Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 16, 2022

I don’t think Linus’ sister’s five-cent psychiatric help will do much good when Lucy herself is lovesick over Schroeder.

Poor Linus, he had Truffles in his eyes!

Does this mean he won’t be playing in the All Star Game?

That’s just the way it goes

This is a pretty heavy storyline by Peanuts standards. But run it up next to what’s going on with For Better or For Worse this month and I hardly notice.

Linus would do better in figuring out Who is on first base, and where What is?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ve20PVNZ18

Lost in love and I don’t know muchCos I’m thinkin aloud and I fell out of touch. (Air Supply)

Poor Charlie Brown, …he strives for perfection but always misses the boat. There is a lesson here for all us Charlie Browns, ….and yes, even for all us Linus’ who have lost at love. But to lose is to cause one to rise amidst the storms of life that we may win the greater prize. Linus would understand this concept.

Chuck needs to rename his team. The Existentialists, perhaps?

So lovesickness made Linus turn into Lucy?

You know what they say, Linus: Tis better to have loved, than to have never loved at all.

Maybe it’s just me, but the artwork here makes Linus seem to be running more like an outfielder rather than his usual position at 2nd base?

“I can’t stand it. Your playing the game, I can’t stand it. Your playing around with the ball.’

I wonder what Charlie Brown’s EARNED Run Average is.

Also, you have to be at least a good pitcher to serve up a ball that can be hit for a home run. Bad pitches are usually not swung at at all, or are fouled off. I was such a pitcher: accurate, but with nothing on the ball. My pitches would just hover over the plate screaming “Hit me! Hit me!” Some of them are still in orbit.

Easy ball… and he missed it.

♪♫ … Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care … ♫♪

- Chicago

And thus ends the Truffle arc..April is the cruelest month..

On a sports note, it looks like Charlie didn’t ask Linus how his week’s been. It might’ve helped Linus to talk it out, but all the manager could think about was winning a game. So, Charlie, I can’t stand it either.

Linus didn’t get it…

I lost at love a lot Linus. You’re lucky you are young… I think this was supposed to be humorous at the time. Maybe today’s sense of humor is a lot different but back then it was funny.

Isn’t Linus usually the optimistic one?

Linus is me on a Tuesday…

I can’t either, Charlie. I can’t either.

Looks like Linus is more cutout for chess than baseball

♫ Well, ya got truffle my friend, I say, truffle right here in River City…♫

When I was playing Little League, I honestly had a moment like this. It was just after I came back from a family vacation to Disneyland. When the ball was in the air, I was visualizing the sign to Splash Mountain. lol

Perhaps CB’s team could use a good sports psychologist?

And this is the reason why Peter Parker is the best, even if that happens to him, he keeps going so no one else has to lose all… bad Linus is not Peter.

Wrong time to indulge in Kafkaesque philosophy, Linus.

Peanuts getting existential.

There’ll be other field trips Linus.

A bitter love story can be deleterious to the game, the captain should have known.

Truffles gets in my eyes.

Who’s on first?

That game of life is hard to play

I’m gonna lose it anyway

The losing card I’ll someday lay

So this is all I have to say

Then maybe you should just stop playing.