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Charlie Brown stands waving a paper. He shouts,"Extra! Extra!!"
Patty runs along exclaiming,"An extra!!" "I wonder what happened?"
She stops next to Charlie Brown and asks,"What is it, Charlie Brown? An earthquake? A flood?"
She grimaces and stands with her hands akimbo as he replies,"Oh, no I just happened to have an extra paper left over!"
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Violet is standing holding a roasting fork while Charlie Brown is walking over carrying a pile of wood. Violet says " Let's build the fire right here"
Violet is sitting down next to the camp fire roasting a Wiener while Charlie Brown is standing up with his fork empty. Violet is saying " I really love to roast Wieners"
Charlie Brown is now sitting as well and Violet says to him" Aren't you going to put a wiener on your fork, Charlie Brown?"
Both are sitting by the fire and Charlie Brown replies to Violet " I'm not hungry!
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Charlie Brown walks down the lane scowling. Violet looks after him and says,"I don't care what you call me, Charlie Brown"
She calls out,"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me!!!"
She walks off grimacing.
She turns back and calls,"You blockhead!"
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The first time Charlie Brown is called a blockhead. This strip is adapted in Good Grief, Charlie Brown: Peanuts, with Lucy replacing Violet
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Charlie Brown and Patty stand on the field talking. He asks,"Do you mean to say that I'll get anything I wish for?"
She replies, "All you have to do is say the right words" He says,"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight..."
He continues,"I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight!"
He concludes,"I wish it was daytime!"
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Violet is sitting on the sand watching Shermy, who is looking off to his right. He says,"Your mother is a swell person, Violet"
He sits across from her as she says,"I'm glad you think so, Shermy"
She continues,"Some day she may be your mother-in-law!"
He looks over his shoulder and exclaims,"I can't stand that woman!"
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Charlie Brown sits on the floor reading. He says,"Gee, this man is so famous they put his picture on the cover of a magazine"
He walks off to Patty sitting on the floor playing with her doll. He asks,"Patty, do you think I'll ever be on the cover of a magazine?"
He looks at the reader as she puts her doll down and replies,"Sure, if it's a comic magazine!"
He grits his teeth and chases her. She runs along saying, "Sometimes I get the best of that ol' Charlie Brown!"
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Charlie Brown stands next to the hose watering the lawn. He frowns and says,"Lawn sprinkling is a monotonous job!"
He walks off saying, "I think I'll try a system of my own...."
Patty approaches Charlie Brown, who is carrying a tray of ice. She asks,"What have you got there, Charlie Brown?"
She watches Charlie Brown tossing ice onto the lawn. He says,"Ice cubes! I scatter 'em on the lawn, and let 'em melt!"
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Patty and Charlie Brown sit on the curb watching Snoopy, who is sitting in front of them. Charlie Brown says,"Dogs have got it easy"
They all walk off across the field. He continues,"They never have to do anything....not even go to school!" She says,"Yeah, but they miss a lot, too"
They stop and Snoopy sits. She continues,"No movies, no baseball, no television...."
They start walking again and Charlie Brown concludes,"Dogs have really got it rough!"
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Violet runs along exclaiming,"I thought I told Snoopy to stay out of that birdbath!?"
She approaches him sitting in the bath and exclaims,"You get out of there, Snoopy! You're not a bird!"
He sits on the ground watching her walk away saying, "No one is allowed in there unless he has wings!"
She turns around as Snoopy sits back in the bath flapping his ears.
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The first time that Snoopy adopts an alter ego
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Violet stands looking at the birdbath. She says,"Gee, I hope the birds like their new birdbath"
She runs along saying,"I'll go in the house, and watch them from there...."
She looks out the window questioningly.
She stands by the fountain with her hands akimbo and frowns at Snoopy who is sitting in it.
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Violet chases Snoopy through the garden. With her hands raised, she exclaims,"Snoopy! You get out of my garden!!"
With her shovel in hand, she walks off saying,"He's going to drive me crazy!" "I've got to do something about this..."
She stands with her hands akimbo and her shovel in the ground next to her. She looks at the flowers planted in the wagon and exclaims,"There!!!"
Snoopy sits watching as she walks by pulling the wagon with her. She turns to him and says,"If I can't keep you away from my garden, I'll have to keep my garden away from you!"
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Snoopy sits on the grass and catches the paper as Charlie Brown tosses it to him from the sidewalk. The latter says,"Here's the paper, Snoopy"
Snoopy walks off with the paper in his mouth.
