Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 01, 1953
Transcript:
Charlie Brown and Patty are in the basement. Charlie Brown looks in a card board storage box and says, "Hey, lookit! Look at all the records in this box! Patty runs up and says, "They must belong to my mother and dad..."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown and Patty carry big stacks up records upstairs. Charlie Brown says, "I didn't think they had phonographs in those days!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown and Patty sit on the floor and listen to the record player. Patty says, "Some of these old records are really funny!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "Here's one called 'Old Rockin' Chair's Got Me.'" Patty says, "Put it on. Let's listen to it."<BR><BR> They listen to the record. He says, "Say, that's a pretty good song."<BR><BR> He takes the record off and says, "There's only one thing I don't understand..."<BR><BR> He says, "What in the world is a rocking chair?" They sit on the floor surrounded by modern looking furniture.<BR><BR>
pillars over 12 years ago
Anyway, Patty’s parents really have a pretty tough hipster taste for furniture.
Mizzahally over 12 years ago
A song…………
RoofDog almost 12 years ago
What ever happened to the rocking chair?
likalaruku over 11 years ago
Hipsters did’t exist in the 50.
yow4zip Premium Member over 11 years ago
Now the question is “What’s a record?”
SuperDavid about 11 years ago
OMG so funny
cmusicfan2000 almost 11 years ago
I can’t wait to get old and sit in a rocking chair next to my wife on the front porch :)
G00dgrief over 9 years ago
Love the modern furnishings!The 50’s strips had a lot more background details than the later ones.
Stormwyrm about 7 years ago
Old Rockin’ Chair is a 1929 song by Hoagy Carmichael. That might have indeed been one of those very old shellac 78 RPM records of the era.