Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 21, 1961
August 20, 1961
August 22, 1961
Transcript:
Linus straes at the television and says, "Speak up! Tell him! Refute his arguments!"<BR><BR> Linus says, "Show him where he's wrong! Use quotations from Ratner, Olsen and Letness! Now use sarcasm! That's it!!"<BR><BR> Linus says, "Now you've got him! Use more sarcasm!! That's the way! Now You've really got him!"<BR><BR> Linus lies on the floor and says, "Whew! These panel discussions on art wear me out!"<BR><BR>
TheCaciaTree about 12 years ago
Well… That’s certainly the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard someone shout at the TV…
jtyroler over 7 years ago
I don’t know about Ratner and Olsen, but Letness was, “George Letness worked with and befriended a young Charles Schulz and for 50 years was one of the best-known commercial illustrators in the Twin Cities, helping to create such iconic images as Count Chocula and Franken Berry.”
Stormwyrm about 5 years ago
This strip was an enigma to me for decades until I came across this blog:
https://marcrescue.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/a-new-year-and-sighhh-still-a-geek-atleast-about-peanuts/
The Ratner, Olsen, and Letness mentioned refer to Dave Ratner, Paul Olsen and George Letness, artist friends of Charles Schulz, and the strip was a private joke between them. The Marc Ratner who runs that blog appears to be the son of Dave Ratner.
yow4zip Premium Member over 2 years ago
Who knew that it was a spectator sport?
sunchaunzo 8 months ago
And 62 years later, most of us are now arguing w/our computer screens!
FrostbiteFalls 7 months ago
For a few years, Schulz didn’t mind challenging his audience with a joke that they might have had to do a little research to understand. Linus getting worked up over a panel discussion as if it were a ball game is hilarious.