All that artwork and a great sound system, and Snoopy doesn’t have his own phone! Surely he could pay for it out of wherever he got the money for the Wyeth!
This is the problem with publishing old Peanuts comics. Some of the jokes are so old because hardly anyone gets the references anymore. I did some digging and Snoopy is referring to athletes of yesteryear, either retired or dead:
Joe Garagiola Sr. (baseball)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Garagiola_Sr.
Bobby Hull (hockey)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Hull
I had to wonder about the Kermit Zarley reference. Garagiola was the preeminent baseball announcer and Bobby Hull was coming off his best season to date. But Zarley wasn’t a very memorable golfer. Could be that his name was fun. Zarley was quite religious and so was Schultz (at the time).
Joe was also the host of TO TELL THE TRUTH for a few years. He even got a smooch from contestant Morganna, Baseball’s Kissing Bandit, years after his playing days.
Linux0s over 8 years ago
He doesn’t have any magazines to sell.
knight1192a over 8 years ago
Had to look it up to be certain I remembered correctly from Buzzr. Farwell, Joe Garagiola. The 23rd of March was unkind to you.
orinoco womble over 8 years ago
All that artwork and a great sound system, and Snoopy doesn’t have his own phone! Surely he could pay for it out of wherever he got the money for the Wyeth!
entirely over 8 years ago
JOE GARAGIOLA!?!?
GROG Premium Member over 8 years ago
He never called me either.
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
The “NASA” panel is in one of the cartoon quizzes on GoComics, asking if Snoopy is a mascot for astronaut safety.He is!
hariseldon59 over 8 years ago
‘Buy a car, get a check.’ (If anyone remembers those commercials Joe did for Chrysler back in the ’70s).
Rufus The naked mole rat over 8 years ago
Kermit Zarley? I thought his last name was The Frog?
cubswin2016 over 8 years ago
How do dogs get a phone call when they can’t talk?
Say What? Premium Member over 8 years ago
This is the problem with publishing old Peanuts comics. Some of the jokes are so old because hardly anyone gets the references anymore. I did some digging and Snoopy is referring to athletes of yesteryear, either retired or dead:
Joe Garagiola Sr. (baseball)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Garagiola_Sr.
Bobby Hull (hockey)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Hull
Kermit Zarley (golf)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Zarley
Red Ruffensor over 8 years ago
I wonder if Eddie Shack ever calls him.
JohnFarson19 over 8 years ago
I had to wonder about the Kermit Zarley reference. Garagiola was the preeminent baseball announcer and Bobby Hull was coming off his best season to date. But Zarley wasn’t a very memorable golfer. Could be that his name was fun. Zarley was quite religious and so was Schultz (at the time).
Gloria Fleming over 8 years ago
Yeah, had to look up Kermit Zarley too. this is part of what makes the old re-runs great, remembering & learning about the past.
Number Three over 8 years ago
It’s kind of cute seeing Snoopy use a Telebone. Yes, you read that correctly. A Telebone.
xxx
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
I guess this is before Snoopy had a phone in his doghouse…
rgcviper over 8 years ago
Ahh … good ol’ Joe Garagi-agi-agi-agi-ola! (As Lucy, or someone, used to say in this strip …)
gimmickgenius over 8 years ago
Joe was also the host of TO TELL THE TRUTH for a few years. He even got a smooch from contestant Morganna, Baseball’s Kissing Bandit, years after his playing days.
mabrndt Premium Member over 8 years ago
Cartoon, not comic strip. According to this, it’ll be available on the Boomerang and Cartoon Network channels.