Peanuts news and notes

Got a few little bits of news to get out of the way… and let me clear the sad one up front. Skip Hinnant passed away on Sunday. Skip was many things (folks of my age might best remember him as Fargo North, Decoder on The Electric Company), but for the Peanuts crowd he was Schroeder in the original stage version of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown… and being part of that cast means he also helped write that show. (His brother Bill played Snoopy.) The new Peanuts special, 12 Days of Snoopy, is now streaming on Apple TV. I’m predicting a bit of public kickback because it’s a very Santa-oriented show whereas the classic Christmas special (which I suspect the only one that most of the commentators will be aware of) is very Jesus-oriented. I will note that Schulz had the kids in the strip communicating with Santa all the way from December 1951 (where Charlie Brown composes a long letter of flattery for Santa) through December 1999 (when Sally starts a letter to him “Dear Shorty”.) The…

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