Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 03, 1964
February 02, 1964
February 04, 1964
Transcript:
Charlie Brown sits in an armchair and reads. Sally walks up, holding a letter. She says, "Here's a letter for you, Charlie Brown.."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown stands and opens the envelope. Sally watches. He says, "It looks like a bill...don't tell me.."<BR><BR> He holds up the paper and reads, "'Lucy Van Pelt...for services rendered..." Sally watches.<BR><BR> Charlie Brown throws back his head and wails, "ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE DOLLARS!"<BR><BR>
And I’m sure it WOULD cost FAR MORE today, FIFTY YEARS LATER, considering how much the cost of living has gone up, since then. Poor Charlie Brown; Lucy just COULDN’T give him a break. He said he did not want to know what “the whole trouble with him” was, and yet Lucy forced him to undergo it anyway.