1/21. NO ADULTS ARE ALLOWED IN THE COMICS.
There has never been an adult face in the Peanuts comic, although an adult sometimes speaks, represented by a speech bubble coming from the side.
2/21. PEANUTS COMIC STRIPS WERE EXTREMELY PROFITABLE.
Peanuts comic strips and products gave Schulz an estimated income of $30-40 million each year, and Peanuts characters were featured on 20,000 new products every year, by 1999.
3/21. CHARLIE BROWN WAS MODELED AFTER CHARLES SCHULZ.
We always say that each of the characters represents a piece of our dad, Craig Schulz, Charles son, says in a new book about the production of the new movie, The Art and Making of the Peanuts Movie. Charlie Brown was his real self, while Snoopy was what he wanted to be.
4/21. THERE ARE 17,897 STRIPS.
They ran between 1950 and 2000, each one drawn by Schulz. Schulz died from colon cancer at age 77, the day before the last original strip ran.
5/21. SCHULZ (THE CREATOR) DIDNT CHOOSE THE NAME.
Charlie Brown first appeared as a character in a comic strip called Li'l Folks, but when Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate about a publishing deal in 1950, the syndication service thought the name was too close to two other comics it ran at the time, and changed it to Peanuts. Schulz never liked the new moniker; he thought it "made it sound too insignificant."
6/21. ICONIC CHARACTERS LIKE LUCY AND LINUS DIDNT SHOW UP UNTIL YEARS INTO THE COMIC.
The first Peanuts strip featured Shermy, Patty (a separate character from Peppermint Patty), and Charlie Brown. It ran in seven newspapers in October 1950.
7/21. LUCY STARTED OUT AS YOUNGER THAN CHARLIE BROWN.
In her first comic strip in March 1952, Lucy was a toddler. Later, Schulz decided to make her Charlie Browns peer. Lucy would later be the character to observe Happiness is a warm puppy in an April 1960 strip.
8/21. LINUS DIDNT SPEAK FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
He appeared as Lucys security-blanketed younger brother in September 1952, but didnt get a line in the comic until 1954.
9/21. FRANKLINS FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE COMIC WAS IN JULY 1968.
In it, Franklin recovers Charlie Browns lost beach ball. At the time, Franklins inclusion was seen as controversial, and Schulz received letters complaining about the character.
10/21. CHARLIE BROWN GOT CLOSE TO GETTING AN EGOT.
Only a dozen people have won each of the entertainment industrys biggest awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. Peanuts projects won two Grammies, four Emmy awards, and two Tony awards. They've only gotten an Oscar nomination, though: A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) got a nod for Best Original Song Score.
11/21. THE FIRST PIECE OF MUSIC IN THE STRIP WAS BY RACHMANINOFF.
Schroeder loves Beethoven (and his house at 1770 James Street is a nod to the composers birth year) but the first piece he played in the strip was Sergei Rachmaninoffs "Prelude in G Minor."
12/21. IN MOST OF THE COMICS, MARCIE HAS NO EYES.
Marcies glasses mask her eyes throughout most of the original comic, only appearing in rare moments, like a May 1980 strip where Peppermint Patty tries to convince her to wear her glasses on top of her head. (Obviously, she runs into a telephone pole.)
13/21. THE LITTLE RED-HAIRED GIRL IS NEVER FULLY SEEN IN THE COMIC STRIP.
The daily strip only showed the object of Charlie Browns affections once, in silhouette, in 1998. He did get to meet her in the television special Its Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown, which aired in 1977.
14/21. SNOOPY HAS FIVE SIBLINGS.
Spike was the first Snoopy brother, introduced in 1975 and named after Charles Schulzs childhood pup. Snoopys other siblings include Marbles, Olaf, Andy, and his only sister, Belle.
15/21. THERE WERE 45 TV SPECIALS.
A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first television special, won an Emmy and a Peabody award. Since its debut in 1965, Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson have produced 44 others, including classics like Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. December will mark the 50th anniversary of the Charlie Brown Christmas special, which was originally commissioned and sponsored by Coca-Cola.
16/21. CHARLIE BROWNS HEAD IS REALLY HARD TO DRAW.
When asked about the hardest character trait to ink, Paige Braddock, the creative director of Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, admitted that Charlie Browns noggin is the most complicated piece to pull off. It is nearly impossible to get right when you first start working with the characters, and if it is off in the least, it really stands out, she says in The Art and Making of the Peanuts Movie. Braddock is currently responsible for the look of all Peanuts-related products.
