, “[In] Ha Ha Herman … one person runs off and hides. Then the people who are looking yell ‘Haha’ and the person hiding has to say ‘Herman.’ Then everyone goes to find them. If you find them you hide with them, and eventually only one person is left looking.”
From an interview with Charles Schulz: “I suppose if you look back, your life goes in different sections,” Charles Schulz recalled. “My most influential section of life as a child was living within about three blocks of the barbershop [that his father owned], down around the corner on a quiet street. … [W]e used to play cops and robbers, and cowboys … and run around the neighborhood … [I]f everyone left us alone, we did have fun.”
By the next year there was a paperback called “HA, HA HERMAN, CHARLIE BROWN.” It was part of the original series of book collections, but I had missed this storyline in the papers and had no idea why the book had such a weird title.
In time it seemed to be forgotten, overlooked or ignored that Peppermint Patty lived across town and not in the same neighborhood. She might never have met Charlie Brown if he hadn’t met her neighbor Roy at camp.
Nowdays parents would be arrested for letting their kid walk across town. When I was young we rode our bicycles everywhere and mom never worried unless we were late for supper.
Little did Charles Schultz know that many years later his cute name for a game would be searched for many times on a thing called, “Internet” using a thing called, “Google”.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
Snoopy is probably going to imagine himself as the world-famous “ha-ha, Herman” player.
debra4life over 5 years ago
Hide and Seek at its best…Oops, did I give that away? My bad :)
debra4life over 5 years ago
PS: I had to Google the name to find that out.
over 5 years ago
Boy, I wish I could play “Ha Ha, Herman.”
!!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member over 5 years ago
‘Ha Ha Herman’? Why not some ‘Hungry Hungry Hippos’?
GROG Premium Member over 5 years ago
Never heard of it.
Neo Stryder over 5 years ago
Ha Ha Herman?
F-Flash over 5 years ago
It’s a trap Chuck, Run !
johovey over 5 years ago
, “[In] Ha Ha Herman … one person runs off and hides. Then the people who are looking yell ‘Haha’ and the person hiding has to say ‘Herman.’ Then everyone goes to find them. If you find them you hide with them, and eventually only one person is left looking.”
From an interview with Charles Schulz: “I suppose if you look back, your life goes in different sections,” Charles Schulz recalled. “My most influential section of life as a child was living within about three blocks of the barbershop [that his father owned], down around the corner on a quiet street. … [W]e used to play cops and robbers, and cowboys … and run around the neighborhood … [I]f everyone left us alone, we did have fun.”
https://schulzmuseum.org/explore/press-room/games-children-play/
Scott Roberts over 5 years ago
By the next year there was a paperback called “HA, HA HERMAN, CHARLIE BROWN.” It was part of the original series of book collections, but I had missed this storyline in the papers and had no idea why the book had such a weird title.
Scott Roberts over 5 years ago
In time it seemed to be forgotten, overlooked or ignored that Peppermint Patty lived across town and not in the same neighborhood. She might never have met Charlie Brown if he hadn’t met her neighbor Roy at camp.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member over 5 years ago
Walk across town? In most places, the parents would be arrested for child neglect and endangerment if he did that today.
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
That Herman guy is one funny dude.
ms-ss over 5 years ago
Nowdays parents would be arrested for letting their kid walk across town. When I was young we rode our bicycles everywhere and mom never worried unless we were late for supper.
Don Denno over 5 years ago
Little did Charles Schultz know that many years later his cute name for a game would be searched for many times on a thing called, “Internet” using a thing called, “Google”.
TennesseeFran over 5 years ago
Big day in Peanuts history today. According to “Today in History,” the strip was first syndicated on this day in 1950, appearing in seven newspapers!
TurbosDad over 5 years ago
Snoopy, you dog!…
Iwa Iniki over 5 years ago
Never heard of that game.
Waittilnxyr over 5 years ago
All of us kids had a bike and a dog and they both went everywhere with us.