Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 15, 2024

Puter, huh? For dog food?

Just restart that baby, Charlie Brown. TRS-80 knows what to do.

This is apparently from 1977. There was the Apple II, and yes, the TRS-80, but home computers hadn’t really caught on yet. I wonder if there’s some topical reference that I’m missing.

Your dinner delivery date has been postponed to sometime in January. We’re sorry for the delay.

Being mean to your dog all week will make him run away again.

The computer broke down? IBM or HAL?

Snoopy’s supper was computerized in 1977. Peanuts is way ahead of its time.

If he’d drop the bowl, he could bite him !

Sorry Snoopy. The recipe is on the computer.

This is a real thing today. Not so much in 1977.

Does Charlie get Snoopy’s food at Stop and Shop?

Doubt if a barber’s family would have a computer in 1977 or even 1987.

In the mid 70s, Gene Roddenberry came to speak at my school. He predicted that in ten years, people would have computers in their homes.

I said to myself, “Yeah, like that’s gonna happen!”

Call Big Blue!

Try smacking the top of it a few times.

I think the reason VB isn’t feeding him is because Snoopy is banging on the door and not knocking on the door

It would have been worse if the ice cream/milkshake machine was broken.

What kind of computer would be in a house in 1977?

1977? Was it a Commodore PET? I learned to program in BASIC on one of those, it was really fun…

The strange thing is Snoopy’s paws can hold a briefcase, but not a supper dish.

I’m not sure what that has to do with opening a can or pouring out kibble ;)

They have computers in the Peanuts universe?

“The Broccoli Cheese soup is not up to the chef’s standards”. Told to The Count by the waitress in the VIP Lounge at Hard Rock Casino last Tuesday.

Such bad service at this restaurant. Don’t leave a tip Snoopy

why do you need a computer to fix his food? :\

Is it plugged in?

You need a computer to pour out kibble or open a can of food?

Is Snoopy losing weight this week ?

EVERYBODY: THE JOKE IS THAT YOU DON’T NEED A COMPUTER TO FEED THE DOG.

In 1977 “I’m sorry, our computer is down” was a new and frustrating (but not uncommon) excuse for an interruption of customer services (such as, for instance, trying to buy an airplane ticket over the phone, or paying your electric bill). Feeding the dog is not one of those situations.

They computerized can openers?

That could be a problem these days if you get all your pet food from Chewy (or other online source)…

Poor Snoopy, it’s a dogs life ! ;-)

Next up: Supply chain issues!

You could still give Snoopy his dinner

The tape drive ate the cassette and Charlie B lost the recipe.

Must be a sophisticated menu

No bytes for Snoopy.

Imagine how this joke went when it was a more novel concept than today.

Once that was a safe all-purpose excuse. When computers took up a air conditioned room of their own. Now the same statement induced panic attacks among the management and desperate efforts to hide the truth from investors and users.

The canine " the computer can take a hike. Just make the supper ready, you dolt".

Only one week left until my birthday. The countdown begins.