Thank you so much for teaching me about Charles Schultz & where the idea for Franklin came from. I grew up watching the Peanuts movies & reading the comic strip in the newspaper. I am so happy to know he fought so hard for Franklin.
Good to know your father was dedicated enough to have an argument about how to pronounce Linus.
I say it LINE-US [and probably sometimes LINN-US like the nature categorising gentleman Linneas]
and can it also be said LEAN-US?
And the US - if it is ever pronounced OOS.
That illustration of Charlie and the kite is an iconic one. Just the disappointment. So much the disappointment.
The Apple documentary was in cinemas a few years ago.
And I was so happy when I found out there were lots of PEANUTS lore and universe on Apple TV more generally.
In the early 1990s when I had been sick with chicken pox and laid down on my mattress there was a show called TOMFOOLERY of which the PEANUTS had been part.
Apart from that I discovered PEANUTS more or less on my own through merchandise including a Snoopy card for a birthday.
And a Snoopy fact book. That one was the one that settled the football/soccer argument once and for all.
A memory which is not quite so clear is having either Snoopy or Woodstock on my wall - as one of those embossed plastics - in a bedroom.
Quinn, your lunchbox must have been some of the first PEANUTS memorabilia/merchandise.
Those last two sentences about Schulz and his seriousness towards his art and his fans - they are a glimmer.
Had meant to drop in and say that the PEANUTS character I connect with most is Woodstock.
Because they were little; yellow; fierce; loyal; capable of flight and fluffy!
Thank you so much for teaching me about Charles Schultz & where the idea for Franklin came from. I grew up watching the Peanuts movies & reading the comic strip in the newspaper. I am so happy to know he fought so hard for Franklin.
Quinn:
Good to know your father was dedicated enough to have an argument about how to pronounce Linus.
I say it LINE-US [and probably sometimes LINN-US like the nature categorising gentleman Linneas]
and can it also be said LEAN-US?
And the US - if it is ever pronounced OOS.
That illustration of Charlie and the kite is an iconic one. Just the disappointment. So much the disappointment.
The Apple documentary was in cinemas a few years ago.
And I was so happy when I found out there were lots of PEANUTS lore and universe on Apple TV more generally.
In the early 1990s when I had been sick with chicken pox and laid down on my mattress there was a show called TOMFOOLERY of which the PEANUTS had been part.
Apart from that I discovered PEANUTS more or less on my own through merchandise including a Snoopy card for a birthday.
And a Snoopy fact book. That one was the one that settled the football/soccer argument once and for all.
A memory which is not quite so clear is having either Snoopy or Woodstock on my wall - as one of those embossed plastics - in a bedroom.
Quinn, your lunchbox must have been some of the first PEANUTS memorabilia/merchandise.
Those last two sentences about Schulz and his seriousness towards his art and his fans - they are a glimmer.
Quinn:
Hello!
That is a big relief to be correct.
[and to consider the other possibilities too].
I got to know Pauling a little bit in the 2000s when studying medical skepticism.
Have a great time watching the documentary when you choose to watch it.
Those metal lunchboxes are really strong, aren't they?
[even when they have dents and rust spots]
And it's always good to have the letter to check over.