This strip is here mostly because it seems a lot like something Linus would do.
Also, while there might be an earlier example, this is definitely one of the first times Schulz uses a bent-over, upside-down, floating in mid-air character as a way of representing them tumbling through the air as they fall. This gets used most often when a character is shouting at another one or, of course, then Lucy pulls away the football as Charlie Brown tries to kick it.
What's also interesting is that Charlie Brown appears to actually be redrawn in each of the first 3 panels in the same pose. I'm sure most modern comics would just do a copy and paste.
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