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Charlie Brown stands tapping his foot in time to music he is playing on the violin.
He concentrates and leans over to the side as he continues to play.
Shermy approaches and asks,"Well, how's your playing coming, Charlie Brown?" An exhausted Charlie Brown replies,"Not too good"
Shermy sits on a chair and Charlie Brown sits on the floor. The latter concludes,"In fact, last night I dreamed that Beethoven strangled me!"
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Charlie Brown stands on a stool in front of the sink washing his hands. He says,"Wash my hands..."
He rubs his face with a small towel and continues,"Scrub my face..."
He brushes his teeth and continues,"Brush my teeth..."
He walks off holding his towel and toothbrush. He concludes,"What a waste of time, considering I'm just going to bed!"
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Patty and Charlie Brown sit at the table, that is filled with food. He looks down at a dessert bowl and exclaims,"I'm going to eat my dessert first!"
He says,"Hey!", as she swipes the bowl from him. She says,"Oh, no, you're not, Charlie Brown!!"
He frowns to the reader as she says,"If you do that, you'll spoil the rest of your dinner..."
He retorts,"Well, I'd feel a whole lot worse if the dinner spoiled my dessert!"
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Charlie Brown sits on the floor reading. He starts as he hears a voice calls,"Charlie!! It's time for your bath!"
He shrinks against the wall, and in fear says,"Oh, no, anything but that!! Anything!"
He continues to cringe and exclaims,"I can't stand it! I can't stand it I tell you!!"
He sits in the bathtub smiling at the reader. He says,"It's all just an act...I really don't mind baths at all!"
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Charlie Brown approaches Patty sitting on the floor, playing with her doll. He says,"Patty, one of your admirers is at the door"
She walks off saying, "Gee, an admirer...I wonder who he can be?"
She exclaims as she opens the door and see Snoopy sitting there.
As she chases Charlie Brown, he says,"It's things like this that keep me young!"
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Violet approaches Charlie Brown sitting on the floor. She has a hammer and a picture in her hands, and asks,"Charlie Brown, will you help me hang this picture?"
He stands on a chair with the hammer in one hand and the other placing a nail against the wall. She asks,"Could you put the nail in right about there?" He replies,"How's that?"
As he starts hammering, she says,"That's fine...thank you very much..."
He stands on the ground and replies,"There was nothing to it...I'm mechanically minded!"
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Violet and Patty are walking down the lane. Patty says,"I'd like to be a grandmother"
Violet stops, spreads her hands, and exclaims,"So would I!! All they have to do every day is sit and rock!"
They stoop to pick some flowers and Patty says,"The trouble is that you first have to be a wife, and then you have to be a mother..."
They walk along with the flowers tucked in their hair. Violet concludes, "I know it...it's all those preliminaries that get me!"
The first interaction between Patty and Violet.
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Charlie Brown, with a towel over his arm, leans over towards a sitting Snoopy. He says,"There's something I'd like to ask you, Snoopy"
He turns towards Snoopy as he stands in the bathroom atop a chair, next to the sink. He asks,"Why don't dogs ever wash their hands?"
He washes his hands and continues,"Of course, it probably wouldn't do much good..."
As he towels his hands, he looks down at Snoopy and concludes,"You'd just have to walk on them right away again anyway!"
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Violet sits on the floor amidst numerous books. She exclaims, "I've lost it!"
She rummages through a drawer and continues,"I can't find it anyplace"
Charlie Brown approaches her as she flips through a book. He asks,"What did you lose, Violet?"
She spreads her hands and replies,"My mud-pie recipe!"
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Charlie Brown is holding a wastebasket and he says to Patty who is sitting on the floor with her doll. "I bought a new wastebasket" Patty stands up and says to Charlie Brown "Well unwrap it and let's see what it looks like... Charlie Brown unwraps it and says to Patty "What shall I do with a;; this paper? Patty says " Throw it in the wastebasket!" Charlie Brown is looking down at the wastebasket and says " Gee, A basket like this comes in handy, Doesn't it?
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Patty sits on the floor typing.
Shermy stoops in front of her and says,"Gee, Patty, I didn't know you could type..."
He sits next to her and she replies,"Sure, I can type a hundred letters a minute!"
She concludes,"The only trouble is I can't make them into words!"
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Charlie Brown stands looking down at his box of tools. He says,"It's no use...I just can't do it..."
Violet approaches and asks,"What's the matter, Charlie Brown? You look discouraged"
They sit on the floor and he replies,"I wanted to build myself a workbench..."
He concludes,"But I don't have a workbench to build it on!!"
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Charlie Brown stands on the field with his mitt/hand outstretched and his cap twist to the back on his head. He crouches and says,"Pitch to me, boy!"
He stands, motions with his hands, and continues,"Throw it right in here! He can't hit it!!"
