![]() Alternately aiding and exasperating him in his quest were his best friend Linus, a philosopher who sucked his thumb and carried a Security Blanket, and Linus's big sister Lucy, a bossy, brassy self-described "fussbudget" who already knew what the universe's major problem was: it never asked her what to do. Charlie Brown developed from a standard "lovable loser" into a sensitive and intelligent Everyman, whose relentless track record of failure meant he struggled perpetually with the Really Big Questions. Over the years, the strip became famous for its psychological realism, bordering on an all-out satire of more typically sentimental kiddie comics, though it arguably took a turn away from the philosophical toward more direct comedy relatively early in its run (around 1970). When the kids weren't in school, they were usually playing baseball or having amazingly sophisticated intellectual conversations while leaning on a brick wall. (This was originally due to the editor's restrictions on the strip: to fit the kids in at a decent size in the small panels, he put the "camera" at their height and did away with anyone taller.) ![]() While the strip's cast began very young, they grew as time went on - well, sort of consensus is their age topped out at about 6 (Linus and Sally) to 8 (Charlie Brown, Lucy, et al.) - but adults were always conspicuous by their absence, famously represented in the TV specials by unintelligible offscreen "wah-wah" noises produced by a muted trombone. By 1967, there was even a play, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which was followed by Snoopy! The Musical in 1975. The first of these, A Charlie Brown Christmas, aired on December 9, 1965. Beginning in The '60s, Schulz started collaborating with animator Bill Meléndez and producer Lee Mendelson to produce the much-loved animated specials (which hold the honor, only shared with specials based on Sesame Street and material from the Get Smart franchise, of having had installments premiere on every Big Four network). The Newspaper Comic ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000. Schulz, featuring unlucky kid Charlie Brown and his imaginative dog Snoopy. ![]() A Long Runner franchise, based on the comic strip by Charles M. The one with the famous piano theme you’re probably hearing in your head. ![]()
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