I really loved this episode and now I really must check out the Apple documentary. I also have a story that makes Charles Schulz even more likable and relatable. My father, born in 1946, loved Peanuts when he was a child. He instilled his love of Peanuts on to me as a kid. My first lunchbox, which I still have, was a metal yellow one Charlie Brown throwing a baseball. I also still have all of my father's original Peanuts books. My father, as I look back now, was surely Autistic, as was his mother given her large collection of German Steins, Hummels, plates, etc., got into an argument with his mother on how to pronounce Linus. This was the 1950's so there were no TV shows to hear it pronounced. Being the only logical thing to do, my father wrote a letter to Charles Schulz asking him how to pronounce Linus. Well, he received a type-written letter back from Schulz with how he pronounced Linus. There was even a little drawing of Charlie brown and his kite caught in a tree on the letter. The man took his art and fans serious. American treasure.
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.
Adelaide, hello. According to Schultz, your pronunciation is correct LINE-US. That was also the way my father thought it was pronounced. The only other Linus I have ever heard is Linus Pauling, the chemist. The city I recently lived in had named their middle school after him.
I have not checked out any of the new Peanuts material that is on Apple. I may have to do that, especially after I watch the documentary.
My lunch box was from the 80’s so there was definitely memorabilia before that, but my lunchbox was metal. I actually still have it, but it is a little dented with some rust spots. I should probably get it out and put it on my display shelf.
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.
I really loved this episode and now I really must check out the Apple documentary. I also have a story that makes Charles Schulz even more likable and relatable. My father, born in 1946, loved Peanuts when he was a child. He instilled his love of Peanuts on to me as a kid. My first lunchbox, which I still have, was a metal yellow one Charlie Brown throwing a baseball. I also still have all of my father's original Peanuts books. My father, as I look back now, was surely Autistic, as was his mother given her large collection of German Steins, Hummels, plates, etc., got into an argument with his mother on how to pronounce Linus. This was the 1950's so there were no TV shows to hear it pronounced. Being the only logical thing to do, my father wrote a letter to Charles Schulz asking him how to pronounce Linus. Well, he received a type-written letter back from Schulz with how he pronounced Linus. There was even a little drawing of Charlie brown and his kite caught in a tree on the letter. The man took his art and fans serious. American treasure.
How special!!
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.
Adelaide, hello. According to Schultz, your pronunciation is correct LINE-US. That was also the way my father thought it was pronounced. The only other Linus I have ever heard is Linus Pauling, the chemist. The city I recently lived in had named their middle school after him.
I have not checked out any of the new Peanuts material that is on Apple. I may have to do that, especially after I watch the documentary.
My lunch box was from the 80’s so there was definitely memorabilia before that, but my lunchbox was metal. I actually still have it, but it is a little dented with some rust spots. I should probably get it out and put it on my display shelf.
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.
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.