He leans forward slightly and continues,"Just pitch to me, boy! Pitch to me!"
Shermy walks up to him and he concludes,"O.K., I'm all warmed up...let's start the game!"
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Patty watches as Violet walks by dragging a toy giraffe on wheels.
Patty stares after her and says,"Gee, I wish I had one of those..."
Patty exclaims,"Ah!" as Snoopy walks by. Snoopy looks up at her puzzled.
She walks along smiling pulling a rope that is attached to a skate and upon which, a smiling Snoopy is standing.
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A puzzled Charlie Brown looks over his shoulder as a voice cries,"They're ruined!! They're all ruined!"
He runs towards the voice as it continues,"They're ruined!!" "Every one of them!"
He approaches Violet, who is sitting on the ground between her shovel/pail and an overturned table, crying. He asks,"What's the matter, Violet?" She replies,"My mud pies are ruined..."
She stands up and points to them behind the overturned table. She concludes,"They fell in the dirt!"
At this point in the strip, the art style is in itβs second phase (1951)
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Snoopy sits on the grass sleeping.
His ears suddenly shoot up.
He happily rushes off.
He smiles and stops in front of Charlie Brown, who is eating an ice-cream cone. The latter says,"Rats! He can even hear me lapping an ice-cream cone!!"
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Shermy and Charlie Brown, both wearing baseball mitts, run along the field towards a sign that reads, 'Drive Slowly, Children At Play' Shermy points to it and exclaims,"I'll show it to you...it's right over here!"
They stop in front of it. Shermy continues to point to the sign and says,"See? 'Children at play'....that means us!"
Charlie Brown looks closely at the sign and says,"Well, I'll be..."
He smiles and turns to Shermy. He concludes,"We're famous!"
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Shermy stands pointing at Patty. He says,"I'll bet you a million dollars"
She points back at him and replies,"I'll bet you a million billion trillion dollars!"
Charlie Brown runs along, holding a coin. He calls,"Hey, Shermy! Patty! Look!! I found a penny!"
As he holds out his palm with the penny in it, they look and Shermy replies,"A penny! Wow!" Patty says,"Boy, are you lucky!
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Patty stands next to the table watching Charlie Brown, who is standing in a chair making numerous sandwiches on the table. She asks,"Are you going to eat all of that just before going to bed?"
She follows him as he walks off with his full plate and a glass. She continues,"You'll have nightmares, Charlie Brown"
He places the plate and glass on the footstool. He says,"That's all right with me..."
She stands in front of him as he sits in the chair eating from the stool. He concludes,"I get bored with just plain sleeping!"
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Violet approaches Charlie Brown, who is sitting on the floor reading. She says,"Let's play house, Charlie Brown"
He puts his hand to his face as she points at herself and then at him; she says,"I'll be the mother and you be the father"
As they walk along, she continues, "You'll have to do everything I tell you!"
He stops, looks back at her, and asks,"Do we have to be so realistic?"
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Another Tribute Tuesday, since thereβs no strip today in 1951. This one was created by MariusWales on DeviantArt
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Violet sits on the grass next to her pail and shovel. She sits in front of a baking pan and says,"These are very special mud pies...I've sprinkled them with coconut"
She approaches a smiling Charlie Brown with one of her pies. She says,"Here, Charlie Brown, have a mud pie! Pardon my fingers"
He shudders and exclaims,"Phooey! This tastes awful!!"
She looks at the pie he has dropped on the floor. He explains,"I'm sorry, Violet, but I just don't like coconut!"
The first time coconut is mentioned
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Charlie Brown stands in a chair in the bathroom, looking into the mirror above the sink. He puts his hand to his chin and exclaims,"Say! I think I do!"
He continues,"No, I guess I don't"
He walks to Violet, who is sitting on the floor. He says,"It turned out to be only dirt..."
He sits across from her and crosses his legs. He concludes,"But for one brief, exciting, moment I thought I needed a shave!"
This strip would be remade on July 15, 1959 with Linus and Lucy replacing Charlie Brown and Violet:
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Charlie Brown calls out as he walks,"Hey, Violet! When is your birthday?"
Violet sits on the floor with a book; she replies,"It was last month, Charlie Brown" He looks down at her and says,"Really?"
He sits, crosses his legs, and continues,"Gee, I wish I had known that...I was going to get you something nice"
She replies,"Couldn't we make it retroactive?"
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Charlie Brown stands looking down angrily at the radio. He exclaims,"What a radio!"
He kicks the radio and continues,"Boy, I get mad at it!!"
Shermy stoops looking at the radio as Charlie Brown stands grimacing at it. The former asks,"What's the matter? Bad tube? Loose connection?"
Charlie Brown replies,"No!! It doesn't have any good programs!"
