There IS no technology after 1960 in the world of Peanuts – little kids write with fountain pens as if nothing else exists. In fact, there isn’t much evidence that society has advanced at all in the Peanuts universe: kids dress like something out of Our Gang, they eat “cold” cereal (and actually refer to it in conversation as “cold cereal”), automobiles or mass transit of any kind is practically non-existent, there’s apparently only one African-American in the entire town, they wear strange little sailor hats when they go to summer camp, and it seems Willie Mays was the last star that the sport of baseball produced. However; on the other hand, one could make the argument that the kids in Peanuts are highly advanced – they appear to take on all household responsibilities in a manner far beyond their years: they cook meals, clean house, pay bills, celebrate holidays, travel across town on their own (on foot, of course) and even go on vacation.
There IS no technology after 1960 in the world of Peanuts – little kids write with fountain pens as if nothing else exists. In fact, there isn’t much evidence that society has advanced at all in the Peanuts universe: kids dress like something out of Our Gang, they eat “cold” cereal (and actually refer to it in conversation as “cold cereal”), automobiles or mass transit of any kind is practically non-existent, there’s apparently only one African-American in the entire town, they wear strange little sailor hats when they go to summer camp, and it seems Willie Mays was the last star that the sport of baseball produced. However; on the other hand, one could make the argument that the kids in Peanuts are highly advanced – they appear to take on all household responsibilities in a manner far beyond their years: they cook meals, clean house, pay bills, celebrate holidays, travel across town on their own (on foot, of course) and even go on vacation.