tubes.

Cue “Surfin’ Snoopy!”

Before there was HDTV.

Fahrenheit 451 – published in 1953 – Whole walls were TVs, robot hunting dogs that only required your DNA ( a smell or sample of clothing) and clam shells in/on your ears for communication. Apple ear buds etc.

Where’s Snoopy going to sleep? Under the antenna?

But are they color TVs?

This brings to my memory the early days of Cable TV. A new TV Station had just been created in our city, and of course there were some “teething problems”. They would sometimes go off the air for some unexplained reason, and had very limited programming, although there was a lot of Laurel and Hardy, and other early comedy, like Harold Lloyd and The Three Stooges. But I think the most memorable “programming” was, just before Sign-Off, they set up their Video Equipment for “Feedback” and would play music. You would see all kinds of cool patterns created. I have never seen any other Station do this…

I can relate

I remember when my father bought our first TV around 1957. Before that, we listened to a Sears Silvertone radio (that currently rests in my basement). We went to a general merchandise store. I was fascinated by all the children’s tricycles and wagons that were hanging from its ceiling. I even remember the cover of the first TV Guide that was included as a bonus in the sale.

Snoopy was way ahead of his time. This is the first time we see the dog house that will transform into so many things.

I remember the forest of antennas in every neighborhood in the 50s