He sits and stops in front of Violet who gushes,"You brought me the paper! Well, isn't that a nice doggie?!"
Charlie Brown watches from afar and complains,"Rats! I do all the work, and he gets all the glory!!"
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Charlie Brown frowns and looks back at Snoopy following him. He exclaims,"Stop following me, Snoopy!"
He turns to the now sitting Snoopy and continues,"I said stop following me!! Go home!"
Alone, Charlie Brown says,"Gee, now it's kind of lonesome without him..."
Snoopy looks behind him questioningly as he realizes that Charlie Brown is following him.
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Patty, Shermy, and Charlie Brown stand in a clearing in the woods with items in their hands. She says,"Well, we're all set for our picnic..."
Shermy stoops and places his bag on the floor. He says,"Here's the ice cream!" Patty opens her dish and shows the cake inside; She says,"And here's the cake...."
She turns to Charlie Brown who has his hands cupped closed. She asks,"What are you holding in your hands, Charlie Brown?"
They both look at him as he exclaims,"Soup!"
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Shermy is hammering the croquet stake in the ground. He says,"Croquet is a swell game"
He rummages into the croquet box as Patty crouches across from him. He exclaims,"Hey, Patty, we're short two wickets!" She asks,"Are you sure?"
Snoopy sits and looks up at her questioningly as she turns to look at him and says,"Hmm...."
He stoops in front of him and exclaims,"All you have to do is hold still...the game won't last forever!"
The basic gag is recycled from the Li'l Folks strip from May 29, 1949:
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Charlie Brown stands in the living-room looking out the window. He wonders,"Is that my dad out there mowing the lawn?"
He runs off continuing,"The poor guy looks like he needs a little help..."
He reaches into his toy box and pulls out one of his toy.
He rolls his toy lawnmower out onto the lawn. He says,"I'll take the main part, dad...you just trim around the edges!"
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Charlie Brown is riding a tricycle and Patty is standing in front of him asking " Can you come to my party. Charlie Brown?"
Shermy is sitting on the ground and Patty is Standing beside him asking " It will be next week Shermy, and I'd like to have you come, Too"
Patty is walking away saying " I hate to be the one who always arranges the parties....
Patty is sitting on the floor dialing the phone. She says " But I'm afraid that If I didn't, I wouldn't be Invited!"
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Charlie Brown is talking to Patty. She says,"You count ot twenty, and I'll hide"
She runs off and says,"I know just the place"
She smiles as she sits at the side of the house. She says,"Charlie Brown will never find me here...."
She looks up as Charlie Brown walks up to her and asks,"Patty, what comes after ten?"
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Shermy points to his left and says,"North is in that direction" Charlie Brown replies,"Oh?"
Shermy makes a half-turn and continues,"East is that way, and West is that way...." Charlie Brown replies,"Oh?"
Charlie Brown points to his left and asks,"That means that south is over there, huh?" Shermy replies,"That's right..."
As they walk along, Charlie Brown concludes,"I'm a whiz at directions!"
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Charlie Brown is hoeing on the lawn. He exclaims,"Rats! This is disgusting!" "This is really awful!"
He grimaces and continues. Patty arrives and asks,"You must hate hoeing, huh, Charlie Brown?"
He stops and turns to her. He replies,"Oh, no, I don't mind hoeing at all..."
He resumes hoeing as she sits. He concludes,"What gets me is that I'll have to take a bath when I'm done!"
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Charlie Brown walks up to a picture of himself looking surprise drawn on the fence. He angrily asks,"Now who drew that?"
He puts his hands akimbo and continues,"What an insult! That's not me at all!!"
He takes out a pencil and concludes,"I'll have to fix this right away"
The picture of him on the fence that bears a smile.
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Snoopy sits on a mound of grass howling.
Charlie Brown and Patty are playing in the sand with their toys. She looks over to her left and asks,"What in the world is wrong with Snoopy?"
They stand and look over to the left. Charlie Brown replies, "Nothing...he's just howling at the moon" Patty asks,"In broad daylight?"
She turns and watches Charlie Brown sit down and resume playing. He concludes,"Sure, he's afraid of the dark!"
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Patty sits on the steps with a book. She looks in front of her and exclaims,'A parade!" "Oh, boy!"
She runs off continuing,"There's nothing that I like better than a parade!"
She stands smiling as Charlie Brown (holding a flag) and Snoopy walk by in full parade uniforms.
She returns to her seat, opens her book and says,"Well, let's see now....where was I?"
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