You Can't Win, Charlie Brown

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Summary: Actually, Charlie Brown, Linus and Schroeder Can't Win
Review: "You Can't Win, Charlie Brown" offers up daily comic strips from "Peanuts" from the years 1960-1962. However, Charlie Brown is not the only one of the Peanuts gang having a rough time of it. In what are probably the best of Great Pumpkin strips, Linus puts together a pumpkin patch that offers nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see, but has trouble staying away on Halloween Night. Then poor Schroeder forgets to celebrate December 16th (and you have to wonder, did Charles M. Schulz do the same?). Meanwhile, Kennedy and Nixon are running for President and Lucy decides that Charlie Brown should become president one day so she can be First Lady. Not surprisingly, these 1960 strips are some of the few in which Schulz comments on the political process (you have to be prince before you can become President, which happens before you become Queen). Of course, politics in America would forever be changed after November 1963, so this is not especially surprising. There are also several strips devoted to the Christmas season and various ways of working Santa Claus for as many toys as possible that will strike a chord with young and old alike. On a more historical note, Snoopy has made friends with a flock of pre-Woodstock type birds and Linus has been told by his ophthalmologist to start wearing glasses (probably the first time the word "ophthalmologist" was used in a comic strip). This collection of comic strips comes from the heyday of "Peanuts," which for my money ran from the late 1950's through the 1960's.

Rating:
Summary: Actually, Charlie Brown, Linus and Schroeder Can't Win
Review: "You Can't Win, Charlie Brown" offers up daily comic strips from "Peanuts" from the years 1960-1962. However, Charlie Brown is not the only one of the Peanuts gang having a rough time of it. In what are probably the best of Great Pumpkin strips, Linus puts together a pumpkin patch that offers nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see, but has trouble staying away on Halloween Night. Then poor Schroeder forgets to celebrate December 16th (and you have to wonder, did Charles M. Schulz do the same?). Meanwhile, Kennedy and Nixon are running for President and Lucy decides that Charlie Brown should become president one day so she can be First Lady. Not surprisingly, these 1960 strips are some of the few in which Schulz comments on the political process (you have to be prince before you can become President, which happens before you become Queen). Of course, politics in America would forever be changed after November 1963, so this is not especially surprising. There are also several strips devoted to the Christmas season and various ways of working Santa Claus for as many toys as possible that will strike a chord with young and old alike. On a more historical note, Snoopy has made friends with a flock of pre-Woodstock type birds and Linus has been told by his ophthalmologist to start wearing glasses (probably the first time the word "ophthalmologist" was used in a comic strip). This collection of comic strips comes from the heyday of "Peanuts," which for my money ran from the late 1950's through the 1960's.

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Summary: No, he can't win.
Review: Charlie Brown just can't win, which is why we like him so much, and how everything around him affects him. For example, Schroeder turned in his uniform, glove, and cap and went home to play the piano. However, he sparked a reaction that caused everybody else on Charlie Brown's team to quit, too. Charlie just can't win. Linus gives up his blanket in a bet with Miss Othmar. He lost the bet. Will Linus get his blanket back, or will it be lost forever? Speaking of Linus, Halloween is rolling around. The Great Pumpkin will surely rise out of HIS pumpkin patch to fly through the air on his appointed rounds--or will he? Will this be the one time he comes? Find out!