Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 12, 2021

Lucy must have steel skin to have survived a tirade like that.;-/

and so ends the brief history lesson on Beethoven!

Schroeder stood up on his piano?!? He was really upset.

After seeing this rant I think Lucy and Schroeder are really made for each other.

Wow. He really takes his Beethoven seriously to know all those facts.

Wow, all this time of listening to Beethoven’s sonatas and symphonies and I didn’t know any of that except I heard he started to lose his hearing.

Short answer Lucy NO !

Well that crescendo ended with a loud final note of NO!

She also didn’t care that Chuck Berry, the Beatles, and Electric Light Orchestra told Beethoven to roll over.

Lucy … the quintessential gormless git !

Guess what, Schroeder. I don’t care either.

Rollover Beethoven!

BTW, Beethoven’s birthday is Thursday, not tomorrow.

It’s a miracle that he hasn’t filed a restraining order against her.

Even though Beethoven’s birthday is 4 days for now, that was HARSH on Schroeder to complain about Beethoven to Lucy. Be glad this strip was rerun today after being skipped in the original 1974 rerun cycle back in 2000!

According to Beethoven, who is Lobkowitz?

Isn’t Beethoven’s birthday Thursday this year? This must have come out on Dec. 15th, 1974.

Beethoven was born on or about December 16, 1770, in the city of Bonn. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain, Beethoven was baptized on December 17, 1770.

So, the date of this comic was Sunday, 15 December 1974 — Beethoven’s birthday is 16 December (1770).

Beethoven dedicated several works to Lobkowitz.

…_

Well, to be fair, Lobkowitz went bankrupt.

Actually in 3 days

I never realized Beethoven’s life was such a soap opera.

Lucy, you are not the center of the universe. And Schroeder, neither is Beethoven either. Still, Happy Beethoven’s birthday.

Lucy, did you ever pay Schroeder for the piano you destroyed?

Actually, Thursday is Beethoven’s birthday. The Count’s too. :) The Countess is taking me to a hoity toity carnivore friendly steak house for dinner and got me a pair of brand new “Let’s Go, Brandon” car flags. True dat.

Ask Lobkowich.

Beethoven, Smethoven. You really should be playing Mozart.

Schroeder may not have given Lucy anything for Beethoven’s birthday, but he did get ME something: this scene of him yelling at Lucy.

Beethoven turned 3 the day after the first Boston Tea Party and turned 130 when the Wright Brothers flew their aeroplane thingie. His birthday is this upcoming Friday. …_

no, because it isn’t YOUR birthday.

Without Schulz, (and later Walter Murphy), Beethoven would not have been well-known. (It doesn’t allow me to put smiley faces here)

“Not to mention you Threw my piano down a storm drain !”

Well, if he went broke it was his own fault. They guy must’ve spent a fortune on hair-care products!

Thanks for the reminder.

Lucy’s fascination with Schroeder has always really been about herself.

Call the principal

And hand him the news

We’ve got a holiday

That he can’t refuse

A day of harmony,

A day of music:

Beethoven’s birthday!

Don’t let Lucy throw the piano down the sewer again.