What's Wrong With Being Crabby? (Peanuts Classics)

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Summary: Charlie Brown first encounters the little red haired girl
Review: "What's Wrong With Being Crabby?" presents both classic Sunday "Peanuts" strips from 1962-65 along with daily comics from 1963-64 (do not ask me to explain why the slight mismatch." The first half of the book offers the Sunday comics and for those who remember the book "The Gospel According to Peanuts," you will find some of Charles M. Schulz's most explicitly religious strips as Linus quotes scriptures regarding yokes and Sally confesses to her brother that they prayed in school. Linus' security blanket is in for some rough times from both his grandmother and Snoopy, while Charlie Brown continues his epic effort to fly that darn kite. Meanwhile, Snoopy is making friends with both the birds and the rabbits and the sibling rivalry between Lucy and Linus reaches new heights. Going through these classic "Peanuts" strips again only serves to remind me that Schulz was the master of the half-page Sunday strip as well as of the thematic week of daily strips.

The second half of this collection provides more "Peanuts" dramatics as all Charlie Brown needs to do is hold the other team for one more inning and the team will win the championship. Meanwhile, Lucy has a desire to be called "cutie," Snoopy has to go to the hospital, Linus has to perform in the Christmas pageant, and Sally decides not to go to school (since she went last year). However, Charlie Brown is clearly the focal point of these strips. After all, he has a crush on the little red haired girl, having to feed Snoopy at suppertime, having "little leaguer's elbow," and receiving a bill from Lucy ...for psychiatric services including a slide show of all of his faults. So when the little red head girl comes to watch the baseball game it is the worst of both worlds. The sign of the times is the arrival of 5 95472 in the neighborhood; this is one of the few "new" Peanuts characters not to pan out, and represents that moment in history when the zip code was introduced into American culture.

For the record, "What's Wrong With Being Crabby" reprints "Peanuts' strips from "Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown" and "As You Like It, Charlie Brown." Please be careful looking through the pages offered above; you know you how addictive "Peanuts" can be.

Rating:
Summary: Charlie Brown first encounters the little red haired girl
Review: "What's Wrong With Being Crabby?" presents both classic Sunday "Peanuts" strips from 1962-65 along with daily comics from 1963-64 (do not ask me to explain why the slight mismatch." The first half of the book offers the Sunday comics and for those who remember the book "The Gospel According to Peanuts," you will find some of Charles M. Schulz's most explicitly religious strips as Linus quotes scriptures regarding yokes and Sally confesses to her brother that they prayed in school. Linus' security blanket is in for some rough times from both his grandmother and Snoopy, while Charlie Brown continues his epic effort to fly that darn kite. Meanwhile, Snoopy is making friends with both the birds and the rabbits and the sibling rivalry between Lucy and Linus reaches new heights. Going through these classic "Peanuts" strips again only serves to remind me that Schulz was the master of the half-page Sunday strip as well as of the thematic week of daily strips.

The second half of this collection provides more "Peanuts" dramatics as all Charlie Brown needs to do is hold the other team for one more inning and the team will win the championship. Meanwhile, Lucy has a desire to be called "cutie," Snoopy has to go to the hospital, Linus has to perform in the Christmas pageant, and Sally decides not to go to school (since she went last year). However, Charlie Brown is clearly the focal point of these strips. After all, he has a crush on the little red haired girl, having to feed Snoopy at suppertime, having "little leaguer's elbow," and receiving a bill from Lucy ...for psychiatric services including a slide show of all of his faults. So when the little red head girl comes to watch the baseball game it is the worst of both worlds. The sign of the times is the arrival of 5 95472 in the neighborhood; this is one of the few "new" Peanuts characters not to pan out, and represents that moment in history when the zip code was introduced into American culture.

For the record, "What's Wrong With Being Crabby" reprints "Peanuts' strips from "Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown" and "As You Like It, Charlie Brown." Please be careful looking through the pages offered above; you know you how addictive "Peanuts" can be.

Rating:
Summary: If Lucy Knew How Funny She Was, She Wouldn't Be Crabby!
Review: In this collection (originally entitle As You Like It, Charlie Brown), Lucy gets top billing in many of the stories. She takes piano lessons making Schroeder rather jealous ("You're cute when you're angry!"), points out Charlie Brown's faults (for $143- even by today's standards, that's pretty steep!), pulls a cruel joke on the blockhead for April Fool's Day, forces Linus to sing "Jingle Bells" at the PTA Christmas Program and uses his blanket for a Science Fair project.

Of course, the rest of the gang have their moments. Charlie Brown has a sore elbow and can't pitch for a week (and the gang isn't heartbroken). Snoopy refuses to see the vet for a rabies shot. A character by the name of 5 is introduced. The Peanuts gang may not consider Lucy a "cutie" but Peanuts wouldn't be the same without her!

Rating:
Summary: If Lucy Knew How Funny She Was, She Wouldn't Be Crabby!
Review: In this collection (originally entitle As You Like It, Charlie Brown), Lucy gets top billing in many of the stories. She takes piano lessons making Schroeder rather jealous ("You're cute when you're angry!"), points out Charlie Brown's faults (for $143- even by today's standards, that's pretty steep!), pulls a cruel joke on the blockhead for April Fool's Day, forces Linus to sing "Jingle Bells" at the PTA Christmas Program and uses his blanket for a Science Fair project.

Of course, the rest of the gang have their moments. Charlie Brown has a sore elbow and can't pitch for a week (and the gang isn't heartbroken). Snoopy refuses to see the vet for a rabies shot. A character by the name of 5 is introduced. The Peanuts gang may not consider Lucy a "cutie" but Peanuts wouldn't be the same without her!