17/21. THERE ARE TWO PEANUTS HEAD TYPES.
If you look closely, you will notice there are only two head types, one modeled after the Browns, the other after the Van Pelts, San Jun Lee, the lead character designer for the new movie, says in the book. What really differentiates the characters, and makes them instantly recognizable, is their hair.
18/21. SNOOPYS EYES ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF HIS FACE.
If you look closely, youll notice that Snoopys eyes are on the same side of his nose. It looks natural in the comic, but was a particular challenge to animate in 3D.
19/21. IN CGI, CHARLIE BROWN HAS A LOT OF HAIR.
Though Charlie Brown only gets a single line of curlicue hair in the comic, in the movie, its a strand of 219 hairs coiled like a spring.
20/21. CHARLIE BROWN IS IN THE MAIL.
Even the U.S. Postal Service loves A Charlie Brown Christmas. To mark the 65th anniversary of the comic and the 50th anniversary of the television special, the USPS is releasing Forever stamps with images like Snoopy ice skating, Linus kneeling with the Christmas tree, and Charlie Brown checking the mail for a Christmas card. The Peanuts gang also got a commemorative stamp from the USPS in 2001.
21/21. PEANUTS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL COMICS OF ALL TIME.
Peanuts is considered as one of the most influential, greatest and popular comics of all time, receiving a number of awards over the years, and as a result, Snoopy became the mascot of NASA personal safety for astronauts, and along with Charlie Brown became the semi-official mascot of the Apollo 10 mission.
For many childhood memories are overrun by living nightmares.
Yes, children are resilient, but that doesn't mean that the things we see as babes don't follow us forever.
The horrors of the world are no stranger to the young.
Redditor -2sweetcaramel- wanted to see who was willing to share about the worst things we've seen as kids, so they asked:
"What’s the creepiest thing you saw as a kid?"
Serious Danger
"Me and my best friend would explore the drainage tunnels under the Vegas area where we grew up. These were miles long and it was always really cool down there so it was a good way to escape the heat of our scorching hot summers. We went into this one that goes under the Fiesta casino and found a camp with a bunch of homeless people."
"Mind you we are like 11 years old lol. And we just kept going like it was nothing. It wasn’t scary then but when I look back at it we could have been in some serious danger. Our parents had no idea we did this or where we were and we had no cellphones. We could have been kidnapped and never have been found."
oofboof2020
Waiting for Food
"I was at a portillos once when I was 12 and I was waiting with my little brother at a booth while my parents got our food. This guy was standing with his tray kind of watching me then after a couple of minutes he started to walk over really fast not breaking eye contact with me."
"He was 2 feet from the table and my dad came out of nowhere and scared the s**t out of him. He looked so surprised and just said he wanted to see if I’d get scared or not. He left his tray full of food near the door and left. My folks reported him but we never went to that location again since we found a better one closer to home."
nowhereboy1964
Captain Hobo to the Rescue
"When I was a pretty young teen, my friends and I were horsing around in San Francisco and started hanging out to smoke with some homeless guys. Another homeless dude came up and began aggressively trying to shake us down for anything (money, smokes, a ride, drugs- all of it) and wouldn’t take no for an answer."
"We got in over our heads and could tell this guy was now riling the other 2 guys up and they were acting like they wanted to jump us. Some grandfather-looking old homeless man appeared out of nowhere and yelled at us to get the f**k out of here- nice kids like us don’t belong down here at this hour!!"
"Captain Hobo saved our lives that night. My parents sincerely thought we were at a mall all day lol."
FartAttack911
Survival
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"I was 7 and survived the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Witnessed the wave rise way above the already massive palm trees (approx. 40ft?) and my family and I watched/heard the wave crash into the ground from a rooftop."
faithfulpoo
These Tsunami stories are just tragic.
On the Sand
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"We were a group of kids who went to swim in a local lake. And there was a dead body on the beach with their hands raised and their legs bent unnaturally that local police just took out of the same lake. I've never put my foot in these waters again."
oyloff
Be Clever
"I was walking to school and I was about 5 or 6 years old and some guy pulled up beside me in his car and asked if I would get in. He also offered me sweets to do so. I said no. The creepy bit was when he calmly said ‘clever boy’ to me, then drove off. I’ve never even told my parents or anyone else about this as it would most likely freak them out."
