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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 05:28 PM
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Please tell me - Who is your favorite PEANUTS character?
for me it is Schroeder - I always liked how Charlie Brown loved baseball and Schroeder was his catcher. I had a Schroeder piggy bank when I was a kid.


I wonder who was your favorite character -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Peanuts_characters
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 05:30 PM
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1. I gotta say Chuck.
Edited on Thu Sep-17-09 05:35 PM by AllenVanAllen



He just kept on keeping on.




and never stopped trying to kick that football. :)
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:11 PM
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6. i wonder if anyone ever got to kick that football..
in all those years, did anyone ever kick that thing?
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:16 PM
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8. I think not

Lucy was probably an equal opportunity grief maker.




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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 09:32 PM
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20. I think if he'd have just said "Fuck it" and used a tee . . .
.. . . even THAT would have fallen over as he would try to kick it.

Charles Schultz - "I never thought Charlie Brown was a loser, because a loser would give up trying."
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 10:37 PM
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23. What a great quote from Charles Schultz.



I'm glad he left such a wonderful legacy.





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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:46 AM
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26. thanks for the reply
peace and low stress
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 05:31 PM
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2. Snoopy.
Good ole Joe Cool.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 12:31 PM
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36. Yeah, baby!
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 05:32 PM
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3. Lucy - she's an asshole
and she reminds me of my ex. A two-fer.
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 05:33 PM
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4. I like the lesbian couple
Peppermint Patty and Marcie
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:17 PM
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9. Nope. They weren't lesbians; they both had a thing for CB.
And not in that "he'll make such a great beard!" way, either...
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:35 PM
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11. Both of them? I knew Patty had a thing for Chuck
but I thought Marcie was strictly into Patty.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:55 PM
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14. I'm pretty sure there were a few strips and I think even one of the TV specials that hinted
at Marcie's attraction to Charlie Brown. She tended to get lost in the shadow of the overbearing Peppermint Patty.
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 07:07 PM
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15. Yes, she did get lost in Peppermint Patty's shadow, didn't she.
I guess that's why Marcie called her "Sir."

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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 05:39 PM
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5. Linus.
He strikes me as the most human...he's by far the best written character IMO.
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susanr516 Donating Member (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 06:10 PM
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38. Yep, Linus nt
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:15 PM
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7. Snoopy's brother Spike.
He needs a hug, but all he has are cacti!
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:19 PM
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10. Snoopy. For this among many reasons:
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 11:53 PM
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25. What would William Shakespeare say about Snoopy and the gang?
I'm trying to give you some new material!

:hi:

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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:38 PM
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12. MR. PEANUT!
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 06:39 PM
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13. I'd have to say Snoopy. I had a poly sci prof in college
who went on about what all the Peanuts characters represented.

One of my favorite Peanuts' strips was Linus saying to Snoopy, "I would think it would be boring sitting on top of your doghouse all day".

Snoopy replies, "On the contrary, who could be bored...

sitting at the controls of the Starship Enterprise?"

I always thought there should have been a simple, one-panel final Peanuts strip after Charles Schultz died of all the gang around a grave sight, just standing there and not saying anything.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 07:11 PM
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16. Linus was the most philosophical
and had a big sister so I can identify with him.


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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 07:30 PM
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17. Woodstock.
I'm not sure why, but he was always my favorite.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 11:55 AM
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43. Yeah, baby!
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 08:34 PM
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18. Linus, by far. Very philosophical. But there were times I really identified with Lucy. nt
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 09:28 PM
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19. Miss Othmar
what that poor woman had to put up with
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 09:34 PM
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21. Franklin.
Because he's grindcore.

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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 09:36 PM
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22. Pig Pen.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:50 AM
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27. same here. That cloud of dirt that surrounded him always made me laugh.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 11:48 PM
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24. The Little Red-Haired Girl
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:58 AM
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28. Snoopy......
Although I played Charlie Brown in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" way back in 9th Grade......
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:07 AM
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29. My vote is for Mr. Peanut!
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:10 AM
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30. He looks younger than ever
Someone's been nipping into the Botox.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:41 AM
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31. it if funny how much that strip influenced my life
and i came up in the 80s reading my dad's old peanuts books from the 60s and 70s (great stuff)...

Because of Peanuts, as a kid I:

Knew in nauseating detail about who Beethoven was (even wrote a report on him)

Got into baseball, but not as a pitcher

Begged my parents and finally got a dog (beagle was of course my first choice but i got overruled)...Sadly our dog was an inside dog with no cool house in the back

Wanted to be a spelling bee winner

Wanted to set up a psychology stand (parents talked me out of it)

Snatched the football from friends running to kick it

and call this creepy if you want, but i actually had my own security blanket with a multitude of uses (and for a time, i took it EVERYWHERE until my parents "accidentally" left it in a hotel while we were on vacation)...

And the character I related to the most was Charlie Brown, but my favorite was Snoopy and Woodstock
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Louisiana1976 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 11:38 PM
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49. ....
:rofl:
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:42 AM
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32. Why, Peppermint Patty, of course.
The first dyke in comics.

Although maybe it should be Pigpen . . .
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:43 AM
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33. Linus, Snoopy and PigPen
all three.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:55 AM
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34. The adults in the show... teachers usually
that make that "whah whah whah" sound.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:12 AM
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35. What about some of the older characters who somehow went away...
...Violet, Patty (not Peppermint Patty) the boy with dark hair, and the girl with naturally curly hair?
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:08 PM
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39. i remember them!
:)
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 11:06 PM
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48. Sally
she was Charlie's sister.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 05:25 PM
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37. Linus, and Peppermint Patty
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:16 AM
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40. Peppermint Patty. (nt)
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 10:00 AM
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41. kick
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 10:51 AM
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42. Linus
The world could use his gentle spirit.
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ThatsMyBarack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 06:47 PM
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44. Peppermint Patty!
She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown! ;)

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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 06:49 PM
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45. I have to say Linus. He was one of the big inspirations behind Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 06:53 PM
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46. Lucy
She doesn't have time for bullshit. She gets things done.
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Kickin_Donkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 11:01 PM
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47. Woodstock
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