The series has no shortage of iconic characters. Peanut. While characters like Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Woodstock are probably the most recognizable, they’re far from the only reasons to read the comic, as even the characters on the hard side in this franchise are extremely fun. And above them all stands one, the strangest character, and they feature prominently on the list Peanut comics published in September 1974.
50 years ago, almost all of September in Peanut the story was dedicated The most unusual character Charles M. Schultz has ever brought to a striptease: Schoolhouse.. IN Peanut According to legends, the school that the Peanut gang attends is actually alive, and they interact with the students from time to time. And in September 1974, Schoolhouse might as well have been a member of the Peanuts gang – and it’s as funny as it is absurd (and a little scary). Here 10 funniest Peanut comics that just turned 50!
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Lucy humorously dismisses her apparent lack of baseball skills
Peanut – September 24, 1974
Lucy has been known to be on the Peanuts gang’s baseball team since the beginning of the comic, and now Linus is old enough to participate as well, and he comes to the conclusion that Lucy is a drain on the team. Linus analyzes the statistics and discovers that Lucy consistently drops, misses, or otherwise loses the ball in her position in right field – as she has on hundreds of occasions. But, Lucy has a very reasonable and concise explanation for this: “The sun was shining in my eyes!».
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Saying “the sun was in my eyesis a great excuse for a couple of bad performances, but Linus calculated the stats based on years of recorded games. Clearly, Lucy has no baseball skills whatsoever and the fact that she blames it on the sun is just hilarious.
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Lucy continues to miss her chances with Shredder, even when she realizes the problem
Peanut – September 30, 1974
Lucy has been in love with Schroeder for many years, but every time she reveals her feelings to him, they are not reciprocated. Schroeder just doesn’t like Lucy, and honestly doesn’t seem like he really likes anyone or anything other than his piano. However, Lucy is determined to win his heart, and in this comic, Lucy thinks she has identified the problem.
So Lucy decides that she’ll just hang out next to him while he plays without saying a word – which she can only do for one panel.
Lucy continues to talk to Schroeder while he tries to play the piano and he clearly doesn’t like it. So Lucy decides that she’ll just hang out next to him while he plays without saying a word – which she can only do for one panel. Even when Lucy realizes what the (potential) problem is, she still blows her chances with Shredder. (cheerfully self-prophetic).
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Peppermint Patty reveals why she’s better off just sleeping during class.
Peanut – September 15, 1974
When the class is given a math problem, Peppermint Patty confidently raises her hand to solve it, but gives the wrong answer. She then tries to correct herself by giving a series of other answers, all of them wrong. Trying to get at least some credit, Peppermint Patty suggests saying “Mississippi– as if it would help her get a grade in math.
Peppermint Patty tried her best to participate in class, which is a huge step up from what she usually does. However, every answer she gave was wrong. At this moment Peppermint Patty might as well have just been sleeping.she had undoubtedly come to that conclusion on her own, given virtually all the other comics featuring Patty in the class.
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Sally hilariously scolded the school building before her first day of school.
Peanut – September 2, 1974
At the first appearance of the school building in September 1974, Sally decides to speak her mind the day before the first day of school. Sally yells at the sentient building, calling it “silly» and said she’s sure she can’t wait to “torture a bunch of innocent children“
The schoolhouse was in no mood to be scolded by some kid, especially since the only “crime” it had committed was simply existing. Besides, the school building probably has enough on its plate: the very next day school will start again, at which point it will be filled with kids who hate it – so what the day before was certainly not appreciated.
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The school building quickly becomes dangerous for children who irritate it
Peanut – September 4, 1974
In another instance, when Sally criticizes a school building, she digs even deeper into why it is the worst and why other similar institutions should be criticized more. Sally even says that everyone should “take a closer look” to the problems that exist in schools everywhere, and for now the school building seems to have had enough. The school building responds: “Look closely, baby, and I’ll drop a brick on you!!».
What started out as stupid Peanut the character becomes pure nightmare fuel, not unlike a Stephen King novel. A sensible school that is bullied by critical children who can physically harm them with bricks? This Shining/Christina-horrifying level, and this is not the only comic where there is a problem.
