Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 16, 1970
August 15, 1970
August 17, 1970
Transcript:
Lucy sits with her arms propped up on the piano, gazing at Shroeder, who plays.<BR><BR> Lucy sits with her back against the piano.<BR><BR> She turns back to him and says, "I'll bet I know something you don't know..."<BR><BR> Shroeder does not look up from his playing. "What's that?" he asks.<BR><BR> Shroeder watches as Lucy walks away.<BR><BR> Lucy stands in front of him and spray paints music notes and staffs. Shroeder jumps back.<BR><BR> "Beethoven now comes in spray cans!" Lucy announces as she walks away. Shroeder stares at the musical squiggles on the floor around him.<BR><BR>
I’m curious. Was there an actual product named after the composer and Schulz just made a joke out of it, or was Schulz just free-associating one evening, and then he landed on this clever gag by chance? I’ve been a cartoonist for years, and I still don’t understand how cartoonists minds’ work.