Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for January 16, 2025

Well that changed her tune.

How annoying.

He sings because he’s happy.

It looks like they’re playing Parcheesi. I remember playing that when I was a kid. For that matter, as an adult, too.

Maybe that’s where Gelbart got the idea for the episode of MASH where Winchester plays poker with the guys and they discover he whistles when he’s bluffing. La Traviatta drinking song, in his case.

Violet and Patty were generally annoying characters. I was not unhappy to see them fade away.

CB winning? It cannot be!

Don’t worry, be happy…

He’s not whistling anymore.

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands…

“Whenever I feel afraid;

I hold my head erect;

And whistle a happy tune;

So no one will suspect;

I’m Insane!” (apologies to Oscar Hammerstein)

♪♫ “Just whistle while you lose, doo-doo-doot-doot-doot-doot-doooo…” ♪♫

Whistling may mean the whistler is happy, but whistling sure makes other people miserable and angry. Probably one of the ugliest sounds on the planet is a guy whistling, which I always figured is why they do it.

This era of the strip is stunning, I love it.

Why not hum the theme to The Price is Right if you win?