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Sally realizes she’s better off staying on the good side of the school building
Peanut – September 6, 1974
After mercilessly criticizing the school building in several previous comics, resulting in threats of physical violence, Sally decides to be a little softer on the school building. Sally complimented the building, saying she thought the bricks were cool. The school building responds with a simple heart (the school building invented the smiley face?), indicating that the building and Sally are on good terms and moving forward.
While Sally may have acted purely out of the goodness of her heart, it’s a little suspicious that her view of the school building changed so dramatically after it threatened to drop a brick on her head… as if Sally was under the impression that she better be polite to the school building… or else.
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The school building is missing Sally on weekends, which is either incredibly sweet or downright ominous.
Peanut – September 7, 1974
This Peanut In the comic, the school building talks to itself and complains that it’s the weekend, meaning “this little girl won’t be around today“, where “that little girl” was Sally. The schoolhouse is also sad because today is only Saturday, which means this is only the first day we haven’t seen Sally. The schoolhouse then says he hates weekends, which surely coincides with his newfound feelings for Sally.
It’s either very sweet, as this sentient building somehow found friendship against all odds, or it’s downright sinister. Again, The school building threatened to brick Sally before she took it well and now seems to be obsessed with her..
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Sally’s friendship with the school building is genuine, and Charlie Brown’s embarrassment proves it.
Peanut – September 10, 1974
In an optimistic way, it seems After all, the friendship between Schoolhouse and Sally was real! When Sally calls in sick from school, she asks Charlie Brown to tell the school building why she isn’t there. Sally wouldn’t feel the need to do this if she genuinely didn’t care about the school building, proving that there’s nothing going on here that Stephen King would be interested in writing about. These two got off to a rocky start, but the friendship they found was real.
While this comic is incredibly cute, the funniest part is Charlie Brown’s interaction with the school building. Chuck says he feels like a fool talking to the building, to which the school building responds: “This is also not the biggest excitement in my life, baby!“, implying that talking to Charlie Brown is as boring as talking to a brick wall – even if it’s a literal brick wall!
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The school building isn’t as nice as Sally thought it would be.
Peanut – September 12, 1974
While Sally’s sincere friendship with the Schoolhouse seemingly ignores any sinister implications regarding the sentient structure, this comic forces readers to rethink what they thought they knew about the Schoolhouse. After Lucy catches Charlie Brown talking to the school building on Sally’s behalf, she calls him crazy, saying that anyone would be crazy to talk to a building, especially a “stupid brick building” like this. Then, The school building does to Lucy what it threatened to do to Sally a few stripes earlier: it hits her with a brick..
While Sally may have really liked the school building, it doesn’t take away from the unnatural horror of what happened to Lucy, as this sensitive, sentient school poses a real threat to the students.
It appears that the school building wasn’t just making empty threats, it actually has the right to throw bricks at children who offend it.. While Sally may have really liked the school building, it doesn’t take away from the unnatural horror of what happened to Lucy, as this sensitive, sentient school poses a real threat to the students.
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Peanut subtly explains why the school building is so cruel… and dangerous
Peanut – September 16, 1974
Charlie Brown was forced to talk to the school building on Sally’s behalf for the entire week she was sick, and during this time he was reported to the principal by another student who thought he was acting crazy. Charlie Brown confronts Sally about this, saying that he was “suffering in silenceall this time just to help her. After they leave The school building says to itself: “I’ve been suffering in silence for sixty years, baby!».
This is a scary comic because it explains why the school building is so aggressive towards rude kids and obsessive towards nice kids: it was “suffering in silence“for decades. The school building isn’t just weird Peanut character, it’s just nightmare fuelas he has gone mad from years of abuse and is finally ready to take revenge on those he believes deserve it.
Of course, at the end of the day, a school building is just a building, which means the idea of it being a scary threat (or even a good friend) is completely ridiculous and absolutely hilarious. This is why school building comics are among the top ten funniest Peanut comics that just turned 50!