He kicked the football! I’m shocked. Lucy may have been holding it so tight that it didn’t move, but he did kick the football!
Also, I could’ve sworn I’d heard that it was originally Violet who held and pulled away the football, but here it is, and it’s Lucy from the start. This IS the very first time it happened, isn’t it?
“Don’t ever do that again” he says. HA! How you will live this nightmare, over and over. Miss Van Pelt gets grief for pulling the ball away fro 50 years, but Gullible Brown keeps falling (pun intended) for it.
Adiraiju over 7 years ago
Well, that’s an excuse for one time. Five thousand more to go!
Lee Cox over 7 years ago
Oh, well this explains everything!
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
Only about 50 years to go with at that gag to becoming recurring.
socalvillaguy Premium Member over 7 years ago
And so it begins …
Professor W over 7 years ago
And let yourself rot and decay, until you die?
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 7 years ago
Birth of an archetype
!!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member over 7 years ago
So, this was Lucy’s first excuse, huh? Why do I sense the stirring of a sadist? :)
Tân Coul over 7 years ago
With this strip, Peanuts has finished beginning and has finally begun :)
tracerbullet over 7 years ago
But where was Chuck’s signature cry “AUUUUUUGH!”?
GirlGeek Premium Member over 7 years ago
And the tradition begins
Cronkers McGee Premium Member over 7 years ago
You got up Charlie Brown, and tried again and again. This is one of the reasons why I read this strip, simply wonderful.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 7 years ago
Best running gag in comics, and probably the longest running, running gag in comics.
oakie817 over 7 years ago
a double
pumaman over 7 years ago
Maybe he should be the one with the helmet.
wonka291 over 7 years ago
He kicked the football! I’m shocked. Lucy may have been holding it so tight that it didn’t move, but he did kick the football!
Also, I could’ve sworn I’d heard that it was originally Violet who held and pulled away the football, but here it is, and it’s Lucy from the start. This IS the very first time it happened, isn’t it?
gantech over 7 years ago
Annnnnd away we go…..
Jogger2 over 7 years ago
A hard kick to a ball, not knowing it is firmly held in place can hurt!
mourdac Premium Member over 7 years ago
A milestone!
Raymond Powell over 7 years ago
And so it begins AHAHAHA
JohnFarson19 over 7 years ago
“Don’t ever do that again” he says. HA! How you will live this nightmare, over and over. Miss Van Pelt gets grief for pulling the ball away fro 50 years, but Gullible Brown keeps falling (pun intended) for it.
Teto85 Premium Member over 7 years ago
And so it begins.
Squirrelchaser over 7 years ago
Actually, the second time Lucy did not pull the football away, unlike it will be in the future.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 7 years ago
And here’s how it all started!
rgcviper over 7 years ago
You have no idea what you’ve started, Charlie Brown. Brace yourself …
MJPK6269 about 7 years ago
The original “Running Gag”: Lucy Edition.