Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 02, 2022

In 1976 I wanted to marry Olivia Newton John!

“All of her days have gone soft and cloudy, all of her dreams have gone dry. All of her nights have gone sad and shady, She’s getting ready to fly. Fly away.” ~John Denver with Olivia Newton-John as backing vocals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkbfJpAPvF0

Charlie could become a door to door salesman and really become a ringer’

Olivia is a beauty in 1975, but she’d be 21 years older than you CB. Then again, Macron’s wife is 24 years older than he is.

She’s the one that he wants, she is the one he wants, ooo, ooo, ooo!

Not according to the history books Charlie. Sorry!

Ringer?

me too

Has Charlie Brown never been mellow? Has he ever tried to find the comfort from inside him?

In 1976 I wanted to see what was over the next hill and around the bend in the road…..was there life amongst the myriad of stars in the sky, where did that path in the woods lead to, ….what was the fabulous secret to construction of thousands of years past which still remained while 19th an early 20th Century construction was falling apart, the beautiful cave art in France….; marriage could wait.

In 1976 I wanted Raquel Welch. I’d just seen her in the movie “The Three Musketeers”.

Why not set reasonable goals, Charlie Brown? Try striking a player out. 1 player. ONCE.

Actually, he was more interested in Toni Tennille… but she was already spoken for.

I was once called a “Ringer”. My husband & I were at a wedding. During the reception, instead of clinking glasses to get the bride & groom to kiss, someone would have to sing a snippet of a song with the word “Love” in it. I went first & sang the chorus from “The Promise” by Debby Boone. Not too many other people went after me, and I overheard someone saying that I was hired as a “ringer”.

He should go into competitive horse shoes.

CB was doing so well until reality smacked him in the final panel…

Since these comics are all repeats I wonder who Charlie Brown wanted to marry the first time this aired? Maybe it was Marilyn Monroe. As for ONJ I hope she’s doing well. Last I heard she has cancer.

So you want to be the guy who rings a bell?

“Let’s get physical, phyisical…”

historical crushes that never panned out. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)

At last we see the realistic side of Charlie Brown. Too bad he isn’t realistic when it comes to position assignments or he’d let Lucy be pitcher. And, in ’76, I had a crush on Oksana Chusovitina. I still do.

I’ve always wanted to marry Kelly Ripa, but Mark Conselous beat me to it.

Schulz is the richest dead cartoonist in the world.

Somehow, I just can’t quite picture ONJ singing “I honestly love you” to CB.

Meanwhile, at the Home for Retired Comic Strip Characters (present day), the Little Red-Haired Girl reads this strip, looks at Charlie Brown and says, Why’d you never tell me about this, Brownie?

He must have just come from seeing Grease.

Salvation Army hires lots of ringers before Christmas.

(Actually, I think they allow lots of people to volunteer to ring…)

If you can’t be a ringer, try for a leaner.

You could be a ringer in a bell choir.

A quest that many young men had and some still have…..

Aren’t “athletic ringers” subject to criminal prosecution?

(As the force ghost of Professor Proton, appearing in Sheldon’s room): Why can’t this ever be Angie Dickinson’s bedroom? (“The Opening Night Excitation,” The Big Bang Theory )

And if all your hopes survive

Destiny will arrive…

I’ll bring all your dreams alive

For you…

I didn’t realize she was a big name in the US in ’75.

She would have been so lucky to marry a nice guy like you, Charlie Brown.❤️