Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 19, 1964
Transcript:
Schroeder plays the piano. Lucy leans against the piano ans sighs.<BR><BR> Lucy turns and says to Schroeder, "You know, you puzzle me . . . You really do! You're a real puzzle!"<BR><BR> Lucy continues, "I try to be nice to you . . . I try to say nice things . . . I try to be the sort of person I think you probably like . . ."<BR><BR> Lucy stands up and says, "But you don't react! You don't do anything! You don't say anything . . . I talk to you and you don't even answer!"<BR><BR> Lucy sits back down and says, "Sometimes I get the feeling that you don't even know I exist!"<BR><BR> Linus flicks a note at Lucy which lands on her nose.<BR><BR> Lucy smiles brightly and says, "He likes me!"<BR><BR>
MrJamie1062 over 10 years ago
How ironic it is, that this actually was published, before some other Sunday strips, when Schroeder would do JUST what Lucy points out, in Panel 5—-in Sunday strips from 1966, for example, when she would have fantasies of them getting married, and how “he would break both his arms while skiing, could never play piano again,and she would have to work at a laundry, to support them,”well, anyway, the point is, there, too, he did not respond to anything she said, all the while she was talking, just like she tells him here, and that was after this strip. Just my opinion, though, but, nevertheless, by then he did revert to ignoring her and remaining silent, while she talked.
jaythor70 over 4 years ago
I love that Lucy is stymied, for all the cruelty she displays to CB and Linus. She can’t even see that Schroeder isn’t oblivious to that. But, really, what does she expect from a 6 yr-old boy?
PatrickASL over 4 years ago
Yes, all the nice things Lucy’s done for him. Like the time she smashed his bust of Beethoven with a baseball bat.
Best Commenter Ever over 3 years ago
https://youtu.be/1LKpqlw5o0g?t=61
Daeder almost 3 years ago
Lucy is getting a head start on nagging Schroeder about not talking enough, just like she would if they were married.
Avatar??? about 1 year ago
The third panel is a complete lie, I wish Schroeder would call her out on bs and hypocrisy, maybe that would start to crack her
yow4zip Premium Member 23 days ago
He’s very much aware of her.