10365

Peanuts characters also appeared in Tip Top Comics, United Comics (these first two were mostly reprints) and Dell and Gold Key comic books. These last two were authorized, but Schulz had nothing to do with their artwork or stories.

10366

The first reprint book was published by Rinehart and Co. in 1952. By 2001 there were over 200 million Peanuts books in print.

10367

A golf-themed comic featuring Charlie Brown and Lucy on May 23, 1954 was one of the few to EVER show any adults present.

10368

Another series of plastic figurines was produced in 1959, by LEGO. This time the Pig-Pen figure had "dirt."

These also had heads on springs, a fore-runner of the bobble-head dolls, popular again today.

The Lucy in this collection had a 'crabby' expression. This is unusual because the licensed toys usually had 'happy faces.'

Schroeder's figurine in this collection had the toy piano and Beethoven bust imprinted on his 'shirt.'

10369

The first ad campaign to feature Peanuts characters was for Ford, in 1959. This included print ads, and, for the first time, animated characters. The animation was done by Bill Melendez, who did EVERY other Peanuts animated work to date.

10370

The first record, with songs composed by Fred Karlin, and performances by Kaye Ballard and Arthur Siegel, appeared in the early 1960s. You're a Good Man Charlie Brown debuted a few years later.

10371

The first board game with all the Peanuts characters (but not the last, see the Peanuts Monopoly of 2000) was made by Selchow and Richtor in 1967.

Snoopy got his own game by the same publishers in the same year, 1967.

10372

The first 3D ViewMaster images appeared in 1966.

10373

Also in 1966, a fire burned Schulz's then studio in Sebastopol, CA to the ground.

10374

As mentioned before, the Apollo 10 command module was named Charlie Brown, and the lunar module was named Snoopy. They didn't actually land on the moon, of course, but that was the last "dress rehearsal" flight before the real thing.

10375

Baseball lineup:

Pitcher & Manager: Charlie Brown
Catcher: Schroeder
First Base: Shermy
Second Base: Linus (or Pig-Pen)
Shortstop: Snoopy (who also sometimes played outfield)
Third Base: (unspecified)
Left Field: Patty or Rerun
Center field: Frieda, Violet or Lucy
Right Field: Lucy

10376

Franklin was introduced in 1968
Woodstock was named in the early 70s
(nameless birds had appeared before)
Peppermint Patty first appeared in 1966, and Marcie first appeared in the early 1970s

The three kids all attended a school on "the other side of town" from the Browns and van Pelts and other characters.

10377
Lucy first flirted with Schroeder in May 1953.

10378

Charlie Brown was a real co-worker of Charles Schulz at the Art Instruction School (the famous correspondence school) in Minneapolis.
Similarly, Linus was named after a coworker, Linus Maurer.

10379

September 1, 1958

Charlie Brown writes his first "pencil pal" letter.