OstneyPiz
Bad Jokes
"Dad's side of the family pranked me by burying a fake body on our back property and had me dig it up to find valuables. Was only allowed to use a lantern for light. They stuffed old clothes with chicken bones. Sheetrock mud where the head was... Random fake jewelry as the treasures... I was like maybe 10 or 11.. I remember digging up the boot first and started gagging because it became real at that point."
Alegan239
YOU
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"Woke up to find my little brother staring at me in the dark, asking, Are you really you?"
PrettyLola2004
Siblings can really be a bunch of creepers.
No one should talk to others in the dark though.
Not all pet owners have the same relationship with their pets.
While anyone who decides to become a pet owner, or pet parent as some say, love their pets equally, some never ever let them leave their side.
Taking their pet with them to work, running errands, even on vacations.
Many pet parents even allow their pets to share their bed with them when going to sleep.
For others though, this is where a line is finally drawn.
Redditor Piggythelavasurfer was curious to hear whether pet owners allowed their pets to share their bed with them, as well as the reasons why they do/don't, leading them to ask:
"Do you let your pet sleep in your bed? Why/why not?"
The Tiny Issue Of Water...
"Absolutely not."
"I have fish."- Senior-Meal3649
Everyone Gets Lonely Eventually...
"I adopted an eleven year old cat the day before Halloween."
"She has mostly lived in my closet since I got her, and she hasn’t been too interested in coming out."
"Last night, she came out of my closet and jumped up on my bed, and crawled under my covers and curled up by my feet to sleep."
"I was so happy!"- YellowBeastJeep
The Comforting Reminder That You're Not Alone...
"I recently lost my Greyhound but I used to let him sleep on my bed with me."
"The company was nice and he was no trouble to have on my bed."- HoodedMenace3
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What Do You Mean Allow?
"I have no choice."
"She is a cat, cats do whatever they want."- Small_cat1412
"He lets me sleep in my bed."- Poorly-Drawn-Beagle
Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
"I carry my old boy upstairs to bed every night."- worst_in_show
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Who Needs An Alarm Clock?
"I let my two cats sleep with me."
"They're so full of love and just want cuddles all the time."
"And so do I."
"We've all developed a lil routine."
"Get to bed, oldest sleeps on my feet to keep them warm, youngest lies in my arm while I lie on my side (she the little spoon), then when I snooze my alarm for work in the morning the youngest paws at my face and meeps loudly to wake me up."- GhostofaFlea_
Whose Bed Is It Anyway?
"Yes."
"They're also kind enough to let me squeeze into whatever space they've left for me."
"Although I do get a few dirty looks off them."- Therealkaylor
"I found this tiny kitten screaming her head off under a car."
"Would not come out."
"Got some food and some water in dishes."
"I stood by the tire so she couldn't see my feet."
"She got curious about the food and water and started gobbling it down."
"I thought she would bolt when I squatted down."
"She was too busy eating."
"I grabbed her by the nape of the neck and all four legs went straight out and she tried to scratch me to death."
"I got her in the door and tossed her toward the couch."
"She ricocheted off the couch as if she was a ping pong off a table and I lost sight of her."
"I put out food and water and a sandbox and did not see that kitten for three days."
"On the third day, I came home and she was on my bed pillow."
"I thought she would bolt when I came near, but she didn't."
"I wanted to sleep so I tried to scoot her little butt off my pillow."
"She would not go."
"I put my head down to sleep and that is the way it was from then on."
"She ran the roost."- Logical_Cherry_7588
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Sleeping Is A Prerequisite...
"No, he's a cat and he cannot keep still during the night."
"He walks across the headboard, opens the closet doors, jumps into the windows and rustles the blinds, etc."
"If he would sleep he could stay, but alas, he's a ramblin' man."- Spong_Durnflungle
Saying No Just Isn't An Option...
"'Let'."
"Lol."
"It's a cat's world and I'm happy to be on her good side."- milaren
Felines Only!
"The cat does, the dog doesn't and the horse certainly does not either."- Xcrowzz
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Is That My Hair On That Pillow?
"My dog is perfect."
"She comes up, cuddles til we start to fall asleep, then gets down to sleep on her bed so she doesn't get too hot."
"Jumps back up in the early morning for wake up cuddles."
"The hair everywhere is the only downside but she is so cozy, what can you do."- HoodieWinchester
It is easy to understand how some people are able to fall asleep more easily knowing their friend and protector is there, in bed, with them.
Though we can't blame others who don't want to run the risk of being scratched or bitten in the middle of the night either...