Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 13, 1954
Transcript:
Patty approaches a little boy playing in the sandbox. She asks, "Hello, there...what's YOUR name?"<br> <br> She stoops as the little boy turns around; he is extremely dirty. He replies, "I haven't got a name...people just call me things...real insulting things..."<br> <br> She asks, "What do they call you MOST of the time?" He replies, "I'll tell you if you won't laugh.."<br> <br> They stand up as he says, " 'PIG-PEN' " <br> <br>
mrcharmander934 over 13 years ago
Introducing PIGPEN!
jbott566 over 13 years ago
Yes
Lhasaapso about 13 years ago
Hard to believe that such a messy kid would go on to become so endearing.
Great Pumpkin almost 13 years ago
Pig-Pen surprised Charles Monroe Schulz because Sparky figured that he would get a score of jokes from Pig-Pen and then retire the character to the background where he would be seldom seen, but never heard, but the fans love Pig-Pen so much that Sparky kept doing strips featuring Pig-Pen with dialogue until the end.
Patty will not be very nice to Pig-Pen. neither will Violet Grey. Violet Grey will put down Pig-Pen for his dustiness despite her love of mudpies.
onetimemanateee over 12 years ago
Pig pen looked great back in the fifties.
Mizzahally over 12 years ago
Pigpen in a DIFFERENT hair!
CharlieBrown44 over 12 years ago
Pig-Pen, Welcome
Dusty Moonrise about 12 years ago
Second only to Snoopy as my all time favorite character! Ironic coming from someone named ‘Dusty’, eh?
CartoonDog90 over 11 years ago
This is the first appearance of Pigpen. Schulz wasn’t found of this character because he felt he was only good for gags related to dirtiness. The character was retired for several years in the late ’60s to mid ’70s. There were later storylines revolving around Pigpen include a date with Peppermint Patty and him running for class president.
It is revealed that Pigpen does not have a real name. Apparently, his father does not either because Pigpen later mentioned his father’s name was “Pigpen, Sr.”
yow4zip Premium Member over 10 years ago
Welcome aboard!
nmrn85343 over 6 years ago
When Pigpen appeared on TV, Mama would always go, “Yuck!” She never got the joke. Funniest TV gag was when Pigpen walked through a sandbox and all the sand flowed into his body, emptying the sandbox.
PowerDemon777 about 6 years ago
Pig-pen’s first appearance!
uqui almost 6 years ago
It’s sad though that he doesn’t have a real name and the way he expresses that.
But yay, like everyone else has said, first appearance and such a gentle entrance
sammybernsteinsheehan over 3 years ago
First appearence of Pig-Pen, the best character in Peanuts.
Nate Wright! about 3 years ago
FIRST APPEARNACE OF PIGPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jasonbres almost 2 years ago
“Pig-Pen”‘s first line "I haven’t got a name, people just call me things, real insulting things" is pretty much a reference to Piggy from the William Golding novel “Lord of the Flies”.